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The Minimalist Secret . . .

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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

Aspiring Fiction . . .

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Aspiring fiction writers face a ‘dark, lonely, miserable, bleak path’ – By Alaina Mobassa – Newsworks – http://goo.gl/e8vE1

Books and movies – By Aazar Anis – My Digital FC – http://goo.gl/tbuLZ

No stranger to writing – By Amanda Robbins – democratherald – http://goo.gl/8xziD

Steamy yet discreet: an e-book revolution – By Sydney Morning Herald – http://goo.gl/CgOst

Self-publishing offers new avenue for would-be writers – By Jake Bess – The Dispatch – http://goo.gl/Vuthm

Suing big studios is risky, expensive, former Hollywood writer says – By Neal Hall – Calgary Herald – http://goo.gl/rTGRg

Atwood says film plans for ‘Alias Grace’ in good hands – by The Canadian Press – http://goo.gl/H6DLR

St. Patrick’s Day 2012: Facts, Myths, and Traditions – By National Geographic – http://goo.gl/yEqzZ

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

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

The Best – and Worst – Places to Write – By Joe Pawlikoswki – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/45AZV

How Video Interviews Can Help Grow Your Blog – By Torrey McGraw – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/R2LGX

Author Blogging 101: Simple SEO for Authors, Part 1 – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/zrUhJ

Character Trait Entry: Cautious – By Angela Ackerman – The Bookshelf Muse – http://goo.gl/8fqKg

 

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me’. “ – Barbara Streisand