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A "Plan 9" Book?
Sometimes, when you do a little writing like I do, you get tipped off as to what upcoming books and authors are really gonna be hot. And folks, I’ve got a book title and an author’s name for y’all th...
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A Bad Book Review? You Aren't Doomed. Here's Why.
When you get a bad book review
You've just been notified a review of your book has been posted. You're all excited and can't wait to see what has been written. You're clicking onto your book's page when...Oh no! They hated your book! ...
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A Barrel of Fun – Book Review
A Barrel of Fun – Book Review
By Lisa M. Hendey
Rarely do you crack the spine of a book put out by a religious publisher and find yourself giggling out loud, but this was my recent experience while enjoying A BARREL OF FUN (Kregel, April 2004, ...
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A beginner's guide to setting up a successful online store
Online selling is by no means a simple task. To sell products online not
only requires making use of high end marketing strategies but also
involves lots of planning. This article is meant for those of you who
intent to start an online store. ...
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A Book Can Make You a Bundle!
In the past 6 months, a new form of Books has grown in popularity on the
Internet: EBooks. An EBook is simply an Electronic Book distributed via
download in Windows, Macintosh, or Palm Pilot file formats. With the
widespread acceptance of EBooks,...
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A Brief History of the Book - Part II
E-books, cheaper than even paperbacks, are the quintessential "literature for the millions". Both erstwhile reprint libraries and current e-book publishers specialize in inexpensive books in the public domain (i.e., whose copyright expired). John Bell (...
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A Canada Winter
The youthfulness of children, memories, and the young at heart melt the frozen grip of the dreaded season. Not all find it so terrible, just take a walk around the block before it thaws and you will hear snowmobiles and the shrieks of hilarity from kids s...
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A Copywriter Never Mumbles – and Other Principles of Effective Ad Copy
H.L. Mencken, the author, jounalist and social critic observed that most people "write badly because they cannot think clearly." And the reason they cannot think clearly, he went on, is that "they lack the brains."
Putting aside H.L.'s cri...
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A Copywriter Speaks: Hey, Give Me Back My Pen!
It’s no wonder I have a permanent crick in my neck. I’ve spent the last ten years shaking my head piteously at people who think they can write. Fellow scribes, let us gather now for a virtual group hug, as we console each other for the fruitlessness that ...
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A Cure for Writer's Block
A Cure for Writer's Block
Writer's block is a favourite topic of writer's, and no wonder….nearly every writer suffers from it at some crucial point in their careers. Writer's block usually comes to visit at the most inopportune times, like duri...
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A DAILY DOSE OF INSPIRATION
Inspiration - where does it come from and how do you get it when you want it? This age-old question highlights a problem that plagues those whose life work revolved around ideas, and new concepts, themes, or subject matter.
Take writing for exampl...
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A Day in the Life of a Freelance Copywriter
Ever wanted a job where you could spend all day, every day, writing clever and inspiring prose? Yes? Well don’t become a freelance copywriter!
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great job, and for some of us it’s a calling that won’t be denied. And you de...
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A Few Brief Tips for Dealing with Rejection
What to do when you get rejected. You've just finished your book, sent out query letters and was rejected. What's left to do? You could give up, but I wouldn't suggest this. Here's some brief tips on...
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A Few Brief Tips To Deal With Writing Rejection
What to do when you get rejected
You've just finished your book, sent out query letters and was rejected. What's left to do? You could give up, but I wouldn't suggest this. Here's some brief tips on how to deal with rejection.
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A Few Keys to Writing Effective Dialogue
Every writer expends a great deal of creative energy developing a story line and limning well-balanced prose with evocative sentences. That's what writing is all about, after all. But fiction writers...
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A FEW THOUGHTS ON WRITING INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH
Here is my "dime's worth" (see learning "American English" , or at least
your expressions already) on the subject of writing for an international
audience on the world wide web. The Web offers you an opportunity,
unique in history, to speak ...
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A First Time Author's Publicity Kit Materials
If you're a new author that has been requested to send publicist materials, you may feel left in the dark on what to send. Here's a list of the usual items.
1. Author Bio
This is no place for modesty. You're competing with many other auth...
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A First Time Author's Publicity Kit Materials
If you're a new author that has been requested to send publicist materials, you may feel left in the dark on what to send. Here's a list of the usual items. 1. Author Bio This is no place for modesty...
