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		<title>I Still Use Good Old Fashion Longhand For (some) Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you do most of your writing on a computer, or still use good old fashion longhand? I&#8217;ve been thinking about this a lot lately because my writing habits are a hybrid of the computer and a pen and paper. I know this post seems to come out of left field, especially considering I recently [...]


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		<title>Scrivener Revisted: A Studio For Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I gave the writing software Scrivener a try. Back then I thought it was impressive but didn&#8217;t think it was for me. I said I preferred the simplicity of a bare bones word processor. I gave Scrivener another shot several months ago and discovered this time I really liked it. Since [...]


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		<title>Pulse News For iPad: My Favorite App</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you own an iPad or iPhone and are a blogger of any kind, then Pulse News (iTunes link) is a must have. Best of all, it&#8217;s free! In a nutshell, Pulse is a news/blog aggregator that allows you to read all your favorite websites in one convenient, clean, simple app on your iPad. Pulse [...]


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		<title>Top 5 iPad Apps For Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I got my iPad last December, I&#8217;ve been using it to help me with my various writing projects, including posts for this blog. It&#8217;s easy to pound out a few paragraphs here and there when I&#8217;m going about my day, without lugging my laptop everywhere. Technology has made it incredibly easy for writers [...]


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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Excuse For Not Writing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of writers procrastinate and make excuses for not writing. There&#8217;s always something else to do: Laundry, dishes, house cleaning, errands, taxes. The list is endless. One of the biggest excuses for not writing is that there simply isn&#8217;t enough time. What&#8217;s your excuse for not writing? It&#8217;s hard to sit down and face [...]


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		<title>3 Author Marketing Secrets From The Grateful Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently browsing the shelves of my local Barnes &#38; Noble when something caught my eye &#8211; a new book about my favorite band, the Grateful Dead. My heart skipped a few beats with excitement. Then I was shocked to see the section where this new golden nugget was shelved: Business marketing. What? Turns [...]


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		<title>Injecting Politics Into Your Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are passionate about their political beliefs. Writers are no exception, and as artists, might be more passionate than others. So it&#8217;s a natural inclination for writers to want to inject some of their political leanings into their fiction. But is it a good idea? In my own fiction, I try to leave politics out [...]


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		<title>Update: Cooks Source &#8216;Probably&#8217; Shutting Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooks Source, the small cooking site that stole an article from another writer, and then suggested that said writer should pay them for the privilege will likely be closing their doors. Editor Judith Griggs posted a long pseudo-apologetic, passive-agressive note on Cooks Source&#8217;s homepage. I hate to pat myself on the back, but I kinda [...]


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		<title>Public Domain Invoked Incorrectly in Cooks Source Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the editor of Cooks Source Magazine, Judith Griggs, decided to publish an article written by Monica Guadio and then said Monica should be paying Cooks Source for the privillage of being published, Ms. Griggs unleashed an online firestorm. She also added insult to injury by saying that the web is public domain, therefore anything [...]


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		<title>Cooks Source steals writer&#8217;s article, says she should pay them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: Read my follow-up posts Public Domain Invoked Incorrectly in Cooks Source Case and Update: Cooks Source &#8216;Probably&#8217; Shutting Down&#8217;. Here&#8217;s a good way to earn the wrath of the internet community: Steal someone&#8217;s article, publish it on your website, and when author complains, tell her that she should be paying you. This is what [...]


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