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January 2010 Blog Posts (223)

Writers' Conference

Romance Writers of America is known for it's educational conferences. North Texas RWA will hold their annual conference in March. Check out the details:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-3098-Houston-Romance-Novels-Examiner~y2010m1d20-North-Texas-Writing-Conference

Teri

Added by Teri Thackston on January 20, 2010 at 8:49pm — No Comments

Mystery Man Contest!

Book V of the series will be out in less than two months.

How would you like to get a copy a month earlier???

Enter the “Book V - Mystery Man!” contest!

Each book revolves around a relationship, and Book V is no different. However, while the other books overlapped, thus revealing the second main character, Book V’s story does not begin until after the end of Book IV. The young man who will change Heather’s life remains a mystery! Hint - his name has been… Continue

Added by L. Diane Wolfe on January 20, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Second book published.

I Just published my second book entitled "A little Poetry -book one. By Robert J Denham".

Check it out at http://www.lulu.com/content/lulustudio-photo-book/a-little-poetry/7716416 There is a preview of the book, and I think you can read one or two of the poems in that preview.

It's a collection of really cool photo I took while on a walk, along with some funny, sad, and poetic… Continue

Added by Stonemagick on January 20, 2010 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Sorry to be away for so long

And so, she passed away. After almost 29 years living with her daughter and me, her daughter's husband, she passed away. It was Tuesday, 12 January at about 0530. She had refused to eat or drink those last three days. Her breathing was so shallow-stoking is what they call it-shallow and short. She just went to sleep and everything stopped. My wife called me to come home-I'd been at work for almost a hour-she was crying almost uncontrollably. She was alone with her mom when it happened. I got… Continue

Added by Joseph M. Perez on January 20, 2010 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Poem: Release the Songbird in Me

O my Lord of mercy and grace -

I desire to write more spiritual verse,

while flying on your notes of blessings

and overcoming Mankind’s sin curse.

My heart’s singing of your joy,

as You feed me by Your hand

the fullness of Thy melodic Word;

thus enabling… my ability to understand.

O Lord, give flight to my words

while I’m attuned to Your Spirit –

May Your message reach weary souls

and empower them with a Heavenly… Continue

Added by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd on January 20, 2010 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Would You Rather Be On Purpose or Perfect?

Be perfect or be on purpose? Which one of these has been “driving your bus” so far? If you or someone you know struggles with perfectionism, can this hold you back from living on purpose?

Ask someone to walk to the moon and you’ll hear, “Not realistic,” as a response. They wouldn’t have a problem giving that answer.

Ask some people to be perfect and you can almost hear the inner and outer dialogue start — “You have no idea how hard I try to be just that.”

What… Continue

Added by Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author on January 20, 2010 at 9:23am — No Comments

Weds tour date

I am over here at Mason's blog and we are talking writing. I love the layout theme of this blog and I think you will too. There is music, so be warned in case you are at work. I sort of enjoy listening to music as I read blogs so it didn't bother me, but wanted to let you know!

Added by Kim Smith on January 20, 2010 at 7:22am — No Comments

Bagging a Trophy Bull

After my post on Monday about the Death of the Slush Pile, I promised to follow that depressing bit of news with a blog about how to find an agent. So I've posted my 10 Commandments for the Agent Hunt at www.emilybryan.blogspot.com . If you have questions about finding the right agent, or something to add that might help someone else, please pop over and leave a comment!