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A Free Lesson On How To Easily Write Ads That Are Guaranteed To Make You Money
COPYWRITING After determining what we are going to sell, the next task is to effectively convey our message. Copywriting is the art of writing words and messages that successfully sell a product or s...
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A FREE LESSON ON HOW TO EASILY WRITE ADS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU MONEY.
COPYWRITING
After determining what we are going to sell, the next task is to effectively convey our message.
Copywriting is the art of writing words and messages that successfully sell a product or service. From the development of...
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A Good Book Cover Design is Key
Marketing your Book cover, Spine and Information. Whether you've written your book or are just starting out, having an eye catching cover is a must. Did you know that customers may be looking over y...
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A Great Loneliness
'Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers. What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, Man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beas...
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A Guide to Creative Writing That Sells
It's unbelievable that with all the creative writing courses out there, that no one teaches the necessity of researching your market before you set pen to paper. Yes, we all want to be creative and l...
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A Guide To Poetry Styles & Terms
Poetry is made up of so many specific patters and language. There are as many forms of poetry as there are writers who pen it. Here I have gather some resources to specific patterns of poetry and I h...
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A HOME IN THE ETHER? Do Writers really need a website?
"Do I really need a web site?" This must be one of the most frequent questions asked by on-line writers and for which there is only one answer ... NO, of course you don't!
If you think that is a little odd coming from someone that designs web si...
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A LITERARY POSTCARD FROM SOMEWHERE
(c) Theolonius McTavish 2004. All rights reserved.
Seeking a spot of serenity somewhere in the universe, I recently booked a deep-discount dodgy berth on the ‘White Elephant Express Space Shuttle’, to a little known place in a galaxy far, far away...
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A Long Walk on a Short Pier
We all write - whether we do it professionally or socially. Kids write homework assignments and mom and dad write out checks to pay bills.
Writing comes in many shapes and forms, but what about "taking that leap of faith" and putting your views,...
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A New Song to sing and Dance to!
This is a song for everyone!
Holy Moly!
Holy Moly!
I want to tell you about God and the Devil!
If we choose to sin,
Then please don't grin!
Holy Moly!
Holy Moly!
My temperature is rising,
so I'm just flying!
And singing thi...
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A New Way To Self Publish
More and more good authors are turning to the Internet to self publish. There are several reasons for that. All of them are probably well known to every writer by now, so we'll not go into them here...
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A Newsletter Publisher's Main Task: Packaging Value Content
The main task of a newsletter publisher is to select and package quality content of direct, practical relevance to its specific readership audience. This might sound quick and easy, but it is not. P...
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A Perfect Fathers Day Gift: Publish Dad's Story As An E-book
From Normandy to Funafuti, from the warehouse to the
boardroom, fathers have been giving their lives unselfishly for their
families.
The movie Peal Harbor has just come out and helps remind us that our
Fathers are very special people. Th...
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A Person Is Known By the Blog He Keeps
Literature is the soul of the wit. The best source of literature can be now found in blogs. The growing trend of ‘blogmania’ is slowly sweeping the netizens. Every person aspires to have a blog as a ...
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A Profitable Idea for Writers
To say that I read a lot is perhaps one of the greatest
understatements of all time. I read chronically, obsessively.
Articles, books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters--you name it.
Whenever I am alone, if I'm not actually writing something...
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A Quick Guide to ISBNs for Self-Publishers
A Quick Guide to ISBNs for Self-Publishers ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a code assigned to every published book that uniquely identifies it in the marketplace. ISBNs make...
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A Simple Contest with a Strong Message for All Writers: Wake Up Your Writing Spirit
The Blogfest 2005 Writing Contest has only been running for two weeks and already the results are overwhelming. And not because we’re getting far more entries than we expected. It’s because along with entries, we’re also getting heartfelt messages from wr...
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A SIMPLE RECIPE FOR "WRITING SUCCESS
* Write something every day. DISCIPLINE and DEDICATION is the key
to eventual writing success, I believe. Also practice makes "purrfect".
*Always remember, that getting published takes commitment and hard work.
PERSISTENCE and PATIENCE to...
