For Your Information

Know Thyself. 7 Truths About Writers – By Joanna Penn – For Write to Done – http://goo.gl/L6bR2

Print Books: The New Vanity Publishing? – By Joanna Penn – For The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/u49fp

An endless series of difficult but achievable hills – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/U9xCY

Is traditional copywriting dead? – By Heather – Success Works – http://goo.gl/rRc3b

How to Create and Host a Blog Carnival – By Greg McFarlane – Problogger – http://goo.gl/L78UC

The Authors Guild on Amazon: Publishing’s Ecosystem on the Brink – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/sXUVC

The Role of Editors: A Writer’s Viewpoint – By Juliet Marillier – Writer Unboxed - http://goo.gl/EEPRk

Writing Contest: “Show Off” Writing Contest: The Love Story Edition – By Joe Bunting – The Write Practice – Deadline – Feb. 10, 2012 – http://goo.gl/hQUsj

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing a Book that Doesn’t Suck – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/PkA4I

The Biggest Mistake Most Writers Make – By Sean Platt – For Write to Done – http://goo.gl/Eu2lK

Why it makes sense for Amazon to open its own stores – By Ryan Kim – Gigaom – http://goo.gl/YZVju

5 Things I Learned from Shirley Jackson – By Victoria Mixon – http://goo.gl/W6JCf

Another Chain Says It Won’t Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter? – By Laura Owen – paidcontent – http://goo.gl/vn6xG

6 Exercises for Stronger Character Relationships – By Yelizaveta Renfro – For Jan Friedman – http://goo.gl/Y7Xum

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.” – Robert A. Heinlein

 

 

Special Tribute

Britain marks Charles Dickens’ 200^th birthday – By Jill Lawless – timesunion – http://goo.gl/EeAbB

Known as Charles John Huffam Dickens, an English novelist  who was born  February 7,  1812 and died June 9, 1870.

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Does Your Website Pass the Split-Second Test? – By James – Men With Pens - http://goo.gl/ko0y5

Staying on the right side of the law – by Call My Agent – http://goo.gl/MiPt9

The Top 10 Worst Tweets of 2011 – By Time Specials – http://goo.gl/8HAzj

The Top 10 Best Tweets of 2011 – By Time Specials – http://goo.gl/f0NnI

The Top Ten Fiction Books of 2011 – By Time Specials – http://goo.gl/K2Vox

What Gift Are You Giving Yourself This Year? – by James – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/UsUO4

The Fine Print of Amazon’s New KDP Select Program – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/BCc4g

10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Dialogue – By Ali Luke – Write to Done – http://goo.gl/mcitB

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.” – H.L. Mencken

“Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators.” – Albert Camus

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein

 

Writing Contest

Fifth Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest from Amazon and Penguin Group – By Business Wire – http://goo.gl/XvEiZ

 

 

 

Special Tribute

To Darrell K. Sweet (1934-2011),  cover artist, renowned for his cover art in the Robert Jordan epic fantasy series, recently passed away. He will be missed along with his great artistic work.

 

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Alandra CL

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The economics of Christmas lights – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/FWSWK

Totaled Ferrari As a Coffee Table – By E-Junkie Info – http://goo.gl/sN61g – What else would you put in your coffee table?

How publishers gave Amazon a stick to beat them with – By Mathew Ingram – Gigaom – http://goo.gl/SGW0p

What is Your Novel Missing? Strong Verbs, Unique Words – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/L4FMz

The Marvels And Messes Of A Month Of Writing – by Erin Morgenstern – npr – http://goo.gl/q1UJP

How to Show (Not Tell): A Writing Lesson from John LeCarre – By Mary Jaksch – Write to Done – http://goo.gl/qSIEN

3 Simple Steps for Staring Down Writer’s Block – By Mark McGuinness – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/b4N8j

 

Quote(s) of the Day

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. - Ursula K. Le Guin

“To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.” – Anatole France

 

 

Writing Contest

Writing Contest – Pen/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction – By Pen American Center – Deadline Dec. 31. 2011 -http://goo.gl/RMthb

Writing Contest – VCU Cabell First Novelist Award – Deadline January 15, 2012 – http://goo.gl/0ldGF

 

Featured Book

Sci-fi/Fantasy – Republic of Thieves – By Author Scott Lynch – Coming soon for Christmas.

After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke’s own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke’s childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke’s life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal – to destroy Locke for ever. The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.

 

Special Tribute

MCC Thrift Shops –  This charitable Mennonite organization focuses on meeting local needs for those who have less. - http://goo.gl/DL4Zb

 

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