Welcome to the April 1, 2009 edition of the mad editor’s round-up.
Interviews
Kakie presents Until it Hurts, America’s Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids posted at Bur Bur & Friends: Community Park, saying, “An interview with Mark Hyman, sports journalist and author of the book being released in April called “Until it hurts, America’s Obsession With Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids.” In this book he examines the power of youth sports in our culture today and how it has reached a problematic state. We discuss his inspiration for the book and some important things he has learned along the way.”
Publishing News
GrrlScientist presents Goodbye, Seattle P-I posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “My original hometown of Seattle, Washington, is experiencing a profound loss, a loss that has been or will soon be experienced by other cities throughout the country. Seattle is losing their morning newspaper, the Seattle P-I.”
Writing
GrrlScientist presents Finnish Emergency Medicine: One American’s Experience posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “Probably the thing that scares international travelers most is suddenly becoming ill or requiring emergency surgery while overseas. This story describes one American’s experiences in the medical system in Helsinki Finland after falling on the ice and seriously fracturing my right wrist and undergoing surgery.”
AdmirableIndia.com presents Amarnath Yatra: Part 2: Sheshnag mountain and Panchtarni posted at AdmirableIndia.com.
Writing Tips
C.F. Jackson presents (Part II) Three Steps On How To Sell Fiction Online With Keywords posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “When it comes to learning how to market your book online, you want to find people who are ready to act or make a purchase, and this requires subtle tinkering of your keywords until your find the most specific and directly targeted phrases to bring the most motivated traffic to your site.”
Steven Germain presents One Page At A Time… posted at Rough Fractals, saying, “The act of writing, independent of the content, is a positive thing…”
Burak Bilgin presents A Simple Exercise for Writers: Twitter posted at Distiller’s Corner,saying, “How can a website that allows you to write updates of only 140 characters help you, if you are aiming for writing full length books and articles?”
Burak Bilgin presents The Writing Cycle posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “Writing cycle: the actions that a writer takes to write a complete, ready to be published manuscript.”
Burak Bilgin presents Goals for Beginning Writers posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “Seven goals that will take beginning writers to the next level.”
C.F. Jackson presents (Part I) Three Steps On How To Sell Fiction Online With Keywords posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “Do you know the key element when it comes to booking marketing online and selling books on the internet? Keywords.”
Debbie Dragon presents Writing for Money WIthout Being Published posted at Empowering Mom.
Lindsay B. presents Sell Twice as Many Books by Adding a Mailing List to Your Site posted at Writing for Your Wealth.
Etc.
Eldon Sarte presents What to Charge: The “Profit Goal” Formula posted at Wordpreneur.com, saying, “an older post, but the info doesn’t expire, this particular post has proven to be one of the most popular on Wordpreneur.com”
Jay Green presents Remote Computer Maintenance: RCM posted at Remote Computer Maintenance, saying, “Save Money”
Thursday Bram presents Professional Email Addresses: A Must Have posted at thursdaybram.com.
Elizabeth Enslin presents Mastering the Art of a Tweet posted at Yips and Howls.
Roma Hudson presents Indian Kokopelli posted at American Indian Culture.
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