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A Surprising Way to Write a Million Dollar E-Book
Ever since Jim Edwards and I wrote our best-selling
e-book, "How to Write and Publish Your Own OUTRAGEOUSLY
Profitable e-Book --- in as little as 7 days!," people have
written to us for advice on how to pick a good subject for
their e-b...
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A TEACHER WHO INFLUENCED MY WRITING
Mine was Mrs. Martha Harrison, my eighth grade English teacher. She made us write, and write, and write. She would put a sentence on the blackboard (I used to be the one to clean it..remember that), like "If A Pencil Sharpener Could Talk" and ma...
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A THOUGHT OF MANY COLORS
You have a great idea for a story or an article. It’s perfect and the thought of sharing it with others knows no bounds.
There is your computer, your desk, and you are ready. Fingers on the keyboard, and you click away putting those special ...
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A TRIP TO SUCCESS
You have permission to publish this article in
its entirety, electronically, or in print, as long
as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy
of your publication, if possible, would be
appreciated. Or an e-mail informing the writer
of...
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A Winning Web Site Requires Winning Words
Ever sit down to create that winning ad, publicity
release or newsletter and couldn't come up with the right
words or phrases? You will never make your future until you
cure the problem of the Dialog Dilemma. And that means
enlarging your per...
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A Writer's Inner Battle
There is a psychological nuisance so powerful that can deflate the drive, self-esteem, and human spirit of many aspiring Writers of any age. These Writers are faced with an obstacle that make them st...
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A Writing Exercise That Increases Awareness And Description Skills
Practice attaching words to feelings requires time to do.
Without a system that helps you monitor that time, the
minutes or hours could feel unproductive. With the right
exercise, you can then use that time wisely, as well as save
you time and...
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A Year in the Life of a Writer
For those of you who don't know what I'm about, here's a short
summary.
I'm a writer living in England. I have written a novel, 'St Brodag's
Isle', which is supported by a website (http://www.stbrodag.com) and
a newsletter. 2002 ...
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ABBREVIATIONS MADE EASY
Which is better usage: USA or U.S.A.?
The punctuation of abbreviations is an area that is subject to
considerable differences of opinion. For example, as demonstrated
by the question above, not everyone agrees on when (or if) to
use full ...
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ABC’s of Publishing - About Agents
While there’s no Golden Rule to “Being Published”; it appears the only way to get your foot in the door is to have a respected literary agent hold it open. (I can’t count the number of times my toes, and my ego, have been smashed.) Most of the large NY pu...
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About Writing
In this free email course, I'll tell you everything I know about improving your writing, publishing it electronically and in print, and promoting it after the sale. Two questions you should ask: (1) ...
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About Your Copyright
With the easy access of the Internet, more people are writing and creating and displaying their art publicly than ever before. As a marketing coach, I receive many questions about copyrights – how to get your own, and how to know about someone else’s work...
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Absolutely Outstanding Free eMarketing eBook
How to Sell 300% More of Your Product in 72 Hours Than You Did all Month Absolutely unbelievable, Free, Free Resell Rights Too. Learn and Make Money at the Same Time! http://www.geocities.com/christu007/savefinal.html
About the Author
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Absurdity of Absurd: Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
What does ‘Absurd’ mean ?When I searched the glossaries ,I found the word to be ‘out of harmony’(1).But yet the definitions trying hard to explain the term , just to end in to...
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Accepting Ebook Payment
Once you've completed your ebook and have taken the
necessary steps to protect your work, your next step will
be to set up an online payment system.
Don't let this process intimidate you, as it is much easier
than you may think. There...
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Advertising the Kanoodle Way
Another great tool for advertising is http://www.kanoodle.com. At Kanoodle.com you can sign up and get $5 free towards you advertising cost. You can then request for Kanoodle to review your submission and create a list for you with the keywords that best...
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Advice From Successful Freelancers: Starting & Maintaining A Freelancer Career
For the e-book, Advice from Successful Freelancers: How They Built Their Careers & How You Can Too!, I asked ten questions of freelancers who were living their dream life. Following are some of their...
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Ah, Come On Baby, Stop Teasing, Show Me, Show Me, Show Me (Show, Don't Tell)
It's been a hard day. You settle into your most comfortable chair with the book you just bought. All you want to do is get lost in a good story for awhile. You open the book and begin to read. Which of the following would let you know that you're really...
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Alternative View Points and the Lamp of Creativity
Pictures they say are worth a thousand words, but many writers know that they are worth much more than that! Without decent photographs or other artwork to accompany an article many features publis...
