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Virtual Book Tours: How To Set Up And Run A Successful Book Tour by Gary Smailes http://www.bubblecow.co.uk/2010/09/virtual-book-tours-how-to-set-up-and-run-a-successful-book-tour/ in Proactive...

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Grants and fellowships for writers

http://miraslist.blogspot.com/ GRANTS. FELLOWSHIPS. RESIDENCIES. RESOURCES. Mira's List is a resource for artists, writers, composers and others in the arts. Here you will find up-to-date...

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agent advice

Agent Barbara Poelle On: 6 Things Writers Can Do To Make Their September Rock Barbara Poelle is an agent with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency, representing thrillers, literary suspense, historical...

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successful query sample

The 40th installment in this series is with agent Meredith Kaffel (Charlotte Sheedy Literary) and her author, Anastasia Hopcus, for her young adult paranormal novel, Shadow Hills, which came out...

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melissa broder

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-broder/and-you-dont-stop-how-i-o_b_613274.html If you told me five years ago that I'd have a book in the window at St. Mark's Bookshop, I would have plotzed. I...

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Dr. Seuss

7 Curious Facts About 7 Dr. Seuss Books from MentalFloss.com by David K. Israel - September 9, 2010 - 11:56 AM 1. Hop on Pop In an early draft of the book, Theodor S. Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) wanted...

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Your Screenplay is Not Your Baby

http://thescriptlab.com/the-formula/script-tips/795-your-screenplay-is-not-your-baby Never refer to your script as "my baby". If you're guilty of this offense, clearly we know that you're passionate...

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How Live Readings Can Help Your Writing

I am working the streets of San Francisco. Nightly, I prowl around Haight-Ashbury and North Beach, the Castro and Tenderloin, Fourth Street and Folsom. I ply my trade with men … as well as women,...

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10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing

http://writetodone.com/2008/01/09/10-steps-to-create-the-habit-of-writing/ This, friends, is the linchpin: if you can create the habit of writing, you’ve got a wonderful foundation as a writer. If...

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