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		<title>Write a Bestselling Novel Using the Dan Brown Factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ezra Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of brilliant writers have books out there but their readers aren't buying. In order to become a bestseller, Ezra Barany, author of the bestselling thriller The Torah Codes, says the question worth asking is, "What would Dan Brown do?"]]></description>
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		<title>Who Was that Masked Stranger? Build Characters with Action and Motivation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post on craft is the first of several monthly posts by new monthly guest columnist, Kay Keppler, that we’ll be publishing here on the Writer’s Fun Zone. Today she'll share with us how to build characters with action and motivation.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Elements of a Good Book Title That Sells</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ezra Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our weekly guest column by Ezra Barany, the Book Mentor and author of the bestselling novel The Torah Codes. He offers indie novelists important tips, entirely under our control, to help our books be discovered by readers all over the world. This week he focuses on the three elements of a good book title that will help your book sell.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Ways To Develop Your Authentic Voice For Book Marketing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we focus having a successful author career from the business and strategic perspectives. This week I have another guest post from Matthew Ashdown, Book Promotion Specialist with FriesenPress. FriesenPress is a fee-for-service self-publisher. Matthew offers 4 ways to develop your authentic voice for your book marketing success.]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Own Book Trailer Video for More Book Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a book trailer? Chopped ham? No! It's chopped steak! Just kidding. It really is chopped ham. It's also a term coined by Sheila English to describe a video that promotes a book in very much the same way a movie trailer promotes a movie. ]]></description>
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		<title>No Excuses: Get to Your Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to the Friday Artist Entrepreneur column. Today I tell it like it is. Even though there are no excuses about getting to my writing, boy do I have them.]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Make a Dragon Real?</title>
		<link>http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2011/12/29/how-do-you-make-a-dragon-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our regular column from author and guest columnist, Bobbye Terry. In this column, she shares about how to help your reader suspend disbelief and make the reader feel like she is really there.]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens in Vegas, Gets Published to the Entire World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extra! Welcome to another Indie Author spotlight this week, an article on how to research your novel by author Kay Keppler. Kay Keppler writes smart, funny contemporary romance, and other fun stuff. Her story on how she did research for her Vegas-based book is fun and informative. Enjoy! PS. Oh, be sure to visit her blog for a chance to win one of my writing books and many other fabulous prizes.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Time Travel Science Fiction?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy this post from one of our monthly columnist, Bobbye Terry.
***
Is Time Travel Science Fiction?
Not too long ago, the owner of one of my listservs asked this question: is time travel classified as science fiction? There were mixed answers, but many proclaiming to be science fiction purists said &#8220;no.&#8221; This, to me, makes no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write a Novel &#8211; NaNoWriMo &#8211; Part 3 of 3</title>
		<link>http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2011/11/23/how-to-write-a-novel-nanowrimo-part-3-of-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many authors think that writer's block is impossible to overcome, when the reality is that there are simple steps to take to overcome writer's block.

In this video, Ezra reveals how to overcome the most common points that stop the author in her tracks and how the author can keep on writing his work.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tools to Get Your Novel Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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Many people think getting their novel done is all about having a cat do all the work for them, but actually cats have more writing handicaps than people realize.
In this video you&#8217;ll learn all about the five tools you need to get your novel done.

What&#8217;s your favorite writing tool? Leave your comment below. Thanks!
No cats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write A Novel &#8211; NaNoWriMo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		

In this video, book mentor Ezra Barany covers the three keys to preapring for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). 
Many authors think preparing for writing a novel in a month is a daunting task. The truth is that the more you prepare for it, the more challenging it is for you to come up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complete Your Novel Now: What Are You Waiting For?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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This video is part 3 in a three-video series on how to finish a novel.
You know you want to write and complete your novel. So, I&#8217;m just wondering&#8230; are you ready to do that now?!

Many authors think that getting a compelling book done is a matter of finding the time to do all the necessary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright Protection for Fictional Characters</title>
		<link>http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2011/10/28/copyright-protection-for-fictional-characters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Writing Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelley Way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literary law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Spade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Hand test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing fiction]]></category>

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Welcome to the monthly series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on copyright protection for fictional characters from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law and other aspects of law. She’s also a writer! If you have general questions for Kelley on contracts or other aspects of literary law, be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Write? Mystery, Suspense or Thriller?</title>
		<link>http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2011/10/27/what-do-you-write-mystery-suspense-or-thriller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Barany</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alfred Hitchcock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suspense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thriller]]></category>
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Many have attempted to explain the difference between a mystery, a suspense and a thriller, often to no avail, as in this day and age, the definitions have become blurred.
The suspense/thriller genius, Alfred Hitchcock, did distinguish between suspense and surprise by pointing out that if a bomb went off under a table where two characters [...]]]></description>
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