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Writing, Worrying, and Working

I wish I had something scintillating to share, but I don’t.  I’ve been writing this novella and this novel forever it seems.  I am still keeping their tones distinct, which is the best thing I can say about the process. Based on advice from author and fellow GRW member Stephanie Bond, I took my synopsis,

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Writer PR Workshop

From various sources. ************************** PERMISSION TO FORWARD SELF-PROMOTION: Does the very term make you cringe? Do you suffer from “Not-Doing-Enough-Self-Promotion” guilt? Do you think self-promotion is something you’ll have time to learn AFTER getting The Call? In February, PR consultant Marcia James and over TWENTY promotion-savvy guest lecturers will present “PR Is NOT a Four-Letter

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Like Free?

Some random tidbits from around the web today: Liquid Story Binder XE is available for free today only at http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ Here’s the blurb from the website: Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the editing ability of a

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It Just Got Worse

Samhain will be unrecognized. From what I understand, EC will be as well. From Angela James, Executive Editor of Samhain: Yes, Samhain will lose recognition after conference. It doesn’t change anything for our business or with the deal with Kensington, nor our IPS print program. We’ll still pay royalties on time and do business as

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RWA Changes, Pt 2

Okay, there’s very little good in this post today. let’s just get right to it, shall we? Some of your favorite publishers are now Vanity presses, according to RWA. Here’s RWA’s new definition of vanity and subsidy presses: The Board updated the definition of Subsidy Publisher or Vanity Publisher to: “any publisher that publishes books

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RWA Changes, Pt 1

Romance Writers of America announced their decisions regarding several major categories of importance to its membership today. If you are a member, log in, then click on the board decisions link. Among the changes were: Publisher eligibility Published Author Network (PAN) and PRO (career-focused unpublished writers) eligibility Rita and Golden Heart contest categories. There’s so

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