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Fair Use

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Summary: On the Web, everybody is a publisher. So it behooves everyone to try to work together for a fair solution to this "Who owns information?" problem. After all, fair IS fair.
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EDITORIAL RATES: The Difference in Fee Structures

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Summary: So, you?ve polished your manuscript, and plunged into the marketing madness of today?s publishing world. But the rejection letters mount. Many are forms, some allude to vague problems such as, ?The pacing is off,? ?The characters aren?t fully developed,?
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"Breaking Into The Business"

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Summary: "How do I break into publishing? Just give me the one, two, three of it and I'll take it from there."
I hear this question about a zillion times a month, from writers so frustrated with this business (whether they've written a canon or are just beginn
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"Breaking Into The Business"

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Summary: "How do I break into publishing? Just give me the one, two, three of it and I'll take it from there."
I hear this question about a zillion times a month, from writers so frustrated with this business (whether they've written a canon or are just

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The Ink-Stained Wretch
"The Bug-Eyed Man Speaks"

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Summary: One of the weirder aspects of the writing life is that once you've proven to the world your gifts lie with the written word, everyone invites you to speak.

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Greer Kessel Hendricks,
Editor

Pocket Books,
Washington Square Press,
MTV Books

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Summary: March 1999 Spotlight
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Agents CAN Charge Expenses!

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Summary: WARNING! I think it is legitimate and ethical for some agents to charge their authors for expenses. Now, before you start warming up the bucket of tar and tearing open the feather pillows, read on . . .
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The Ink-Stained Wretch
"Keyboard? I Don't Need No Stinking Keyboard"

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Summary: They say you have to write every day. Every damned day! Set yourself a goal---so many pages, etc. and stick to it.

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CHOOSING AN EDITORIAL SERVICE

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Summary: In the past decade, the face of publishing has drastically changed. And most evident among these changes is the relationship between editor and author.
Editors no longer spend much time editing. Where once an editor would take an author ?under his wing
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The Ink-Stained Wretch
"The Writer's Conference "

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Summary: At some point in your writing life you will ponder the notion of writer's conferences: Should I go? Why?
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Nancy S. Miller,
Senior Editor

Pocket Books, New York
Director,
Washington Square Press, New York

Imprints of Simon & Schuster

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Summary: January - February Spotlight, 1999
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Solving The Out-of-Print Dilemma

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Summary: Literary agents Richard Curtis and Donald Maass
provide insights on E-rights for Authorlink writers
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The Ink-Stained Wretch
"The Big Easy"

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Summary: You get up at six to get ready for work and the kids need help to get ready for school, so you bustle and rage about until all the humans are out of the house and as you're leaving you look at your computer or typewriter or notebook and promise...
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Jennifer Weis,
Executive Editor

St. Martin's Press

New York

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Summary: December Spotlight
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WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING
FOR KIDS FALL CONFERENCE

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Summary: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustators
Sponsored by the Southern Breeze Region of SCBWI

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The Ink-Stained Wretch
"Somebody tell me already?"

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Summary: Why doesn't someone just tell me...?
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Camille Cline
Newly-appointed Editor
Taylor Publishing Company
Dallas,TX

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Summary: November Spotlight
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Amy Pierpont, Associate Editor

Simon & Schuster, New York

Imprint: Pocket Books

Parent Company: Viacom

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Summary: October Spotlight
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A Special Report
On The Southwest Writers Workshop
16th Annual Conference

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Summary: ...while the craft can be learned, something must force you on the path toward your own vision, your own voice.
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A Special Report
On The California Writer's Club
Fall Writer's Conference

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Summary: Dale Evans was the keynote speaker for the day. Evans left no dry eyes in the house as she spoke for the first time since her husband, Roy Rogers' death just a few months ago.
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Don D'Auria,
Editor

Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.

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Summary: October Spotlight:
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