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Books change the way we view the world.

by Marcus on March 14, 2009

At CCO Jubilee, I met some new friends, CINO (Culture Is Not Optional), being one of them. They have an online magazine called Catapult. And finally, I did what I had been needing to do for some time. One morning last week, I left the zombies alone and wrote something for others. What a concept, [...]

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12 Lists of Christmas – 8 Great Books from 2008

by Marcus on December 23, 2008

8 excerpts from great books that were published in 2008! One thing you should know about me. People send me a lot of books to review.

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Attention Writers: An Hour a Day Brings the Traffic Your Way

by Marcus on August 6, 2007

This weekend while I was mowing my jungle lawn between the final performances of Midsummer Night’s Dream, I listened to a MarketingExperiements podcast called “Harnessing Social Media – Web 2.0 Grows Up – Free Internet Traffic.”
Yes, I am a supergeek. And I thought I should share some things I learned.

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How Well Read Are Acquisitions Editors?

by Marcus on July 26, 2007

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Not very according to this little publicity stunt. Apparently, the Jane Austen Festival submitted three book proposals based on Jane Austen’s books, including sample chapters that were remarkably similar to the original manuscripts–even going so far as to state verbatim the first sentence of Pride and Prejudice:
It is a truth [...]

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