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		<title>Getting it Right: Research and Fact-Checking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you’re writing about, it’s important to get all the details right.  If you can’t write about what you know intimately, you must find things out and then check again.  And if what you know is from your past, unless your setting will sit firmly in that era, it’s vital to get updated. ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/getting-it-right-research-and-fact-checking.html">Getting it Right: Research and Fact-Checking</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Your Most Significant Freelance Writing Relationship</title>
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What&#8217;s Your Core Strength?
&#8220;While at the flower store, ordering a nice bunch of orchids to honor the longest-term relationship I&#8217;ve ever had&#8211;with myself, I noticed that many people were more focused on what to get or do for their significant others, or what they were getting done for them, than how to celebrate their own ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/your-most-significant-freelance-writing-relationship.html">Your Most Significant Freelance Writing Relationship</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Does Your Writing Make a Difference?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I imagined that my writing would, one day, make a difference in the lives of others. People would come to me on the street, and say &#8220;You wrote that story, it changed my life.&#8221; It was a great feeling; a feeling that fueled my writing dreams through the years.
Somewhere along the way, that ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/does-your-writing-make-a-difference.html">Does Your Writing Make a Difference?</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Book Review: The Author&#8217;s Guide to Planning Book Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I began reading The Author&#8217;s Guide to Planning Book Events: Tips and Tools for Bookselling Success by Carol Hoenig, I thought I knew quite a bit about book promotions. While I have not yet finished my first book, I&#8217;ve been reading about how to write book proposals, build a platform, and promote a book ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/book-review-the-authors-guide-to-planning-book-events.html">Book Review: The Author&#8217;s Guide to Planning Book Events</a>.</strong>

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		<title>The Growing Up of Writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, for the AW Blog Chain we talked about birthday&#8217;s and &#8220;growing up&#8221;. Many of us remember growing pains as we grew through each of the life stages behind us but did you know that our writing experiences similar growing pains?

The Labor of our Love of Writing
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		<title>From Query To Column: How To Secure The Deal And Sign On The Dotted Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Putting forth efforts to learn the basics in crafting the Query and applying what you've learn can reap great returns in your writing endeavors ...landing you the perfect gig/s   <p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/from-query-to-column-how-to-secure-the-deal-and-sign-on-the-dotted-line.html">From Query To Column: How To Secure The Deal And Sign On The Dotted Line</a>.</strong>

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		<title>5 Things Aspiring Freelance Writers Must Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Anna Miller
It’s a job that everyone wants to do, because they think it’s easy as pie and the perks are great – you can work from the comfort of your home, at schedules that suit your convenience, and all you need as investment are a computer, word processing software, a good Internet connection, and ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/5-things-aspiring-freelance-writers-must-know.html">5 Things Aspiring Freelance Writers Must Know</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Use the Law of Attraction to Catapult Your Writing Career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you find some writers “just lucky?” Do you look at colleagues who earn all the best gigs, find clients who always pay on time, write for your dream markets – and wonder what they’re doing that you’re not?
I hold the opinion that there is no such thing as luck. We all make our own ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/use-the-law-of-attraction-to-catapult-your-writing-career.html">Use the Law of Attraction to Catapult Your Writing Career</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Rescue your Darlings by Kenji Crosland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of the Guest Post Giveaway at the blog Unready and Willing. If you think articles about writing or personal development (or personal development for writers) sounds like a good fit for your blog, please take a look at the Guest Post Giveaway page and see if any of the articles spark ...<p><strong>Join the conversation and share your comments on <a href="http://www.writersroundabout.com/2010/03/rescue-your-darlings-by-kenji-crosland.html">Rescue your Darlings by Kenji Crosland</a>.</strong>

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		<title>Why the Client is Always Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who&#8217;s worked in retail knows the adage, &#8220;The customer is always right.&#8221; That credo often makes retail workers cringe. I&#8217;ve worked in several bookstores and most people wouldn&#8217;t believe the customers we had to accept as being “right.”
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