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Fall is probably the most beautiful season of the year. We get to enjoy a brief, but luscious, blend of colors from the changing leaves. Festoons of red, orange, and yellow surround us, opening our eyes to the gifts that nature gives us throughout the year. If the colors haven't yet shown itself in your area, it will soon. Take the time to get reinspired, re-energized, and de-stressed.

Autumn brings us change. It's funny how some people wish it were warmer and others desperately welcome colder weather. Whichever way you swing, there still is a way for you to enjoy the glorious changes of autumn. Sooner or later, winter will hit us.

And in speaking of winter, the end of the year draws near. Have you kept up on your writing resolutions since New Year '06? If you haven't, you've still got time before the hustle and bustle of the holiday season officially begins. Finish that manuscript, write in that journal, edit your script -- whatever it is that you've promised yourself, follow through with it. The clock is ticking!

We hope you enjoy Issue No. 13. Until next time, write, write, write!

New Reads in Issue No. 13

Feature Article
Writing With Power: 5 Snappy Rules For Success - Almost everyone could profit from enhancing their writing skills. From writing more crisp meta-tags – which search engine bots find quite sexy – to turbo-charging your blog readership by writing with punch, a skilled pen can propel any online effort in the right direction.

Improve Your Writing
Making Better Word Choices – 4 Examples - Choosing the wrong words can have a poor effect on your writing and on you. Whether you are writing a cover letter for a job, a business proposal, or an application essay for graduate school using words poorly can result in negative feedback.

On Writing: Fiction
Fan Fiction-To Do or Not to Do - Fan fiction as existed for millenniums. There are certain things fan fiction creators should be aware of. Fan fiction writing can be a good way for writers to get noticed but must be done the right way to avoid infringement.

On Writing: Non-fiction
How to Write an Ezine Article - Writing can be fraught at the best of times but it never ceases to amaze me just how much more difficult we make it by our approach. Writing an Ezine Article is no different to writing anything else. You need to approach the task in a professional way.

On Writing: Poetry & Prose
Poetry: Exploration and Experience - Are you ready to abandon your poems? Before you toss your newest poem away, revisit it using some exercises that have proven helpful to poets who are feeling “stuck.” If you explore some of these ideas, you may be steps closer to placing your poetry in a well-known literary journal.

Film & Music
Putting Music to Words - We have words, and we know what we are trying to convey with them. Now we have to translate those feelings to music.

Getting Published
How To Get a Top Literary Agent & Sign That Coveted 6 Figure Deal - Top literary agents get about 400-1000 unsolicited queries every month from hopeful book authors. How will you get yours read? Read this article to find out how you can get a top literary agent to represent your work!

Promoting Yourself
Article Marketing & Book Promotion - Promote Your Book To The Top of The NY Times Best Sellers List

Writers Showcase
Winnie: My Bubu and Mumu - Part 2 of the Winnie stories (short story)

Anything Goes
Win More Clients, Projects and Freelance Jobs By Making Three Small Changes - I've spoken to hundreds of editors, employers, and project managers about how they choose a freelancer for a job. Whether they were reviewing job applications or considering project bids, they all had one thing in common. As every one of them started to look at the applications, they had their skeptic's hat on.

Poetry Corner
Simple by kikidgorilla
This Old Home by icequeen36
Encased while I wait by AnInformalGhost
I've So Lived by gfralin
What does it matter... by I4U2C

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