Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Cancer survivor blogs life as a canvas

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Biko, Blog, Breast, Cancer, Canvas, Chemotherapy, Images, Life, Mabilog, Manuscript, Radiation, Survivor

  on her blog canvas and manuscript. "They pass us by like towns on the highway. Sometimes, a moment stuns us as it happens. And we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment will live on forever."Biko's stunning moment came when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This moment may live on forever, but

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• Borders, Court TV, Gather.com Team Up for Crime Writing Contest

  Published: October 12, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Borders, Contest, Court Tv, Crime Writing, Culture, Entertainment, Gather Com, Life, Manuscript, Mystery, People, Unpublished, Writer

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• 13th-Century Quran sold for a world record at Christie's

  Published: October 24, 2007, 6:13 am

  Tags: Islamic Manuscript, 13th Century Quran, Christie S

  Quran or any type of Islamic manuscript. The holy book is transcribed in gold. Other than this, a nearly complete, 10th-century Kufic Quran, thought to be from North Africa or the near East, was auctioned for $1,870,000. via Instablogs.com

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• The Hardest Part of Writing

  Published: January 8, 2008, 6:08 pm

  Tags: Resources For Writers, Active Voice, Agent, Character Development, Characters, Draft, Edits, Foreshadow, Grammar, Manuscript, Passive Voice, Practice, Publisher, Subplots, Tips For Writers, Verb Tense, Writers, Writing

  draft, read the entire manuscript again, making notes on possible changes; increasing the role of a character or eliminating a character, opportunities to foreshadow or develop subplots. Don’t make any changes until you’ve read through the entire manuscript, because what seems like a good idea in Chapter 3 may turn into a

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• Online Submissions

  Published: March 5, 2008, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Poetry Magazines, 32 Poems Submission, Manuscript Hub, Online Submissions

  correct statement is that Manuscript Hub charges $2. If you don’t want to pay $2, then you can submit via mail and pay 65 cents in postage for your outgoing envelope and another 42-65 cents for your return envelope. Add to that the time to print, fold and mail the manuscripts. I dunno. The $2 seems worth it to me, and I gladly paid $2

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• Negative Reviews, Etc

  Published: May 31, 2008, 3:38 pm

  Tags: Poetry Books, Organic Garden, Poetry Book, Poetry Manuscript

  Allen Taylor writes about why we need negative reviews. —- Tonight, I may get my ms from a friend. She double-extra-super-latte-proofread the entire book even down to the tiniest little detail. Phew. I am so happy to know someone with those kinds of talents! Midnight Voices will soon be off to the publisher! —- I’ve been spending

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• World’s Oldest Bible Goes Online

  Published: July 22, 2008, 1:56 pm

  Tags: Tech, Ancient Greek, British Library, Codex Sinaiticus, Egyptian Christians, Leipzig University, Manuscript, Monastery, New Testament, Russian National Library, St Catherine, Translations, Virtual World

  be made available. “A manuscript is going onto the net which is like nothing else online to date…It’s also an enrichment of the virtual world — and a bit of a change from YouTube,” commented the director of the Leipzig University

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• Codex Sinaiticus Digitization Project Going Live

  Published: July 23, 2008, 3:26 am

  Tags: Manuscript, Old Testament, Septuagint, Sinaiticus, Text Criticism

  Bible series. Tags: Biblical Manuscripts, Septuagint, Sinaiticus, Text

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• Freelance Writers

  Published: July 26, 2008, 1:03 pm

  Tags: Writer To Writer, Articles, Editor, Editors, Freelance, Freelance Writers, Freelance Writing, Magazine, Manuscript, Publication, Published, Publishing, Query, Query Guidelines, Write, Writers, Writing

  the editor as an unsolicited manuscript, but this approach has drawbacks. A busy editor might relegate your article to the slush pile and never take the time to read it. You’ve invested hours into a finished product that might never sell, whereas a query letter will solidify your prospects. When you send a query to a magazine: 1. Know

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• The book publishing schedule

  Published: August 11, 2008, 11:38 am

  Tags: Acquisition, Acquisitions Editor, Author, Cartographer, Copy Desk, Copyediting, Cover, Design, Editors, Illustrations, Layout, Managing Editor, Manufacturing, Manuscript, Maps, Marketing, Packager, Photos, Printer, Production, Project Editor, Proofreading, Publis

  author submits a finished manuscript. (So much more occurs before this point, but that's for another post ) An acquisitions editor reviews the MS (manuscript) to be sure it fulfills the vision of the book laid out in the contract. A project manager/project editor/assistant editor (we'll call this person a PE for project editor for

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