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This is a point that isn’t addressed in any detail in books on writing or book promotion. That’s a shame because it puts authors in the awkward position of not knowing how to act when it comes to book reviews. Years ago, book reviews were printed only in publications read by professionals or if one was lucky in a newspaper’s book review section. When an author received a good review she might celebrate by popping the cork on a bottle of champagne or calling her mother. A bad review might lead to throwing pillows around the living room or placing a different sort of call to her mother. Times have changed. Professional review publications are still around and so (at least for the moment) are newspapers. However, the internet has multiplied the...

I found an early Christmas present when I went to the post office today. My copy of Small Beer Press’s A Working Writer’s Daily Planner 2010 arrived. I ordered it months ago, and have been anxiously awaiting its arrival. Yeah, it’s here! Now, I can start planning next year or at least start flipping through the planner and daydream about planning next year. If you are a writer and not familiar with this wonderful planner, you should head over to Small Beer Press and pick yourself up a copy, or better yet tell those people that are buying you gifts this year that this present must be underneath your Christmas tree. In addition to being a regular annual planner it is chock full of writing tips, important writing dates and lists of deadlines for...