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Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful . . .

 

My Interests That May Interest You:

 

Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors – By The Hollywood Reporter – http://goo.gl/6kMZT

Archway Publishing – Simon & Schuster Adds a Self-Publishing Division – by Victoria Strauss – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/Fbuph

The Secret to Becoming an Overnight Success – by James – for Men with Pens – http://goo.gl/QzOpY

 

Anna Karenina’s Couture – By Laura Kane – The Record.com – http://goo.gl/83SdP

 

 

Quote(s) of the Day:

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”  – Hannah More

Angry Birds Star Wars . . .

My Interests that May Interest You:

 

Angry Birds Star Wars announced – by Keith Stuart – for the guardian UK – http://goo.gl/W6pJz

Angry Birds Star Wars Breaks New Rovio Records – By Raymond Wong – for BGR – http://goo.gl/TpBVy

 

 

At the High End, Reaching a Mass Market – by Alessandro Di Fiore – for Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/c2EuI

Authors Guild Statement on Penguin-Random House Merger – by Victoria Strauss – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/YcKpv

 

 

Marijuana Is Legal In Colorado! – By Uberfacts – By Robert Smedley – http://goo.gl/Pik4f

 

 

Beware The False Compliments That Are Killing Your Writing – http://goo.gl/8zJhG

 

Quote(s) of the Day:

It isn’t the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it’s how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.” – Pema Chodron

 

 

 

Star Wars Franchise Sold . . .

 My Interests That May Interest You:

 

George Lucas has sold Lucasfilms Studios — and the Star Wars franchise therein — to Disney for $4.5-billion. – By Jen Gerson

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/10/31/jen-gerson-star-wars-sale-offers-hope-for-geeks-and-maybe-even-girls-everywhere/

 

Giving James Bond a new aura – By Sandeep Bamzai

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2225400/Giving-James-Bond-new-aura.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

 

Penguin, Random House publishing merger finalized – By The Associated Press

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house.html

 

Alert: America’s Next Author Contest – By Victoria Strauss –

For – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/aZnSd

Quote(s) of the Day:

A promise made is a debt unpaid. ”  – Robert Service

The Dysfunctional Guide . . .

For Your Information:

The Dysfunctional Guide to Blogging Success – by Demian Farnworth – for copyblogger – http://goo.gl/H51HO

5 Facts About Publishing That Could Change Your Writing Career – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/kAqG4

5 Ways for Writers to Blast Through Self-Doubt – by write to done – http://goo.gl/IGmhz

Exploding the Perfect Writer Myth – by Anna Elliott – for Writer Unboxed – http://goo.gl/U3yMt

The Future of the Novel – by Warren Adler – for Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/ozMmo

 

Quote(s) of the Day:

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”  – Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

Special Tribute:

One of the most spectacular night-sky shows will kick into high gear this weekend when the Orionid meteor shower peaks early in the morning on Oct. 20. It will continue to dazzle until just before dawn on the 21st. . .  http://goo.gl/HmbJn

 

 

Book Release:

A Memory of Light – Robert Jordan (Author), Brandon Sanderson (Author) – Release Date: Jan 8 2013 – http://goo.gl/TYHW6

Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty-two languages.

When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

Edited by Jordan’s widow, who edited all of Jordan’s books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan’s legions of readers.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.
What was, what will be, and what is,
May yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.