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Digest online classes:
- How to Write Your Life Story or Memoir (October 21) by Linda Joy Meyers. Includes a critique, plus a digital download of a how-to book on memoir.
Best of Best
7 deadly sins of prologues
@kristenlambtxVery good article: “Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books” (via WSJ)
@MichaelHyatt“The Artist’s Responsibility” by @simonpulman (Just because you CAN publish anything, doesn’t mean you should.)
@glecharles
Asked and answered: picture book queries
@Kid_Lit
Publishing
News & Trends
Reversal of Royalties: A Modest Proposal, by Bob Mayer
@digibookworld
Marketing,
Platform Building, Self-Promotion
How Authors And Writers Can Build An Email List For Marketing
@thecreativepenn
Self-Publishing and E-Publishing
Why Agents May Be Opposed to Self-Publishing
@michaelhyatt
Blogging & Websites
Why you should blog to build your writing career even if you don’t think you need to
@nickdawsWriters: marketing should be a side benefit. Your blog needs a higher purpose.
@40kBooks
Social Media & Twitter
The Writing Life
& Fun Stuff
A post addressed to ‘those of you who also write’ from best selling author Danielle Steel
@Quotes4WritersMaking a Living as A Writer: Should Prose Writers Act Like Poets?
@PublishersWkly
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