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10 Reasons Why You Can’t Make a Living Writing – By Josh Sarz – For Make a Living Writing – http://goo.gl/UAxm9

How e-books made reading sexy again – By JoJo Moyes – The Telegraph – http://goo.gl/IUEM3

How to Write a Novel: Series of Best Practices Launches with Writing Tips – By Adrienne Wolfe – Free Press Release Center – http://goo.gl/I4Lle

Should Serious Readers Buy E-Books? – By Christina Halpern – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/f0FWB

The promise of self-publishing: Kiana Davenport signs Amazon – By Metro – http://goo.gl/RBJLX

Martin calls ‘Ice and Fire’ series his magnum opus – By The Globe and Mail – http://goo.gl/6TVLe

10 Types of Killer Filler Content for Your Blog – by Darren Rowse – Problogger – http://goo.gl/cRtUr

IBPA Publishing University: Book Design Principles – By Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/JAXTi

Encyclopaedia Britannica To End Print Edition, Go Completely Digital – By Corporate EB – http://goo.gl/liz7Y

Stuck in a Creative Funk? Try These 12 Tricks – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/vqnTF

The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time – By Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/xZutz

Are You Committing These E-mail Sins? – By Jane Friedman – http://goo.gl/YEx9L

 

The Brilliant Content Strategy Everyone Gets Wrong – By James Chartrand – Problogger – http://goo.gl/sQEcD

Will you miss the encyclopedia – by Seth Godin – The Domino Project – http://goo.gl/gRMe2

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all. ”  – Richard Wright

 

 

Special Tribute

Carolyn Reeder, teacher and author of historical fiction for children dies at 74  – By Matt Schudel – For The Washington Post – http://goo.gl/2uG0k

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

 

 

 

 

 

Unautomate Your Money . . .

 

The Latest

1. Unautomate Your Money – By Baker of Man Vs. Debt – http://goo.gl/xpaKo

2. What is Pubslush Press? By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/GgJTn

3. Why Not to buy at a Farmers Market – By Paul Michael – Wise Bread – http://goo.gl/02TTR

4. Readjusting Sleep Edition: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup – http://goo.gl/4ZhFk

5. Basics of Book Marketing for the Beginning Self-Publisher Part 3 – By Joel Friedlander – http://goo.gl/mrceJ

6. E-Books Are Easily Changeable After Publication, Is That Good Or Bad? – By Nathan Bransford – http://goo.gl/YkFiL  – Interesting question!

7. What’s the sound of your voice and can it be true all the time? – By Di Mace – WordSwords – http://goo.gl/dy4Jw

8. George R.R. Martin is the Newest Author to Join the Kindle Million Club – Amazon.com – http://goo.gl/IG00n

Quote of the Day

“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.”  – Mark Twain

Writing Contest

Aura Estrada Short Story Contest – Deadline Oct. 1, 2011 – http://goo.gl/wEpRp

 

 

 Book Release

 

We Are All Weird – By Author Seth Godin – Now available at: http://goo.gl/0oXzM

“It’s about a new truth, something previously unexamined, appreciated or named. The bell curve is spreading, normal isn’t what it used to be and the age of mass is over. We’ve lived with mass all our lives, and now it’s gone. What are you going to do about it?”