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News You Can Use – Feb. 7, 2012

By Steve Laubeon February 7, 2012
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Author Says McGraw-Hill Cheats on Royalties – Details of a pending lawsuit.

What is Pinterest? –  The latest craze in Social Media Networks. AuthorMedia shows you the simple steps to sign up and tips on how to use it in the next article below.

Three Ways an Author Can Use Pinterest – Last week an editor told me how she was following a couple of her authors on Pinterest and how much she liked it.

5 Ways to Break Out of the Social Media Doldrums – Well said by Aubre Andrus.

10 Ways to Ensure No One Will Read Your Blog Post – Ali Luke give great insight.

How Hard Can it Be to Write a Kids Book? – Sally Lloyd-Jones helps dispel a common myth.

A very cool six minute video envisioning a future technology. Imagine computing being done on glass walls, desks, and even in National Parks. From Corning. By the way, Corning makes the “Gorilla Glass” that you find on the iPad2.

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Category: Book Business, News You Can UseTag: Book Business, Contracts, Facebook, Get Published, Grammar, Legal, Marketing, Social Media, Trends, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – Feb. 3, 2012

By Steve Laubeon February 3, 2012
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The English Language challenged by a 102 year old man.

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Category: Fun Fridays, SteveTag: Fun, Humor

Fresh Formulas

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 2, 2012
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Some have a hard time appreciating the talent involved in writing genre fiction. By genre fiction, I mean novels that fall into a defined category such as contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense, or cozy mystery. Many of these novels are published by mass market publishers (like Harlequin) and fit in lines they have formed for the sole purpose of selling the genre.

These are …

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Category: Agency, Branding, Craft, Creativity, Genre, Get Published, Romance, Tamela, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Book Business, Craft, Genre, Ideas, Proposals, Romance, Tamela, Writing Craft

Let Creativity Flow (Part Four)

By Karen Ballon February 1, 2012
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Great discussions on creativity, everyone. Just reading your comments is sparking my creativity! So here are the last of my thoughts on what you can do when that well of ideas seems to have run dry:

Take a Time Out. Remember how that works? Time outs? When you were a kid and got a little out of control, Mom sent you to the Time Out chair to cool off. Well, this is a similar principle. Too often …

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Category: Creativity, Karen, Writing CraftTag: Creativity, Karen, Proposals, Writing Craft

News You Can Use – Jan. 31, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 31, 2012
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Amazon's Hit Man - The is a very good article about Larry Kirshbaum the new head of Amazon's Trade Publishing division. Every serious writer should read this article. Take the time, it is only 3,400 words. Source is Blomberg's Business Week magazine.

Is There Hope for Barnes & Noble? - an interesting take by Rich Adin.

Why Are We Obsessed with What's New? - Maria Popova reviews a book …

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

Clarification on Sale of Heartsong to Harlequin

By Steve Laubeon January 30, 2012
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New information has surfaced regarding the sale of Heartsong to Harlequin.

In my post on Friday I made the assumption that the sale included all the backlist and the currently contracted titles. This was reflected in point #5 in the post.

That is not the case. Harlequin did not buy the backlist or the currently contracted titles. Those will remain the property of Barbour Publishing. Thus …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Get Published, Romance, Steve, TrendsTag: Agents, Book Business, Editors, Publishing News, Trends, Writing Craft

Barbour Sells Heartsong to Harlequin

By Steve Laubeon January 27, 2012
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Today Barbour Publishing announced they have sold their Heartsong Presents line of inspirational romances to Harlequin.

For those of us who have been wondering about the eventual buyer, this comes as no surprise. We have known they were being sold since last Fall. In December I spoke with Barbour's president, Tim Martins, and he confirmed that the sale was in its last stages of negotiation but …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Book Business, Contracts, Get Published, Steve, TrendsTag: Agents, Book Business, Publishing News, rumors, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – Jan. 27, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 27, 2012
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Over eight million views in one week. So in case you have not yet seen this, enjoy "The Bark Side."

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What Does That Mean?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon January 26, 2012
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Some time ago, I was writing a story and used a variation of the sentence, "He wished he could be fly on the wall when they had that conversation." This puzzled my critique partner, who didn't know it meant. She had never heard the expression "fly on the wall" before and didn't know it meant the character could be an unobtrusive observer. I decided to change the sentence for fear others wouldn't …

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Category: Craft, Tamela, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Humor, Southern Expressions, Tamela, Writing Craft

Let Creativity Flow (Part Three)

By Karen Ballon January 25, 2012
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We all know how elusive creative can be at times. You’ve shared some great ways to get those juices flowing. Here are a few more ideas.

Keep an Evidence Journal. Write down your God Stories. The times you saw God act. The times you felt His touch and presence. Do it with story or just key words. But get it down on paper. When God moves in your day, write it down. When someone speaks truth to …

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