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Included in “Top 101 Websites for Writers”

By Steve Laubeon May 9, 2015
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We are honored to be chosen by Writers Digest as one of the top websites for writers in their 2015 list. (The actual list is only available to subscribers or if you buy the May/June 2015 issue here.)

I have long admired their annual listing and have endeavored to keep our content unique and provide a service to our community of writers.

Kudos to Dan, Karen, and Tamela who faithfully work on exploring new ideas with a fresh perspective.

And even more, we appreciate you, our readers. Those who read daily as subscribers, those who visit regularly, and to the occasional visitor. We hope each one of you come away with something worthwhile with every visit.

By the way, if you don’t already subscribe to Writer’s Digest consider doing so.
At the very least sign up for their free weekly newsletter (click here to sign up).

 

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Category: Agency, AwardsTag: Agency, Blog

Fun Fridays – May 8, 2015

By Steve Laubeon May 8, 2015
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An impossible Rube Goldberg machine… Enjoy!

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Finding Approval

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon May 7, 2015
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I’ve been in publishing a long time, first as a writer, then as a literary agent. Throughout my journey, I’ve found emotional support and praise from expected quarters and have always been grateful for those people. But I found no support and even criticism from other quarters. Some of these places weren’t surprising. But when no support came from some other Christians, I felt as …

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Category: Get Published

Worshipping Words

By Dan Balowon May 5, 2015
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Yesterday was a strange and eerie anniversary.  Six hundred years ago, on May 4, 1415 the body of Bible translator and Christian dissident John Wycliffe was exhumed from his grave in England, burned and his ashes were thrown into the river. And if that wasn’t weird enough, this was done over thirty years after his death. It sounds like something from a Dirty Harry movie. “You think this is …

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Category: Communication, Craft, CreativityTag: Communication, words

Does Google Like Your Web Site?

By Steve Laubeon May 4, 2015
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In case you missed it, on April 21st Google changed how they rank web site searches. If a site is not “mobile-friendly” it will no longer be ranked higher than one that is “mobile-friendly.” Some were calling this “mobilegeddon” because of the impact it would have. What Does Mobile-Friendly Mean? This refers to whether or not your site is optimized for a smart-phone screen. Sites that have what is …

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Category: Book Business, Branding, Career, Communication, Marketing, Platform, TechnologyTag: Book Business, Google+, Technology, Web Sites

Fun Fridays – May 1, 2015

By Steve Laubeon May 1, 2015
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Some light-hearted fun for you today!

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A Definition of a Successful Artist

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon April 30, 2015
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Recently I witnessed an artist (not a writer) put work out to the public that I believe needed some polish. Some of my close family and I agreed that it shouldn’t have been released without being improved first. However, this artist was being cheered by intimate friends and family. I’m not positive all of these people actually like the art itself. I think many of them just want to …

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Category: Art, Awards, Craft, CreativityTag: Art, Career, Success

A Simple Truth is the Key to Your Writing Success

By Karen Ballon April 29, 2015
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I sat down to write this blog and discovered something: My muse was mute. No, maybe said muse was still asleep. Actually, I think he (she? I’m never quite clear on that…) went on vacation and didn’t tell me. No postcard, no nothing. Seriously, I sat there, staring at the keys and… Zilch. Come on, I urged my weary writer’s brain, there has to be something I can write today. Just one bit of …

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Category: CareerTag: Career, Writers Block

Time Travel?

By Dan Balowon April 28, 2015
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Most people find it astounding how long it takes for things to happen in traditional publishing. Even after spending months or even years writing, an author waits for weeks or months to hear from an agent, who if they agree to work together, wait weeks and months for publishers to make a decision and then finally a book is scheduled to be published a year or more in the future.  Sometimes two …

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Category: Book Proposals, Career, Get Published, The Publishing LifeTag: publishing, The Publishing Life, Time

Happy Birthday iTunes Store! Thanks for the Warning…

By Steve Laubeon April 27, 2015
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Twelve years ago this week (April 28, 2003) Apple announced the launch of a new way to buy digital music. The iTunes Store. (Click for the original press release.) It started with 200,000 songs available for purchase. (Today there are more than 26 million songs available for sale.) The iTunes software had been introduced a couple years earlier, but now it became a commercial venture. A place where …

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Category: Book Business, Economics, TrendsTag: Book Business, Digital Books, Economics, iTunes
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