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Write Like Rick Steves: Travel Writer Extraordinaire
Wanderlust, business savvy and a “magical, all-alone private Stonehenge”: How Rick Steves became the world’s most trusted travel writer.

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9 Steps to Standing Out in Your Cover Letter

A solid cover letter ensures your first impression isn’t your last.

by Susan Shapiro

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The Roeder Report:
You Can Write a Humor Book
Reader, you’re hilarious. This has been verified by your mother, a co-worker who says you’re one of the 20 funniest people he knows, and the stand-up comedy teacher who will tell you anything to get you to catch his set at the smaller of two mini-golf snack bars.

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Black Cod with Green Tomatoes
Here's an excerpt from The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook, the grand-prize winner of the 2008 Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards.

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2 Simple Blogging Exercises
Lessons and tips for working on specific aspects of your writing.
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Your Novel Blueprint
Turn your dream novel into a reality by taking some tips from the worksite and using this Story Plan Checklist.

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The Roeder Report:
The Four Types of Plagiarists
Jason Roeder takes a humorous  look at the generally non-humorous topic of plagiarism.

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Anxiety Levels for Writers
What if the Office of Homeland Security developed a color-coded warning chart for the anxiety level of writers? Here's what we believe it'd look like.

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6 Questions with New WD Editor Jessica Strawser
It’s official: Writer’s Digest magazine has a new editor. In the wake of Maria Schneider, who left the publication in early October, F+W Media has appointed Jessica Strawser, North Light Books and Memory Makers Books Managing Editor—and former WD staffer—to the magazine’s top post.

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The Roeder Report:
Fiction to Film
How to Write Fiction That’s Ready For the Big Screen.

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