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Volume 10, Issue 1
WINTER 2020
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Tips, Techniques and Tricks
Chats with the Experts
Industry News...and... more
WINTER 2020
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1 M ORGAN ’ S C ORNER
3 K EEPING Y OUR R EADERS E NGAGED ~ F RED R AYWORTH
5 J UST FOR G IGGLES AND G RINS
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8 T HE N EEDED T HANK Y OU ~ L IFE S TORIES BY K EITH B ETTINGER
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S ELL A DS TO H ELP F INANCE Y OUR S ELF -P UBLISHED B OOK OR P ROMOTIONAL B OOK
C AROLYN H OWARD -J OHNSON
L ATEST L IST OF M ISUSED , O VERUSED AND U SELESS W ORDS , P HRASES
H AL M ORRIS , GRUMPYEDITOR . COM
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16 W HAT THE H ECK ARE P ARAPROSDOKIANS ?
18 W RITERS C ONFERENCE L ISTINGS
19 S POTLIGHT I NTERVIEW ~ J ON D’A MORE - A UTHOR , S CREENWRITER , M USICIAN
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26 M EMORIES : W HEN N O O NE S HOWS U P A T Y OUR B OOK SIGNING ~ M ORGAN S T . J AMES
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40 T OP 5 P UBLISHING P REDICTION P OSTS FOR 2020
S ELF P UBLISHING VS T RADITIONAL P UBLISHING
Y OU D ON ’ T S AY —W RONG W ORDS C AN C HANGE T HE M EANING - A L ITTLE S T . P ATRICK ’ S
D AY S TORY ~ M ORGAN S T . J AMES AND M IKE D ENNIS
W RITERS T RICKS OF THE T RADE R ADIO L ISTINGS
R EVIEWS BY M ARTHA - M ARTHA A. C HEVES —R ESIDENT R EVIEWER
T HE D INNER P ARTY - R J P ARKER
P RODUCING A S UCCESSFUL A UDIO B OOK
S NOW H APPENS (S TORY 3 IN THE W HEN P IGS F LY SERIES ) ~ R ON C ORBIN
N EWS : A D ECADE OF C HANGES IN B OOK P UBLISHING
W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE – T HE B OOK U PDATED FOR 2020
H OW TO R EAD B ACK I SSUES OF W RITERS T RICKS OF THE T RADE