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Judging a Book by Its Amazon.com Rating

June 29, 2010
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When I was a kid, I would go to the library and choose a stack of books based on their cover art or clever titles. This was a mostly hit or miss strategy, and I would usually end up picking a lot of stuff that I didn’t like. But, when I was a kid, that was okay – I had a lot of free time!

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10 Ways Social Media Crashed the Conference

April 12, 2010
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When I attended last year’s conference, I was interested in how many people supported print and still believe in it as a medium. This year, I wanted to pay more attention to the ways that publishers, writers, and literary magazines/journals are using technology and social media to expand and promote their brands.

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Tweeting from the 2010 AWP Conference

April 8, 2010
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I am in Denver, CO, attending the annual conference and bookfair for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. When I attended last year’s conference in Chicago, I could hardly believe how many people still support and believe in print as a medium, despite all the hype about print’s impending death.

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