Happy Writing,

Emily…

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Added by Emily Bryan on January 20, 2010 at 6:38am — No Comments

Decadent Deceptions by Keta Diablo

“Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.bookbuzzr.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on January 20, 2010 at 4:15am — No Comments

Enjoying Financial Freedom And Prosperity by Charles Betterton

“Authors - get your own page-turning book-previewing book widget at www.bookbuzzr.com and share your book-extract on over 60 networks such as Facebook, Digg… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on January 20, 2010 at 4:12am — No Comments

Fork in the Road

There comes a moment in every person’s life where we arrive at the fork in the road and a decision must be made. How do we decide on which direction to take is it right or is it left? Believe it or not decision making can be the most stressful of situations on the human soul. There is a heavy burden that comes with making decisions because each and every person… Continue

Added by Aaron Jones on January 19, 2010 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Armand Morin joins faculty at Author101University- Mar 5-6 in LA

Join Armand, Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara DeAngeles and 15 other speakers

Meet editors and agents looking for your book
http://www.author101university.com

Added by Rick Frishman on January 19, 2010 at 9:44am — No Comments

Book Tour Week Three underway!

If you haven't jumped on the Buried Angel Book Tour bandwagon, go out to my website at http://www.mkimsmith.com and get the stops list. You can still join us! I am giving away free ebooks and we are having a ton of fun!

Added by Kim Smith on January 19, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

A Fantastic Internet Business--A Powerful Low Cost, Low-risk Income-generator

Hi Folks;

Here is a business plan for a very small investment of US $25.00 that can generate as much as $6,000.00 return repeatedly.Thought I would pass this on to you. Look at it. You need to use an Alert Pay account to pay. You can easily open one by logging on to www.alertpay.com. The company's name is Express2 Team S. For a low one-time investment of only $25.00 U.S., you enter into a 2x4 matrix, that is, you only have to get two people, then these… Continue

Added by Joseph Vernon Duncan on January 19, 2010 at 8:57am — No Comments

The 4 W’s of a Media Kit

Do you have a newsworthy story? Before you go out looking
for media exposure make sure that you have a media kit
available. Remember the media won’t wait until you’ve had
a chance to put this together......

Read More
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Added by YvonneW on January 19, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

How to Write a Memoir in Twelve Easy Steps

All of us have lived through dramatic times of ecstasy and pain. For the sensitive and sensate person, memories of these events are etched in the psyche and have molded us into who we are. A memoir is a way to touch at the heart of those feelings and allow them to be shared with others.

A memoir is different from an autobiography because it takes a “snapshot” of certain events in a person's life. A memoir tends to read more like a… Continue

Added by Lorilyn Roberts on January 19, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Goodbye Clutter

Have you cleaned out your closet lately? In many homes a closet is used as a place of storage maybe for clothes, shoes, towels, or household appliances. Growing up my mother would often collect unwanted items that serve no purpose and store them in the closet. The problem was over a period of time my mother would continue storing unwanted items or clutter in the closet until the closet was unable to serve its natural purpose. Instead of being an… Continue

Added by Aaron Jones on January 18, 2010 at 6:08pm — No Comments

My Kindle

A quantum leap in reading.

In December 2009, on a no-special-gift-giving day, Don presented me with Kindle 2.

Imagine a hard cover 1cm thin and weighing 289 grams (10.2 oz) and readably squeezed into it 1,500 books. That’s my Kindle, a mean machine and thing of beauty. Slim, sturdy, comfortable and delicious to handle.

Within 45 seconds I purchased my first eBook, right on the device, wireless and no computer connection. Kindle works on the phone principle – 3G.… Continue

Added by Leela Panikar on January 18, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Tips onSelf-publishing your book from Apex book manufacturing

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Main web site for video productions at a great budget http://www.yourpowervideos.com

Video interviews at a budget http://ypvonline.com

Your power video… Continue

Added by Don Wood aka Video magician on January 18, 2010 at 5:44pm — No Comments

How to Give a "Killer" Interview - tips from a Hollywood Journalist

Gayl Murphy interview with Pam Perry on Chocolate Pages Show

Interview Tactics & Media Coaching http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chocolatepages

from Gayl:

How to Give a "Killer" Interview

Be as honest and up front as you can with the person that's interviewing you without "giving up" anything you wouldn't want to read about yourself tomorrow.

Relax,… Continue

Added by Pam Perry on January 18, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments