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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For Your Information

R.L. Stine tweets horror story to his fans – By the star.com – http://goo.gl/o7q1U

7 Sharp Writing and Marketing Links – By Robert Bruce – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/cr3az

4 Lessons I Learned from Being Rejected by a Publisher – By Sundi Jo – For Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/ZdV5B

The Catastrophe of Success – By Andreas Kluth – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/SkD5S

Book Tango: Author Solutions Rolls Out Ebook Distribution Services – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/X56TZ

The Anatomy of a Better Blog Post – By Darren Rowse – Problogger – http://goo.gl/scpWn

The illusion of privacy (and what we actually care about) – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/88B1n

Music Lessons (that work for publishing, too) – By Seth Godin – The Domino Project – http://goo.gl/F1k0a

Hook your readers with a damn good story – By inkably – http://goo.gl/Lt7pN

Radical alternatives to conventional publishing – by Sukhdev Sandhu – the guardian – http://goo.gl/VJZK7

So, what will you be reading in 2012? – By Abbie Wightwick – WalesOnline – http://goo.gl/RxYrg

Tidbits – The Taleist 2012 Self-Publishing Survey – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/LubBI

Crime Beat: Foul Language in SA crime fiction, is it f#@%ing necessary? – By Elizabeth Fletcher – Books Live - http://goo.gl/K99c4

Coming soon to a shelf near you: The publishing industry has gone mad for film-style trailers – By Tim Walker – The Independent - http://goo.gl/eK9zA

Fantasy writer Christopher Paolini shares his own fairy-tale success story – By Eric Volmers – Calgary Herald - http://goo.gl/lkUd9

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“The only job of a writer is to make a blank page into a masterpiece of words. ” – By ACL

“Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out.” - Unknown Author

 

 

 

Writing Contest

The Editor’s Award in Fiction, Essay, and Poetry – By The Florida Review – Deadline Mar. 17, 2012 – http://goo.gl/qQoFR

 

 

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Alandra CL

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For Your Information

1. Are You Keeping Up With Technology? – By James – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/t3So5

2. Scott Turow: Amazon.com is ‘the Darth Vader of the Publishing Industry’ and Other Thoughts – By Robert Elder – http://goo.gl/yDSmC

3. Ten Pieces of Inspiration #43 – By Trent – The Simple Dollar – http://goo.gl/RxzHA

4. Second Life: Virtual Book Promotion and Word of Mouth – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/FqJhN

5. The difference between management and leadership – by Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/JCkNZ

6. Self-Editing Checklist: Word Choices – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/HWPco

7. Staying Organized & Distraction Free While Working From Home – By Kate Croston – The Urban Muse – http://goo.gl/wsqzC

 

Quote of the Day

“There are two kinds of writers: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.” – Brian Aldiss

 

 

Writing Contest

White Pine Press Poetry Prize – Deadline  Nov. 30, 2011 – http://goo.gl/JWEZM

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Alandra CL

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