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	<title>Writing and Publishing</title>
	
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	<description>A Discussion including Self Publishing &amp; Children's Books</description>
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		<title>Digital Media Replaces Traditional Publishing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital Publishing]]></category>

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The digital future is here. From printed book to PDF copy, onto to e-book sales and now digital applications of books are making their way onto the iPhone/iTouch. With buzz words like Amazon’s “Kindle”, and “Sony Reader”, electronic readers are circulating throughout the net and in homes. Now we are being introduced to the iPad. [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Digital Media Replaces Traditional Publishing?", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/digital-media-replaces-traditional-publishing/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Hi-Lo Books for Reluctant Readers</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/writing-hi-lo-books-for-reluctant-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[High-interest low-reading level writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered writing to a specific audience  outside of the norm? An author can sit down and write for a specific genre  (i.e. science fiction, fantasy, and general fiction), age group and topic. What  about writing for those kids who are reluctant readers? Kids, who have trouble  reading at [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Writing Hi-Lo Books for Reluctant Readers", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/writing-hi-lo-books-for-reluctant-readers/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Manuscript Submission – Do Your Homework</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/manuscript-submission-%e2%80%93-do-your-homework/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Manuscript Submission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[author submission guidelines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[book market trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[submitting manuscripts to publishers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve attended more than a few writer’s classes and meetings  where the topic of ‘doing your homework’ with regard to manuscript submission  has been discussed at length. ‘Doing your homework’ refers to the research a  writer should do to determine the appropriate market trends and publishers to  submit a manuscript to. [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Manuscript Submission – Do Your Homework", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/manuscript-submission-%e2%80%93-do-your-homework/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Writing Goals</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/2010-writing-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[finding time to write]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing goals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all set them. Whether it’s for weight loss, achieving  financial gain or for personal reasons, we all set out with goals or New Year’s  resolutions each and every year. Did you finish that novel in 2009? Did you  even start it?
Over the last few years, I’ve published two children’s  books, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "2010 Writing Goals", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/2010-writing-goals/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Using The Senses</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/writing-using-the-senses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Writing About Senses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When writing for an audience, it is important to remember the senses. 
Much of a story can be defined as flat if the sense of touch, taste, sight, hearing, and smell don&#8217;t affect the characters you are writing about. If you include what a character is feeling with their senses, you draw the reader into [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Writing Using The Senses", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/writing-using-the-senses/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Little Blue Penguin Shines with Colourful Emotion during Storybook Time at Krysta’s Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/little-blue-penguin-shines-with-colourful-emotion-during-storybook-time-at-krysta%e2%80%99s-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[book marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Krysta's Kingdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Little Blue Penguin Children's Book]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Storybook time on Krysta’s Kingdom, an animated children’s series,  produced by Electric Bear Studios, will feature the colourful children’s book,  Little Blue Penguin on Episode 4, aired on KTV, October 10, 2009 at 7:30 am and  1:30 pm.
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wood Lily Publishers (Press Release) - October 5,  2009 - Water [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Little Blue Penguin Shines with Colourful Emotion during Storybook Time at Krysta’s Kingdom", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/little-blue-penguin-shines-with-colourful-emotion-during-storybook-time-at-krysta%e2%80%99s-kingdom/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>1st Annual 2009 Calgary Children’s Book Fair &amp; Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/1st-annual-2009-calgary-children%e2%80%99s-book-fair-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/1st-annual-2009-calgary-children%e2%80%99s-book-fair-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writers' Conferences]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Writing Contests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[book marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Calgary children's Book Fair and Conference]]></category>

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The first annual Calgary Children’s Book Fair and Conference  featuring local children’s authors and illustrators is set to take place  Saturday, November 14, 2009. Promoter and children’s author, Simon Rose (The  Doomsday Mask 2009), took the challenge of creating and administering this new  book event.
When asked why he wanted to bring [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "1st Annual 2009 Calgary Children’s Book Fair &#038; Conference", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/1st-annual-2009-calgary-children%e2%80%99s-book-fair-conference/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Kids Become Readers</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/helping-kids-become-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/helping-kids-become-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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One of the most exciting moments for me as an author is when I am doing a signing at a bookstore, and parents make the effort to ensure that I am introduced to their children. We take a few minutes to talk about my being an author, what I wrote and I talk about writing [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Helping Kids Become Readers", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/helping-kids-become-readers/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Internet - A Writer’s Friend</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/the-internet-a-writers-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/the-internet-a-writers-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Manuscript Submission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve received a few calls this week from people who have written a children&#8217;s book and the question asked is one I&#8217;ve heard several times before, &#8220;What do I do now?&#8221;. They have some knowledge of the publishing industry, but not much. I am not sure how much writing experience they have, but the question [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Internet - A Writer&#8217;s Friend", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/the-internet-a-writers-friend/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>When A Writer Can’t Write</title>
		<link>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/when-a-writer-cant-write/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/when-a-writer-cant-write/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dailywriter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer's block]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons why a writer can&#8217;t write. If you are a writer where characters, plots and settings surge through your mind like an electrical current and you can&#8217;t wait to get to a pen and paper or a keyboard, then you will understand what it means to you when you can&#8217;t write. In [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "When A Writer Can&#8217;t Write", url: "http://www.aboutwritingandpublishing.com/when-a-writer-cant-write/" });</script>]]></description>
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