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Lynn Jordan: Empowering writers to use technology to write and promote better, faster, and easier

What Is Web 2.0 and Why Should You Care?

Those of us who have been online since before Al Gore invented the Internet, talk about Web 2.0. Even if you’ve heard the term before, you might not be sure what it means.
The first version of the Internet resembled print media. In the early days, companies had websites, while people didn’t. The company website contained [...]

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How do you get an Agent?

As a writer, you know that sometimes it’s harder to get an agent than it is to get an editor.
When I first decided to target the category romance market, I thought that I wouldn’t need an agent because I could handle the business aspect of writing myself. Later as my focus changed to non-fiction and [...]

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Are You Letting the Quest for Perfection Defeat the Good in Your Life?

Voltaire said, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Actually Voltaire said, “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” As writers, we need to take these words to heart.
I know when I’m worrying over which font I used, and I’m spending time making sure that all the pages have exactly 25 lines, I [...]

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