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AMAZING EBOOK ON THE INTERNET
Dear friend!
Ebooks are today "the great trend" on the Internet, and are in GROWTH each year - Get to Turn Your Computer Into A Cashmachine and learn know how...
What is FreeAdGuru? At first glance - it looks like a normal free ebook. But...
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Amazing: make a B*U*N*D*L*E in 7 days with your own ebook!
What do you want to write? Why not write an ebook? Ebooks, sold from one- or twopage websites, has been a lucrative business for quite a few people and who knows? Perhaps it is your turn?
"How to write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable ...
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Amazons of E-Books: Two Women That Successfully Sell E-Books
For a long time I was the only one I knew that sold e-books. I've been selling e-books for 7 years, and when I would say "I sell e-books" at parties, people would barely know what I was talking about for a long time.
I was shocked when a mutua...
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An Ambarrassment of Riches
http://www.doi.org/
The Internet is too rich. Even powerful and sophisticated search engines, such as Google, return a lot of trash, dead ends, and Error 404's in response to the most well-defined query, Boolean operators and all. Directorie...
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An Appeal To The Bloggers!
Blogging is smart an art. Blog sites are the nicest portals which do aid people to unfurl their inundating mind streams, in umpteen aspects and share their ideas and experiences. It satiates several ...
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An Article about Articles
Everyone that publishes a newsletter or ezine knows that the "list" is the most important thing, if you want to be successful with any online venture. To build that list we are told to submit ads to ...
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An Easy Way To Write Articles To Promote Your Biz
If you're not a born writer, a simple way to begin writing articles to promote your business is to write list articles. Your list articles could be a top ten list or top seven list that deals with a...
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An eBook Publisher's Dilemma: Should I Use PDF or Exe Format?
An eBook Publisher's Dilemma: Should I Use PDF or Exe Format?
by Michael Southon
If you write and publish eBooks, sooner or later you
will probably be faced with a dilemma - should you
create your eBooks as .exe files or .pdf files?
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An eBook Publisher's Dilemma: Should I Use PDF or Exe Format?
If you write and publish eBooks, sooner or later you will probably be faced with a dilemma - should you create your eBooks as .exe files or .pdf files? PDF, which stands for Portable Document Format...
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An Editor Spins Her Thoughts about Web Content
A glossy magazine placed an advertisement on its Web site, targeting the publication’s upscale subscribers. The expensive ad emphasized how perfect the tiniest detail would be for guests who stayed at a certain, very fancy hotel.
There was only on...
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An Inside Look at Proofreading
This is the ideal topic for us all to think about. We do it everyday, especially those of us that use the Internet the majority of the time. Web pages, business letters, articles, news releases, docu...
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An SEO Copywriting Makeover – Turning “Not” Into “Hot” Part 1 of 2
by Karon Thackston © 2003
http://www.copywritingcourse.com
I recently took on a project for a Web site that sells gas logs that I thought would make an interesting case study. As many people ask me what goes through my mind when I write search e...
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An SEO Copywriting Makeover – Turning “Not” Into “Hot” Part 2 of 2
by Karon Thackston © 2003
http://www.copywritingcourse.com
In part one of this article series, I outlined a recent project I undertook for a Web site that sells gas logs. The site had a lot of potential, but in its current state the sales orient...
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Analysis of a Topic: Writing Essays and Term Papers
Analyzing a topic is often the first step in researching an essay or term paper. It describes and defines a topic and its importance. Does the topic have value? Why should it be discussed? Answering these questions is important in an analysis of a topic....
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And what do you do?... How to know when you're a writer!
It's the funniest thing. When someone asks me what I do for a living, I
tell them, "I'm a writer." The standard response is, "No, really, what do
you do?" Somehow, I always get lost in the conversation because I never
expect that type of re...
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Anyone Can Be a Writer...But
How many times have you seen it in ads, ezines, and
articles? ANYONE can be a writer! Right. But the question is
do you want to read what they write? I was not always an "A"
student in school or college, but I do know how to hit
*spell check...
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Apostrophe Usage Explained
APOSTROPHE USAGE EXPLAINED
Copyright 2004, Michael LaRocca
According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner
says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are
probably the last words he will ever say.
We...
