Author's Blog
For Your Information
Author Blogging 101: Blog Design – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/BupDH
Your competitive advantage – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/jygZ9
From Failed Idea to Profitable Product: What I Learned from Failure – By Bjorgvin Benediktsson – Problogger – http://goo.gl/4YoSE
Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? – By Nathan Bransford – http://goo.gl/deJzd – His strong exaggeration is hilarious!
The Chalk Guy is Back– Pictures on a flat sidewalk surface – Amazing! – By Soul Food – http://goo.gl/knqtg – Thanks Alex, for sending!
Quote(s) of the Day
“Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Writing Contest
Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Competition – Deadline Dec. 31, 2011 – http://goo.gl/soJUW
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For Your Information
The Truth About Going Viral – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/rPTYK
On the Future of Books: A Discussion with Seth Godin – By Leo Babauta – Zenhabits – http://goo.gl/dSsb6
How to Spam Yourself to Success – By Fitjerk – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/KvnYx
Alert: Light Sword Publishing, a.k.a. LSP Digital, Returns – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/nj4sG
2011 National Book Awards – By Writer’s Blog – http://goo.gl/hM09y
Principles of Plain English – By Mark Nichol – Daily Writing Tips – http://goo.gl/gsu4o
When the Climax Fails, the Reader Suffers – By the Plot Whisperer – http://goo.gl/wPDhu
8 Ways Freelancers Can Show Gratitude – By Susan Johnston – The Urban Muse – http://goo.gl/BkRXX
What is Your Novel Missing? – The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/17T6S
The Bet That Really Paid Off for Aspiring Author – by Digital Journal – http://goo.gl/Urteb
Quote(s) of the Day
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” – Henry David Thoreau
“To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as common people do.” – Aristotle
“If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Writing Contest
The Micro Award – Prose Fiction – Deadline Dec. 31, 2011 – http://goo.gl/g2M4a
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For Your Information
1. Copyright Is People – By Michael Capobianco – guest blog for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/1iS1X
2. Big List of Things to be Happy About – By Nora Dunn – Wise Bread – http://goo.gl/eox0b
3. America – Excelling at Mediocrity – By Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/2PSCN
4. Terrific Cereal Mosaics (By Ryan Alexiev) – E-Junkie.Info – http://goo.gl/vdndF – Incredible pieces!
5. Castle Lessons: Irresistible – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/KJrr9
6. Eight More Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers – by Annabel Candy – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/qgg0H
7. Kobo e-book seller to become a publisher – CBC News – http://goo.gl/iu43s
8. Copyright Tussle: “Rocky” Star Stallone, Co-Writer Sued Over “The Expendables” – By Chad Bray – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/oaPK8
Quote(s) of the Day
I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.- Peter de Vries
Writing Contest
The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize – Deadline Dec. 1, 2011 – http://goo.gl/zcwxF
Book Reference
An Affinity for Shadows – By Author Liz R. Newman – Mainstream Literary Romance – Now available in paperback!
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For Your Information
1. A Small Press Implodes : The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press – Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/aOXue
2. Author Blogging 101: Presenting Your Content – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/tcwFo
3. How to Recover Your Core Rhythm – By Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/cQOjU
4. Sixty-seven Elegant, Effective and Free Website Graphics for Serious Online Publishers – By Robert Bruce – Copyblogger – http://goo.gl/qNEV1
5. On Being Mentored-Our Responsibilities – By The Writers Alley – http://goo.gl/2tCy1
6. Feeling’s good: why writers need emotion – By Al Kennedy – the guardian – http://goo.gl/yAIUn
7. 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award Winners Revealed – By Jason Boog – http://goo.gl/Rl8BB
8. Margaret Atwood knits for the birds – By Randy Boswell – The Vancouver Sun – http://goo.gl/VKcny
9. Seven Dirty Little Book Publishing Secrets that Every Writer Needs to Know – By Susan Daffron – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/oyWaf
10. RIM Offers Up A Device-Driven Look At Tomorrow – By Chris Velazco – techcrunch.com – http://goo.gl/RBqoe
11. 6 Creepy Churches Made of Bones – By Lori Zimmer – inhabitat – http://goo.gl/w3ik6
12. The Silliness of Busyness – By Courtney Carver – zenhabits – http://goo.gl/O7eXb
13. e-Book Cover File Size Specifications – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/tBh7r
14. Stuck? Borrow Techniques from Popular Authors – By Jennifer – procrastinating writers – http://goo.gl/K8DXS
Quote(s) of the Day
“The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don’t dare reveal.” – Elia Kazan
“The task of a writer consists in being able to make something out of an idea.” – Thomas Mann
Writing Contest
David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction – Deadline – Dec. 1, 2011 – http://goo.gl/1PVGy
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