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Mar.04.2013
Showcasing your work on blogs, podcasts or social media is fine, just don't see it as a shortcut to finding an audience
"Piracy is yesterday's worry for today's 'artisan authors'", wrote Damien G Walter in his piece about file sharing and piracy, in which he covered interesting ground, sparked...
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Mar.01.2013
“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.”
-Erica Jong
One of the greatest ironies is the writer who doesn't write. The person who reads books like one devouring cupcakes after a ten-day juice fast. The person, who is passionate about prose,...
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Feb.25.2013
by JOHN BARBER
The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Dec. 27 2012, 12:00 AM EST Last updated Saturday, Dec. 29 2012, 10:35 AM EST
This article is part of Next, The Globe's five-day series examining the people, places, things and ideas that will shape 2013.
Given the pressure to reduce costs,...
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Feb.20.2013
Absolutely Done - a slam bang adventure spiced with laughs
Absolutely Done
By Dominae Primus
Copyright 2010
978-967-5785-01-6
ASIN: B004X29URA
Absolutely Done is an adventure, action comedy that is as full of slam bang action as it is in terms of witty comic exchanges,...
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Feb.18.2013
by Frederick Forsyth
"A scene in Istanbul? Research it until a local can't find any faults in your work."
When Eric Ambler and Geoffrey Household were writing their thrillers 70 years ago, or John Buchan 30 years before that, they had a great advantage of which they were probably...
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Feb.17.2013
On this weeks Writers Showcase Podcast Barbara Morrison joins host Phil Naessens to read from her book Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother, shares her journey as a writer and discusses her memoir with host Phil Naessens.
To save this program to your portable listening device please...
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Feb.16.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQa9-AauBb8
I'm proud to announce that the first book I ever wrote, which I started 20 years ago, is finally coming out. I'm very proud of this book, and the sublime illustrations by one of my favorite artists, Alain Pilon. But perhaps more importantly...
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Feb.15.2013
We should never pity the person with one true friend; instead our sympathies should be reserved for the person with a hundred acquaintances. After all, quality is often preferable to quantity especially in relationships.
We all know that person who walks into the room amid a flurry of...
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Feb.13.2013
On Tuesdays Phil Naessens Show author Barbara Morrison stops by to discuss her memoir Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother and Phil's friend John Kurkosky stops by to talk ice fishing, the Pope resigning, gun control, politics, health care, music and much much more.
To...
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Feb.11.2013
December 17, 2012|By Diane C. Lade, Sun Sentinel, By Diane C. Lade, Sun Sentinel
Getting older seems to bring out the author in people. And South Florida seniors are discovering the booming self-publishing industry is their path to every author's deepest desire: a book.
Plus thanks to...
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