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Are Creative Stereotypes Holding You Back?
Here's a quick quiz:
1) When I see a see a sunrise, I'm moved to:
A. Compose a poem.
B. Try and capture the beauty with my paints and brush.
C. Stumble drunkenly into bed -- boy that party was a lot of fun.
D. Cover my face with my pi...
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Are Keywords Destroying the Flow of Your SEO Copy?
by Karon Thackston © 2004, All Rights Reserved
http://www.copywritingcourse.com/keyword
With all the shuffling that’s been seen in the search engine world within the last year, the issue of obvious optimizing has become a hot button. The current...
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Are We Losing the Desire to Write Well?
British polling company ICM Research recently conducted a
survey that found that around two-thirds of the two thousand
18-24 year olds surveyed cared "NOT AT ALL" about punctuation,
spelling and grammar when composing e-mail.
This overl...
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Are Writing Exercises Effective?
It was reported that the great American author Sinclair Lewis was once asked to give a lecture on writing to a group of college students: "Looking out at this gathering," he said to the assembled stu...
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Are You a "P-Word" Solver?
Back in the days when I supervised customer service employees, I
developed a standard (albeit somewhat corny) reply whenever anyone on
my staff came to me with a problem.
"There are no 'problems' in Customer Service," I'd tell them, to...
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Are You a Freelance Writer? - Then You Need a Website
As a freelance writer, it is important to present yourself to your clients in a highly effective way. One of the most effective methods that freelancers use is a website. You can and should produce...
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Are You Achieving Your Writing Goals?
At the start of this new year, like at the start of every other new year, I came across dozens of articles about the importance of setting achievable goals, challenging myself to do new things and fixing measurable standards and working towards them.
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Are You Achieving Your Writing Goals?
At the start of this new year, like at the start of every other new year, I came across dozens of articles about the importance of setting achievable goals, challenging myself to do new things and fi...
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Are You Asking the Right Questions in Your Copy?
Are You Asking the Right Questions in Your Copy?
by Karon Thackston © 2004
http://www.copywritingcourse.com
It’s a common approach to writing copy. You begin by asking questions. Why? To evoke thoughts in your readers' minds, to stir up emot...
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Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?
Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?
by John Colanzi
http://www.thesimplesystem.net
Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft.
You wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted
it to an editor or publi...
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Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?
Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft. You wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted it to an editor or publisher and prayed it would be published. Along comes the I...
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Are You Ready To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone?
Are You Ready To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone?
by John Colanzi
It's amazing how long it took me to actually start writing
and submitting articles for publication.
I knew all the reasons for writing articles, but still
bulked at th...
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Are You Really Writing Haiku?
Haiku is originally a Japanese style poem, however it has changed into a favorite of many young adults. One problem though, most who claim they write haiku, generally don't. Haiku is a strict style of writing that consists of a 5 7 5 style, meaning 5 syl...
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Are You Sure Your Query Is Ready?
One magazine. Hundreds of writers. Thousands of queries.
One editor. One desktop ... and a trashcan that appears to be incredibly, almost unimaginably deep. Where exactly will your submission go?
It has all the makings of an editor's nightmare...
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ARE YOU WRITING FOR A CHANGE?
Whenever you reach one of those writer's roadblocks, it helps to take
some time to reexamine what drives you to write in the first place.
I submit, however, that regardless of your reason(s) for being, or
wanting to be, a writer, or what k...
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Arouse Your Short Story And See It Published
Are you ready to abandon your short stories? Before you toss your newest story in the trash, revisit it using many of the same guidelines editors keep in mind when they review your work. If you follow these guidelines, you will be many steps closer to pla...
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Art In The Heartland
We are a site developed to enhance and enrich a wealth of information about artists, photographers, dancers, authors, musicians, theater, all forms of performing arts, events, and organizations.
About the Author
Web design and developer for th...
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Article Submitting: How To Study A Publisher’s Website
There are many websites that will host your articles on the Internet. Some small, some large, some with guidelines, some without, some support streams of topics, some have a limited focus, some charg...
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Article Writing & Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales & Profits.
Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable in...
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Article Writing Errors
Having trouble writing articles? Here's my list of some
common mistakes that writers make.
Not being a writer - This is the number one mistake that
writers make. If you are a writer, then you had better be
writing. You cannot publish w...
