The Shocking Truth . . .

For Your Infomation

The Shocking Truth About Launching a Writing Career – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/2jxKf

7 Timeless Business Lessons You Can Learn from Hollywood Screenplays – Brian Clark – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/6o3cX

The Importance of Being Trivial – By Dean Reick – Direct Creative Blog – http://goo.gl/4Ny0q

Don’t Like the Message? Maybe It’s the Messenger – By Justin Fox – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/0pnzA

The Importance of Reversion Clauses in Book Contracts – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/A0nsT

Crime and mystery novelist follows trail to success with e-books – By Newswire.com – http://goo.gl/bhsQe

Author’s debut novel released after publisher’s bidding war – By Wells Journal – http://goo.gl/FY8es

In The E-Reader Era, A Book A Year Is Plenty – By Suw Charman-Anderson – Forbes – http://goo.gl/h4W2e

The business behind getting published – By Rachel Lewis – KSL.com – http://goo.gl/Bi5Bl

The criminal mind of Owen Laukkanen – By Mark Medley – National Post – http://goo.gl/jZIYG

How to be a World-Changing Writer – By Pace Smith & Sonia Simone – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/UABql

Quote(s) of the Day

“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. ” – Salman Rushdie

“When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.” – W. Somerset Maugham

Alandra CL
Business of Writing, Editing, Quote, Tribute, Writing Advice

3 Horrible Mistruths . . .

For Your Information

3 Horrible Mistruths About Social Media That Drive Me Insane – By Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/3SPVa

How Writing Changed My Life – By Jeremy Statton – For Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/jnsZ7

Five essential questions to ask before you even start writing – By Good Copy, Bad Copy – http://goo.gl/BfKKH

Stress Is Not Your Enemy – By Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/1pndr

New/Updated Alerts: Literary Agent Uwe Luserke, SBPRA – By Victoria Strauss – http://goo.gl/mZjho

Top Twitter Blog Marketing Tips – By Lior Levin – Problogger – http://goo.gl/qG3cV

Alliance of Independent Authors Launches at London Book Fair – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/xxaPQ

The Pulitzer Judges Were Dead Wrong – By Warren Adler – http://goo.gl/rwqqn

Novelist makes her own way in publishing world – By Jessica Smith – Inside Nova – http://goo.gl/eaPLp

Think Proofreading Isn’t Important? Think Again . . . – By Greg Walker – For The Urban Muse – http://goo.gl/ll08I

Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free – Tor.com – http://goo.gl/0yA6A

What Doesn’t Motivate Creativity Can Kill It – By T. Amabile & S. Kramer – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/oBYTn

How Do You Beat the Social Media Monster? – By Darren Roswse – Problogger – http://goo.gl/IRlQr

Piracy? You wish. – By Seth Godin – The Domino Project – http://goo.gl/KVzXy

Are eBooks really the future of writing? – By Vanessa Fowler – http://goo.gl/4r3dd

Read It and Whine! – By Chris Lehmann – New York Observer – http://goo.gl/V3viW

Book your place for a record feat – By Crawley News – http://goo.gl/Lxtci

How to become an e-book sensation. Seriously. – By Beverly Akerman – The Globe and Mail – http://goo.gl/Tzp26

Mystery Writers of America Announces 2012 Edgar Award Winners – By MWOA – The Sacramento Bee – http://goo.gl/AGDxN

Quote(s) of the Day

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. – Paxton Hood

Alandra CL
Business of Writing, Editing, Quote, Tribute, Writing Advice