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Dean Wesley Smith has been spoiling his readers lately. First he blogs each day that he writes a novel in 10 days, showing us newbies that...

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Writer Victoria Grefer talks about how to write a fantabulous review. What To Include 1. Is this a genre you normally read?   My g...

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Joe Konrath writes: One of the biggest reasons I wanted to regain control over my legacy books was so I had say-so over the price. I fe...

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