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Article Writing Tips
3 Tips when Writing Articles Do you love to write? Do you want to put those writing skills to good use? Perhaps you want to see your name published whether it be in a newspaper, magazine, e-zine or o...
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As the Darkness Deepens by Michael Cale - Book Review
Newton's Third Law of Motions states that "For ever action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Michael Cale's latest novel, As the Darkness Deepens, is an interesting study in this universal law as it relates to the forces of good and evil. Whi...
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Ask Jeff- How do I get my novel finished?
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Audio and E-book Opportunties
I joined a Christian Writers' Group a few weeks ago,
and the email exchanges of those members is quite
exhilarating. Browsing and skimming them last night I
came to one where a writer who has vision trouble and
can't read regular print boo...
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Avoid Crafty Traps in Essay Writing
Hidden pitfalls are on watch for your paper success in every paragraph of the essay you write. They are notorious misprints, insidious misspellings and numerous stylistic, syntax and format errors. I...
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Awesome Endings
Bungee jumping, sky diving, secret mission, Indy 500: how do these events compare to the art of fiction writing? Each one brings to its ‘doer’ an element of anticipation, exhilaration, unfamiliarity,...
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Baby Steps To Writing Success
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Summary: Take baby seteps to writing success. One step after ano...
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BABY STEPS; AWESOME RESULTS!
Whether you want a fitter body, a calmer mind, a raise at work, or a more prolific writing career, there's no more popular time than now to make life-changing resolutions. But how do you keep from falling short of your goals at the end of the year? You m...
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Back to the copywriting basics
You've probably read lots on effective copywriting strategies, how to
utilise keywords, and various tricks of the trade for making sure your
copywriting is as effective as possible. This is good stuff ... anything
that results in a better websit...
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Bad Book Review Blues
When you get a bad book review You've just been notified a review of your book has been posted. You're all excited and can't wait to see what has been written. You're clicking onto your book's page w...
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Basic Writing Tips – Some Controversial, All Correct
As a previous article (“Making Better Word Choices – 4 Examples”) explained, writers can take steps to prevent simple, and common, errors from degrading their writing. Five areas of writing that cau...
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Battling Internet ADHD: Ten Tips for Writers
Write for a reason Get to the point. One of the basic references for Web design is Steve Krug's, Don't Make Me Think. My book for Web writers (not yet available in stores) will be called, Don't Make ...
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Battling Writer's Block
"Hitting the wall", "Writer's Block", "Brain Cramp", "Drawing a blank"...whatever name it goes by, it's every writer's worst nightmare. "It" defies logic and spits in the face of reason. We're writers for writing out loud! Words are our dear...
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Be Careful What You Write
A small-business owner is someone who runs his own company, but a small business owner is always a shrimp!
Along with incredible conveniences, email communications come with a major pitfall: People are getting careless about their writing. I...
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Be Concise
Concision. (Sounds like I made up another word.) It's the idea of being concise in our ongoing communication with others, both written and oral. Many take forever to say so little. These are the same...
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Beat the Block with a Journal
It’s nearing the end of summer, and I have no credentials to my benefit these holidays. As the end of the holidays approach, I keep wondering what I have to show for the summer other than the noticea...
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Beating Perfection Syndrome so you can write
Copyright © 2002 by Angela Booth
It's Saturday afternoon. Your partner has taken the kids to the
park. You have a whole hour to write. Instead of which, you sit,
staring out the window like Rodin's Thinker in jeans and a yellow
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Become An Expert Affiliate Marketer Overnight!
Let Gary Shawkey and his #1 student Brian Garvin take you by the hand and show you every secret Brian uses to make over $15,000 monthly from affiliate programs. Worldwide complete master reprint rights are yours! All for Only $29.95. Order now: http://www...
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Become an Expert: Write Articles
What is one of the best ways to become an expert in your chosen field?
It is to write articles on the internet.
I have been writing articles online regularly for about 4 years and I am constantly amazed at the exposure I get for myself and ...
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Becoming A Ghostwriter
Ghostwriting can be rewarding in two ways. a) You get a chance to research and write about all types of topics that you wouldn't normally have a chance to learn about. The old theory in writing "writ...
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Becoming a Writer
The urge to write fiction seems God given for some, a learned skill for others. One thing is certain – it requires practice and a particular mindset. But, if you’re a beginner, where do you start? ...
