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		<title>Guest Post: Focus Writer Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogger extraordinaire Ro Molina stopped by to give her take on Focus Writer, writing software for writers. Where to get it: http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ How Much: Free, with option to donate Available for: Windows, Mac, and Linux Best for: Novel, short-story writers, poets, general writing A few years ago, a submarket exploded for minimalist word processors. Many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=855&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: THE NECESSITY OF CONFLICT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogger and book fanatic, Tez Miller stopped by to give her take on conflict between characters and why it&#8217;s so necessary for strong books. A guest blog by Tez Miller of Tez Says I can agree with what you have to say, but disagree with the way you present it. This goes for songs, TV [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=845&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Research Literary Agents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[finding an agent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most large publishing houses won&#8217;t consider your work without an agent presenting it to them (there are exceptions to this, e.g. when taking pitches at conferences or opening up imprints that specifically consider non-agented authors). Why won&#8217;t they? There are too many writers who shove poorly written books at editors and become indignant, or even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=829&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When do you need an agent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call from a charming writer recently. She&#8217;d been referred to me in her search for an agent. After explaining that I was no longer agenting, I invited her to tell me more about her problem. She&#8217;d recently had a book published by a small publisher. She was having local success with her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=823&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Chase Writing Trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Most writing sites warn against chasing trends. Up until a few years ago this was good advice. Traditional publishing takes too long, from start to finish, for writers to capitalize on writing trends. It used to be by the time a manuscript was ready the publishing world was on to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=796&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Your Online Audience</title>
		<link>http://carenestesen.com/2013/02/26/finding-your-online-audience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself waxing nostalgic for the days when there were only a few categories to worry about as a writer. You either wrote literary fiction, commercial fiction, or some type of genre fiction (this was, even as a nostalgic look book, an incomplete look). Finding your audience was easy because your readers were narrowly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=788&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in review</title>
		<link>http://carenestesen.com/2013/01/04/2012-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[analyzing blog stats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! To start the year off right, I thought I&#8217;d post the blog report that WordPress sent to me. This is a way for me to show you how I manage growing my audience and how you can apply my lessons learned to your writing and blogging careers. These are just the blog stats; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=771&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Develop a Comp Titles List</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, whether you&#8217;re submitting to agents or self-publishing, you&#8217;ll be asked at some point what books are similar to yours. If you&#8217;re not prepared to rattle off three or four similar titles or authors, then you&#8217;re going to have a much harder time attracting people who want to read your book. Why? Ppeople don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=762&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Tips for Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to focus on the business side of writing. I can&#8217;t help it. I was a literary agent for about 8 years; my first focus is on sales rather than the creative. Writers need to pay attention to both sides when developing their career. Here are the tips that I&#8217;ve learned over the years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=753&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Hire a Freelance Editor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caren Estesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A book publishing editor works with a writer to produce a manuscript up to the publisher&#8217;s standards. A freelance editor also works with a writer to produce a manuscript up to publisher (and reader standards). The main difference between the two: timing. A book publishing editor works with the writer after the book is sold. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carenestesen.com&#038;blog=31943894&#038;post=742&#038;subd=cestesen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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