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Apr.07.2013 Type Casting? Just some late night - early morning musings about something I was discussing with a colleague a couple of weeks ago. I currently write in a very small niche network. My books are all pet related and nearly all of my articles are now pet related. It wasn't always this way. I...	Apr.05.2013 Whats the Big Idea? Writing (Photo credit: jjpacres) You'd think after ten years together, you'd know someone really well. And, no, I'm not talking about my husband. I'm talking about a character, and January marked ten years since she showed up out of nowhere, demanding I tell her story. When eleven-year-old Emma...
Apr.05.2013 The Many Paths to Publication Part 2: An Interview With Heather Woodard Last week, I interviewed former student Nicole Lataif about her experience publishing with Pauline, a Catholic press. This week, I’m highlighting a pair of former students, Heather Woodard and Pam Wampol, who took my class to work on their Christmas story. Their self-published book...	Apr.02.2013 Exciting News and Special Request! Greetings! I am delighted to let you know that my essay, "The Flip Side of Coming Out," has been selected as a finalist in the Truth In Words Contest. In order to win this contest, I need your help. I would be extremely grateful to you if you could first please LIKE my essay:...
Apr.01.2013 The Many Paths to Publication Part 1: An Interview With Writer Nicole Lataif I’ve been teaching an online Children’s Picture Book Writing class through media bistro for six years years and recently launched an advanced class for graduates of the introductory class (I call the two classes PB1and PB2). In the course of teaching these...	Mar.29.2013 The 7 Minute Rule for Social Media How to build your social network/platform without getting lost in the time suck http://bit.ly/10jygVk
Mar.29.2013 How to Not Pitch a Book http://youtu.be/lFGXanoYQGc	Mar.27.2013 The power of the decision: to write North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey came to be published in an unexpected way, which I write about in a blog post at the Quivering Pen (see link). A phrase frequently (though likely erroneously, lest one is satisfied with very loose translation) to Goethe is: "Whatever you can...
Mar.25.2013 Simon & Schuster vs. Barnes & Noble In today's issue of Huffington Post, I have a piece about the pricing and marketing struggle that is going on between the largest chain book retailer still standing and one of the most prestigious publishing companies in the United States. It's a complicated battle, and the stakes are high... "The...	Mar.25.2013 B&N vs. Simon & Schuster: 'Send In The Cannon Fodder!' From our "Tales Of The Human Shields, Author Sub-Category" -files, one more reason why Barnes & Noble will likely not survive to see 2014... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/books/barnes-noble-simon-schuster-dispute-said-to-hurt-sales.html?_r=1& — Earl Merkel Visit us at: www.earlmerkel...

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