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Becoming an Online Word Compactor
Writing for online publication differs from writing for
print. One difference is length; online pieces tend to be
less than 1,000 words in length. Long text passages are
difficult to read on-screen, so the key to writing
successfully online is...
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Becoming the Total Package
Being a great writer is no longer enough if you plan to score a big publishing deal, especially as a nonfiction author. Particularly if your book idea falls into the how-to or self-help categories...
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Before You Begin: Pointers for New Writers
Most writers are readers first. Whether historical, research, romantic mystery or spiritual focus. Many well versed writers have either read extensively or have been challenged by a variety of in depth life changing experiences. Remember, your best writin...
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Before You Begin, Know What To Expect... How You Can Make a Living, Proof Reading From Home
Proof reading from home is an excellent way to make money, right? How hard and challenging can it be to do some editing after all? In fact it can be quite challenging to find a good quality proofr...
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Beginner's Blues: How to Collect Samples, Testimonials, and References as a Freelancer
Beginner's Blues: How to Collect Samples, Testimonials, and References as a Freelancer by Brian S. Konradt of BSK Communications and Associates My samples are self-selling. They gleam behind protect...
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Beginnings
Just about everyone is familiar with this beginning: “In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep . . .” (Gen...
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Being John DocReader
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Being the "Butt" of an Article
A writer friend of mine just forwarded me an email that someone has just sent her. She’s a brand new writer, has a column going in her local paper, and really enjoys writing. The email she was sent i...
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Being the "Butt" of an Article
A writer friend of mine just forwarded me an email that someone has just sent her. She’s a brand new writer, has a column going in her local paper, and really enjoys writing. The email she was sent is as follows, only the name of the person sending it has...
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Benefits of Creating Corporate E-books
Introduction:
[Sharing of Knowledge through Corporate e-books]
For organisations to stay competitive, they must be willing to share knowledge with the public because the digital revolution has enabled information to move beyond geographical bou...
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Best-Selling Book Secrets
Everyone says, “Some day I'm going to write a book,” but few actually do. So congratulations on a noteworthy achievement! Now that you're holding your book in your hands, after years of research, wri...
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Better Copy: The Interview is the Key
Most of us spend our days persuading others to buy our service,
product or idea. Here is how to create powerful marketing copy to
make your job easier: INTERVIEW YOURSELF.
If you hired a writer to create the copy for you, he/she would likely...
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Beware: The Dreaded Article
The fine art of writing for your e-zine
Stymied. It’s a good word to describe those poor, unfortunate souls who have the knowledge to write a content-rich article but who run from the idea like a quarter horse headed for the finish line. Why do the...
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Beyond Fear And Greed: Emotions That Sell
Fear and Greed. The stock-in-trade of sales. Appeal to them, and your success is assured. But isn’t there more to life than those two emotions?
Yes, there is. And your marketing would do well to expand its emotional horizons! Let’s take a look at ...
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Blast Your Writing Blocks
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BLOCKED, STUMPED AND STUCK: 12 PROMPTS TO GET YOU WRITING!
Beginning writers often wonder how to start writing. It's the
worry they get themselves into right away that mostly hinders
them from getting anything written down.
Experienced writers often get stuck in the middle of their novels,
stori...
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Blog Your Way to Success - What a "Blog" is?
Blog is a short of "weB LOG" or a method of storing any kind of information online. Such organized informational posting and archiving was named "Blog".By the form Blog represents an updated web-site...
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Blogs Like All Forms Of Writing Are An Art Form That Takes Knowledge And Practice To Do Well
Writing…Blogs…Blogs are on-line journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing…Writing is the process where one puts down words of a language on a format that others can read. This...
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Book Marketing 101
Francine Silverman. Book Marketing from A-Z (InfinityPublishing.com, 2005). Trade paperback. 400 pages. $18.95 US. For beginning authors, book promotion is the key to success. Whether an author self...
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Book Promotion Myth -- The Best Place to Sell Books is a Book Store
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Book Proposals 101.: What Publishers Want
Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting...
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Book Review of The Seven Steps To Successful Relationships
A Practical Guide For Everyone By Keith And Maura Leon
Keith and Maura Leon have written a manual mixed with a workbook on how to create lasting relationships. This manual uses a business format to present the material and exercises of how to ...
