For Your Information

Rejection Letters: The Publishers Who Got It Embarrassingly Wrong . . . By Alice Vincent – The Huffington Post - http://goo.gl/pM0VT

A Novelist Turns Himself In – By Thomas Mullen – Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/sFHao

Every writer’s nightmare – By Mark Mason – Spectator Book Club – http://goo.gl/q8Q8M

3 Simple Ways to Turn Your Website into Profitable Books and eBooks – By Joel Friedlander – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/Cvg4H

The Best Way to Network: Serving People – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/vNyZU

What Can Stop Your Career From Ever Starting – By Emily Latham – For Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/c25Wg

Stories in your pocket: how to write flash fiction – By David Gaffney – the guardian – http://goo.gl/sw0Ko

From Writer to Author to Publisher to Marketer – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer - http://goo.gl/D5iVH

The real threat to (big time) book publishing – By Seth Godin – The Domino Project - http://goo.gl/7utJO

‘Bachelor Firemen’ romance novel ignites career of Harvard educated Homer writer – By Michael Armstrong – The Republic – http://goo.gl/Y4hbO

The Millionaire Author’s Club – By Carl Wilkinson – The Telegraph – http://goo.gl/EQG2e

4 Ways to Immediately Improve Your Book Marketing Efforts – By Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/7pX23

Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: How to Protect Yourself – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/YGKXA

How to Get Your Blog Back On Track – By James – Men With Pens - http://goo.gl/PT3A6

Blog Better by Slowing Down – by Timo Klander – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/gCnIO

Hard work on the right things – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/4moQ9

Are You Trying to Create an “Impossible” Book? – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/xpyWk

Contracts – by Anna Elliott – Writer Unboxed – http://goo.gl/5NTgQ

6 Cozy Cocoons to Retreat From The World – by Ana Lisa Alperovich – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/pvZpL

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” – Richard Wright

 

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For Your Information

The Minimalist Secret to Productive Writing – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/upVgs

When is a Dodgy Publisher Like a Stopped Clock? – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/fzgOF

How to Finish Your Novel When You Want to Quit – By Joe Bunting – The Write Practice – http://goo.gl/AbrLE

Have a .com web address? Know the Legal risks – By Vikram Kumar – The National Business Review – http://goo.gl/Htnj8

Nickelodeon Heads to Random House – By Karen Raugust – Publisher Weekly – http://goo.gl/VpTvW

5 Ways to Get More Traffic with Content Marketing – By Sonia Simone – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/bKLZF

Struggle Is a Sure Sign You’re Creating Art – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/y8ySm

How to Get Media Coverage for Your Book – By Ken Brosky – For Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/RE7Gb

Publishing Industry Terms and Contracts: Some Resources, and Some Advice – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/6AjGM

Get More Comments: Know Which Posts Make Readers Talk – By Caz Makepeace – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/mDLpH

The ironic truth about sincerity – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/dneq0

6 Amazing Works of Art Made Using Recycled Books! – by Diane Pham – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/NP7wA

‘The Hunger Games’ spotlight highlights Asheville’s Young Adult writers – by cmotsinger – Citizen-Times – http://goo.gl/tGKGW

Chinese writers’ group sues Apple reports state media – By Euronews - http://goo.gl/yKN9f

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“If books require no thought from those who read them, then they have made no demand upon those who wrote them.” – Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Dickens: Six things he gave the modern world – By Alex Hudson – BBC New Magazine - http://goo.gl/DzhnO

Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin of Turkey – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware Blog – http://goo.gl/yHygn

Author Blogging 101: Blog Analytics – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/ROoVq

The difference between a failure and a mistake – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/e40NO

6 Steps to a loyal blog following – By Shari Lopatin – Problogger – http://goo.gl/5shof

The Pippi Longstocking Guide to Freelance Writing Success – By Make a Living Writing – http://goo.gl/JOv1X

Story Narrated Through Brilliantly Executed Animated Video – By E-Junkie.Info – http://goo.gl/yHRb9

What is Your Novel Missing? – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/I82bR

AP Stylebook’s New Tool Automatically Edits Your Writing – By Brian Anthony Hermandez – Mashable Tech – http://goo.gl/0chRm

 

 

 Quote(s) of the Day

“There are lots of people who give their all and have that inner glow on – it’s a shame that majority of them are under 7 years old.” Esa Saarinen

 

 

 

Writing Contest

Engine Books Novel Prize – Deadline March 10, 2012 – http://goo.gl/tQ2kR

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