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01/26/2012 • 10:35 PM 0

Five Essential Tools for Creating eBooks | Jeff Pfaller – Chicago Writer

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01/26/2012 • 3:48 PM 0

Amazon’s Hit Man – BusinessWeek

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(My last Scoop of the Day is a fascinating one. It occurs to me that I hear a lot of hate for Amazon, but much of it seems to be an industry in trouble blaming a smart, new competitor rather than looking to timber in their own eye. Also, Joe Konrath weighs in, so that’s always fascinating. ~ Chazz) Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider—until Amazon called…
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01/26/2012 • 2:30 PM 0

Big Publishing Death Watch | The Passive Voice

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Passive Guy decided it was time for a survey. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool. After you finish, you should see the results.
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01/26/2012 • 12:08 PM 0

How Sitting All Day Is Damaging Your Body and How You Can Counteract It

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(Six hours? I’m a writer! I sit for six hours for the first half of the day. Starting to think I should get a Fitbit.~ Chazz) Do you sit in an office chair or on your couch for more than six hours a day? Then here are some disturbing facts: Your risk of heart disease has increased by up to 64 percent.
Via lifehacker.com

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01/26/2012 • 10:01 AM 0

25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore – jlsathre – Open Salon

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(This is a great list. Read it before bookstores are gone! ~ Chazz)
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01/26/2012 • 9:47 AM 0

Self-Editing: Back to Basics, Part I – Guest Post by Karin Cox

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(A useful review. ~ Chazz) We continue our series on self-editing today with the first of a two-part post from author and editor Karin Cox.

Karin has a unique perspective: she has considerable experience working for a tra…
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01/26/2012 • 8:32 AM 0

An Ode to Bloggers ~ A Guest Post by Terri Giuliano Long

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Last May, a month or so after I began marketing my novel, In Leah’s Wake, a former agent told me that I would never sell 500 books. A rookie, I had no idea what to expect. When I published the no…
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01/26/2012 • 7:37 AM 4

Kindle Author: Kindle Author Interview: Devin O’Branagan

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01/25/2012 • 9:06 PM 3

What’s the best writing advice you’ve received?

A couple of days ago I posted a piece on this blog about advice writers should not give or pay attention to. It was a clever, well-argued piece. However, people being who they are, some people really do want advice and need encouragement. Some of those people shouldn’t be encouraged and certainly won’t take good advice. So what can we say?

I’m putting this out to blog readers:

What’s the best writing advice you ever got that you acted upon?

I’m on the edge of my seat, anxious to read your comments.