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J.C. Hutchins: Getting A Novel Past Rejection and Into Print

These days, getting a book published isn’t just a matter of getting an editor to take a look at your work. It takes a lot of ingenuity and a willingness to pursue a project on your own. J.C. Hutchins did just that. His book, 7th Son: Descent, was rejected by publishers. J.C. bought a microphone, [...]

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Should A Book Be Your Goal: The Questions You Need To Ask

There’s a certain cool factor that goes along with being able to add ‘published author’ to your credentials. Having a book that makes it to print generally tells the world you know your stuff: you turn out writing that a publisher is willing to take to press. But just because there’s such a cool feeling [...]

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WiseBread: The Book

I’ve been contributing posts to WiseBread for a while now. A couple of those posts have made it into a book: 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget. The book is drawn from the best WiseBread posts on how to live, eat, shop and have fun on a small budget. 10,001 Ways to [...]

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Review: Get Known Before the Book Deal

I’ve been working on a review of Get Known Before The Book Deal for a couple of days now. Normally, when I’m reviewing a book, I tear through it, write down my review and post it. With Christina Katz’s new book, however, I wound up taking longer than I expected to read 263 pages. That’s [...]

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Writers Shouldn’t Eat Alone

I finished reading Never Eat Alone a few weeks ago. I haven’t reviewed it until now because I’ve been trying to implement some of the suggestions made in the book. My immediate response to Keith Ferrazzi’s book was complete enthusiasm. I do think this is a book that every writer needs to read — we [...]

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