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Book Summary: If Life is a Game, These are the Rules
This article is based on the following book:
If Life is a Game, These are the Rules
"Ten rules for Being Human"
By Cherie Carter-Scott, PhD
Published by Broadway Book, New York, 1998
ISBN: 0767902386
139 Pages
This #1 New Yo...
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Book Summary: Permission to Win
From a new breed of motivators, America's Attitude Coach
Ray Pelletier gives you a practical guide for translating your personal mission into concrete action. Make today your January 1st. Say goodbye to negative thoughts and
change your life by g...
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Book Summary: Self Motivation
Gail Lindenfield is a well-known British author who has written several self-help books. In Self Motivation, she does a good job of going over many aspects of self development and she provides solutions to a variety of
everyday problems.
Challe...
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Book Summary: The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
A follow-up companion reader to The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, here is a clear character profile of the ideal Team Player. Maxwell stresses some main qualities of a good team player: intentional, or she is focused on
the big picture, relational...
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Book Summary: The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success
Dr. Deepak Chopra is a well-known author of more than 25 books. He is one of the leading spokespersons for a growing movement of physicians who are combining modern Western medicine with ancient Eastern healing methods. Chopra was formerly the Chief of S...
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Book Title Secrets To Selling More Books
Your struggling to sell just a few copies of your book, ebook,
report or other information-based product each month?
Are you stumped by the lack of response you are getting?
You are positive people want your information, yet no matter
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Boost Your Income With Trade Journals
Why would anyone want to write for trade journals? Aren’t the topics are dry? Don’t they require specialized knowledge? Not necessarily. You may want to consider trade journals to increase the potential market for your articles – and for the money. Trade ...
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Break in with Fillers: The Best Market for New Writers
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can't go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one of the best opportunities for new writers.
Fille...
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Break in with Fillers: The Best Market for New Writers
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can't go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one o...
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Break In With Fillers: The Best Market For New Writers
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can’t go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one o...
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Breaking Writer's Block
Breaking Writer's Block
The most fearsome enemy to any writer, attacking without warning, without predjudice and without compassion, is (gasp, dare I say it?) WRITER’s BLOCK.
I feel a bit like Harry Potter speaking Voldermort’s name aloud to t...
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Breathe new life into your half-dead website by using words that sell
This article may come as a surprise to you.
Especially since it is written by a web designer. Let me explain......
Rescue Your Web Site from Boring Words and Poor Design.
The difference between a successful website design and a site...
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Bring Out the Natural Writer in You
Bring Out the Natural Writer in You
Judy Cullins ©2004 All Rights Reserved.
Think you can't write a book that will sell? You aren't a natural writer? In fact, you don't really like to write?
Putting a book together can be daunting. But...
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Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel was part of that infamous gangster era in the U.S. that flourished during prohibition. He was a businessman. The problem was that the business he formed was Murder Inc. Bugsy was born on...
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Bush's Election Victory: Ethics, Morality and Religion Defeated War, Economy and Foreign Policy
President George W. Bush has unofficially won his re-election bid defeating Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry. The election was close, no doubt, but it was by no means a re-run of the 2000 ele...
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Business Writing Skills I: What Do You Want To Say?
Many web entrepreneurs are unfamiliar with business writing. In
truth, concise writing will build your business because you will
better connect with customers and prospects. In this five-part
series, the author will teach you how to make your web...
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Business Writing Skills II - A Web Writing Primer
Whatever you would write on paper, cut it in half. The web was
designed for quick reading. Studies show that people do not read
long blocks of text while surfing the web; reading from the
screen is often slower than reading on paper. Therefore, b...
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Business Writing Skills Part III: Avoiding Sexist Language
Many businesspeople are unfamiliar with business writing.
Concise writing will build your business because you will better
connect with customers and prospects. In this four-part series,
I will teach you how to make your writing and other busines...
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Business Writing: When Not To Be Professional
It’s time to write your next ad or brochure. Maybe some web content. You’ve done all your research, and you’re staring at a blank computer screen. You want to look good in print. You want to put your “best foot forward.” And, of course, you want to make ...
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Busting Online Copyright Thieves
How safe is anyone's copyright online?
Well imagine my surprise when I clicked on a website link to
discover that someone had not only copied my website to their
server - but was selling my ebook and undercutting me in the
process! Some d...
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