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Fun Fridays – June 1, 2012

By Steve Laubeon June 1, 2012
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M.C. Grammar…. ???

A pseudo-good idea gone hopelessly strange. Only two minutes long.

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Category: Fun Fridays, GrammarTag: Grammar, Humor

News You Can Use – May 29, 2012

By Steve Laubeon May 29, 2012
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Self-Publishing: Under 10% Earn a Living - An article out of Australia makes a bold claim. I would claim, however, that only 10% of traditionally published writers earn a living too. Of course that depends on your definition of "a living."

100 Best First Lines from Novels - In honor of the last two weeks where we talked about "first lines" I found this article from the American Book Review that …

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Category: Craft, Grammar, Marketing, News You Can Use, SteveTag: commas, copyediting, Editing, Grammar, podcasting, Self-Publishing

Fun Fridays – May 8, 2012 -The Chaos of English Pronunciation

By Steve Laubeon May 18, 2012
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Fun Friday - May 18, 2012

Quoted in its entirety from The Better Spelling Society (read their article the history of this piece). My favorite is the last stanza that reads "which rhymes with enough? Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough??"
The Chaos - by Gerard Nolst Trenité
This version is essentially the author's own final text, as also published by New River Project in 1993. A …

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Category: Fun Fridays, GrammarTag: Grammar, spelling

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

Modern Speech

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 9, 2012
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A couple weeks ago we discussed local flavor in expressions. It got me to thinking that I grew up in an era where no one thought anything of saying, "He should be shot," or "My father is going to kill me," for minor infractions. One of my friends noted that if a teenager said that today about her father, someone would call Social Services. After the Columbine tragedy that left so many dead or …

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Category: Craft, Language, Tamela, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Grammar, inclusive language, Writing Craft

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 …

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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 Words

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon November 10, 2011
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I don't usually stay up late enough to watch Conan O'Brien but awhile back I caught a show during which he campaigned to bring back use of the word thrice.

Thrice. Indeed, a fun word.

Yesterday Karen wrote about beautiful words so well that today I thought we could play with words and look at those that are entertaining. I'd like to suggest some other fun words that I think just aren't used …

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Category: Craft, Tamela, Writing CraftTag: Creativity, Grammar, Tamela, Writing Craft

News You Can Use

By Steve Laubeon July 5, 2011
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Would John Locke Be Better Off with a Traditional Publisher? - Mike Shatzkin analyzes the revenue of million copy e-book selling author John Locke. The math is fascinating. According to Shatzkin, the author is making less than $30,000 per book. It is highly likely a traditional publisher would pay him a lot more for his work. Read the post. You decide.

Twenty-five Rejection Proof Markets - A …

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Category: Book Business, News You Can Use, SteveTag: Bookselling, Grammar, Marketing, Publishing News, Trends, Writing Craft
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