Author's Blog

The Minimalist Secret . . .

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

Announcing the Winners . . .

For Your Information

Announcing the winners and honorees of the 2012 Golden Kite Awards & Sid Fleischman Award – SCBWI – http://goo.gl/bplmv

Suzanne Collins Praises Movie Version of Her Novel, The Hunger Games – By Writer’s Blog – http://goo.gl/4wvKC

3 Lies to Face Before You Find Your Passion – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/kd8hF

New French Law Seizes Digital Rights – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/UX3Pl

The Secret to Writing On Your Blog Every Day – By Joe Bunting – The Write Practice – http://goo.gl/lHWhJ

2 Things to Consider about Blogging & Books – By Victoria Mixon – http://goo.gl/ISzRL

How Social Media, E-Books, Self-Publishing Change Writers Conferences – By Carla King – http://goo.gl/pMj6V

How to Think Like an Editor – By Jeanne Kisacky – Writer Unboxed – http://goo.gl/7d0bk

How to De-Clutter Your Home Office – By Angela Taylor – For The Urban Muse – http://goo.gl/s0BYh

John Locke, ‘Donovan Creed’ Author, On Selling A Million eBooks – By Laura Rowley – Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/hEdLk

Science Fiction: Imagining – And Warning – By Bob Keefer – The Register Guard – http://goo.gl/uRJZO

The Cold, Hard Truth About Guest Posts – By James – Men With Pens – http://goo.gl/vJ3Ul

ALA call on Random House to recondiser major ebook price increase – By Macey Morales – ALA Press – http://goo.gl/3cERI

Bondage writer whose books have taken America by storm is British mother-of-two – By Daily Mail Reporter – http://goo.gl/10MWX

Quote(s) of the Day

“A word is dead, when it is said, some say. I say it just begins, to live that day.” – – Emily Dickinson

 

 

 

Writing Contest

Solstice Magazine 3rd Annual Literary Contest – Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry – Deadline April 5, 2012 – http://goo.gl/94Yz4