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		<title>Good Links: October Edition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Halloween everyone! It&#8217;s that time again. No, not trick-or-treating. Good links time! Here are a few good posts, articles, etc I came across this month. I hope they help you out. Writing Tips: Tighten up that manscript, folks. Here are some words to be on the lookout for, courtesy Rachelle Gardener. I love the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Halloween everyone! It&#8217;s that time again. No, not trick-or-treating. Good links time!</p>
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<p>Here are a few good posts, articles, etc I came across this month. I hope they help you out.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #008000;">Writing Tips:</span></h2>
<p><a title="Tighten" href="http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/tighten-up-your-manuscript.html" target="_blank">Tighten up that manscript,</a> folks. Here are some words to be on the lookout for, courtesy Rachelle Gardener.</p>
<p>I love the name of this blog: Writinghood. What&#8217;s more to love, how about <a title="Writing tips" href="http://ow.ly/tatb" target="_blank">writing tips</a> on creating curisoity, empathy and anticipation.</p>
<p>Another cool blog name: Men with Pens. Har, har. Anyhoo. They help you think about <a title="Theme" href="http://menwithpens.ca/fiction-writing-story-theme" target="_blank">story theme</a> and its importance.</p>
<p>What the heck is <a title="Narrative" href="http://www.class.uidaho.edu/narrative/theory/what_narrative.htm" target="_blank">narrative </a>anyway?</p>
<p>Character names, they aren&#8217;t just for newborns anymore. <a title="names" href="http://thebusinessofwriting.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/15-tips-for-character-names/" target="_blank">15 tips</a> on how to select a good one.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #008000;">Career:</span></h2>
<p>Hey, woman, get a job. <a title="Freelance" href="http://ow.ly/sFyU" target="_blank">A freelance job</a>. Check out WOW&#8217;s (Women on Writing) job board.</p>
<p>Be realistic! Yes, you want to write, you want to publish, you want film deals. You want to <a title="Patience" href="http://waxmanagency.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/letting-the-market-speak/" target="_blank">read this </a>and get your cart in order.</p>
<p>Take your heart pills before <a title="Joe Konrath" href="http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2009/10/kindle-numbers-traditional-publishing.html" target="_blank">reading this one</a>. All about the money. Well, and also about rights and royalties for ebooks, traditional publishing, self publishing and basically some numbers that will make you want to put your head in your hands and cry like a little baby. Or, come up with a game plan to make you millions. One or the other.</p>
<p>Thinking of making an author website? Be sure to <a title="author sites" href="http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/10/influence-of-blog.html" target="_blank">check out this one</a>. There is a great list of things any great author website should have.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1091" title="supermam" src="http://jeanoram.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/supermam.jpg" alt="supermam" width="277" height="327" /></p>
<h2><span style="color: #008000;">Fun:</span></h2>
<p><a title="Road signs" href="http://listicles.thelmagazine.com/2009/10/20-challenging-road-signs/" target="_blank">Challenging road signs</a>. It is said a good, challenging road sign makes better drivers of us all because we have to actually think about them. Come on folks, think and drive.</p>
<p>And finally, because most writers have a cat, I thought I had better <a title="Cats" href="http://melodymaker.posterous.com/is-your-cat-trying-to-kill-you" target="_blank">share this </a>with you. Please, take care and read carefully.</p>
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