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News You Can Use – Mar. 6, 2012

By Steve Laubeon March 6, 2012
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Your Average Facebook Post Only Reaches 12% of Your Friends – Exposing yet another challenge to the world of marketing, either through traditional means or through social media.

New French Law Seizes Digital Rights – “Any book published in France–which would include translated foreign-language books–that went out of print in France–not necessarily elsewhere–before 2001, can be scanned into a database.” And then be made available without compensation.

It Has Come to This in Hollywood – GCB. Fire up the TiVo for that one… Good grief.

From Idea to Store Shelf – I love these kind of stories. Shows the incredible “curation” it takes for a good idea to become great and then what it takes to bring it to market. There are many parallels to the writing and publishing industry here.

Give it Five Minutes, Then React to an Idea – A good reason why appointments at a conference are 15 minutes long.

Free Mac Tools That Make Writing Easier – Agree or disagree? What tools do you use? And if you are on a PC, what do you use?

Anatomy of a Successful Press Release – Try writing one for your own book. Discover that it ain’t easy.

Eight Basic Don’ts for the Beginning Novelist – Steve Moore provides some great stuff. Good reminders for those who think they know this already.

This is a very clever ad for the British newspaper, “The Guardian.”

Click to view “The Three Little Pigs.”

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Category: News You Can Use, SteveTag: Copyright, Creativity, Curation, Facebook, Marketing, novels, press releases, Writing Craft, Writing tools

Fun Fridays – March 3, 2012

By Steve Laubeon March 2, 2012
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A cute remake of a famous commercial:

The original commercial in case you haven't seen it for a while:

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Category: Fun FridaysTag: Humor

Editorial Feedback – Not Just Static

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon March 1, 2012
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As Steve Laube pointed out the other day in his post "The Stages of Editorial Grief" receiving a tough edit can make a writer feel off-kilter, angry, unworthy, and summon other negative emotions. Of course it's okay to experience negative emotions. You can't control how you feel, though you can control how you manage your feelings. As he wisely points out, the key is to overcome emotions and get …

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Category: Craft, Editing, Tamela, Writing CraftTag: Editors, Writing Craft

Writers’ Conference Spotlight: Mount Hermon

By Karen Ballon February 29, 2012
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One of the best-loved conferences is the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. This year the conference will be held from March 30th to April 3rd. I first went to this conference in the late 90s, and have returned every year since. I love the heart of this conference, which is all about uplifting and encouraging, and about honoring the One who has called us to this amazing task. So, as …

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Category: Book Business, Conferences, Get Published, Guest Post, KarenTag: Conferences, Get Published, Writing Craft

News You Can Use – Feb. 28, 2012

By Steve Laubeon February 28, 2012
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Why Authors Need Agents - Four professionals weigh in on the discussion.

How to Stop Procrastinating and Start Writing - Read this when you have the time.

Questions an Agent Might Ask You - Be prepared if an agent calls you with these questions. It might happen today.

E-b00ks: The Giant Disruption - another breathless evaluation and ominous prediction about publishers. From the UK.

Why …

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Category: Book Business, News You Can UseTag: News, Publishing News

Fun Fridays – Feb. 24, 2012

By Steve Laubeon February 24, 2012
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The Joke of the Year Award goes to Tim Vine in London at the Lafta Awards banquet. Award is given to the year's best one-liner jokes or puns. Below is the winner and then five more from Tim Vine. Can you top these?
Conjunctivitis.com – that’s a site for sore eyes
Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.

Eric Bristow asked me why I put superglue on one of …

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Category: Fun Fridays, HumorTag: Fun, Humor

Why Do I Have to Jump Through Your Hoops?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 23, 2012
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Recently, my assistant had a conversation with an author who did not send a complete proposal. The author was referred to our guidelines and gently reminded that we needed more material in order to make an evaluation. But instead of saying "thank you" for the guidance, the author declared they did not have to jump through any hoops, and took the opportunity to aggressively express their complaints …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Book Proposals, Get Published, Tamela, Writing CraftTag: Agents, Book Business, Editors, Get Published, Pitching, Proposals, Tamela

A Gathering of Twitches

By Karen Ballon February 22, 2012
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This blog is from one twitch to another. Let me explain…

My husband loves that I’m a writer. He loves my creativity and passion. And he loves how happy I am when I’m writing. He knows when I’m writing because I get “twitchy.” Translation: Distracted. Otherwise occupied. Caught up in scenes and conversations no one but I—and that multitude in my mind--can see or hear. He knows that when the …

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Category: Conferences, Craft, Creativity, Get Published, Karen, Writing CraftTag: Creativity, Karen, writers conferences, Writing Craft

News You Can Use – Feb. 21, 2012

By Steve Laubeon February 21, 2012
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My Favorite Article of the Week - Please read it and make your agent happy.

What Publishers Can Learn From the Airlines- Andy Le Peau of IVP renders a very clever take on what publishing could look like if they would only emulate other industry practices.

Amanda Knox Signs a $4 Million Book Deal - Sigh...Think about it for a second. In 2005 a relatively unknown senator from Illinois got $1.9 …

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Category: Book Business, Grammar, News You Can Use, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Agents, Book Deals, Copyright, Dystopian, Google+, Grammar, News, Pinterest, Publishing News, Social Media, YA Novels

7 Ways Agents Measure Social Media

By Steve Laubeon February 20, 2012
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Guest Blog by Thomas Umstattd We are thrilled to have Thomas Umstattd as our guest today. His company built our web site and we unabashedly recommend their services. Thomas built his first website at the age of 13 and taught his first web design class at only 16 years old. He has been helping authors and small businesses use the web ever since. Thomas currently serves as the CEO of Castle Media …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Branding, Guest Post, Marketing, Social Media, SteveTag: Branding Platform Agents, Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Trends
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