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Medium
1. Not writing. 2. Not writing until they have created the perfect writing nook/space to write.
3. Not writing until they can set aside the perfect dedicated two or three hour time slot and commit to doing so every day.
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The New York Times
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto about community, released last week on Facebook, wisely analyzed the state of journalism: He decried sensationalism, and declared that "a strong news industry is also critical to building an informed community." Giving people a voice, he said, "is not enough without having people dedicated to uncovering new information and analyzing it."
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Catapult
When I was 13 years old, a family friend gave me a charm he had picked up while traveling in Central America. It's a small matchbox painted over in bright colors and festooned with clumps of glitter. The box contains a piece of electric-blue thread, a small capsule full of sand, and a fortune, like the kind that comes in cookies.
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Wired
When Republican Steve King beat back Democratic challenger Kim Weaver in the race for Iowa's 4th congressional district seat in November, The Washington Post snapped into action, covering both the win and the wider electoral trend. "Republicans retained control of the House and lost only a handful of seats from their commanding majority," the article read, "a stunning reversal of fortune after many GOP leaders feared double-digit losses."
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Greenhouse Grower
Poinsettias are trending toward more vibrant, non-traditional colors — clearer whites, rosier pinks, autumnal tones. This movement opens up new opportunities for growers to offer poinsettias at times other than the standard holiday season run from November to December, and to expand further niche areas previously underutilized.
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American Nurseryman
As if losing millions of ash trees (and the dollars they brought in) and sacrificing miles of urban canopy aren't bad enough, there's yet another risk associated with the scourge of the emerald ash borer: crime. Yes, it's true. For years, we've been reading studies that demonstrate the beneficial qualities of parks, green spaces, greenery, gardens — whatever you want to call it — let's just say "plants."
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Business Insider
If you ask security experts for the simple advice they would give to ordinary people worried about being hacked, the same thing comes up again and again: Don't reuse passwords.
This is because huge numbers of people reuse the same passwords across multiple accounts, putting all their data at risk if any one of their accounts is ever breached.
Of course, juggling dozens of passwords for all your different logins is tricky.
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Tech Crunch
I like Digital Reader editor Nate Hoffelder. He is one of the few bloggers about publishing who doesn't suck up to the industry, nor does he particularly gild the lily. He basically believes that books are great, publishing is probably doomed and that writing is really important.
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Jane Friedman (blog)
In partnership with Porter Anderson, I write and edit The Hot Sheet, an industry newsletter for authors. Over the last year, here are some of the most important things we shared about Amazon that every writer should know.
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Monday Note
When you go online to book a plane ticket from San Francisco to New York, your search will typically turn up about 1.2 million flight combinations, each with a different price. Considering that 30,000 flights crisscross the United States every day, that means airlines offer a few hundred million different rates for the roughly one million passengers in the air at a given moment.
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Psychology Today
"Sales of adult books fell by 10.3 percent in the first three months of 2016, and children's books dropped by 2.1 percent. E-book sales fell by 21.8 percent, and hardcover sales were down 8.5 percent. The strongest categories were digital audiobooks, which rose by 35.3 percent."
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Bloomberg
BuzzFeed News, attempting to address a problem media companies have grappled with since the presidential election, introduced a feature to help readers see what people outside their social-media networks are saying about the news.
The idea is an attempt to get readers to understand — or even acknowledge the existence of — the viewpoints of people who don't think like them. BuzzFeed's "Outside Your Bubble" feature will appear at the bottom of its widely shared articles.
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Adweek
Publishers' own websites could be mightier than the almighty news feed when it comes to impact for advertisers, according to new neuroscience research comparing social platforms and premium sites.
Neuro-Insight, a neuro-marketing company, examined content from four major publishers and found that test subjects were 16 percent more likely to find web posts relevant or engaging than similar content in social feeds.
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GWA
Thursdays are busy days for me. I get up, get my kids to their respective schools, and try to get a little sanity before picking them both up again later. However, I also like to spice things up when I see an opportunity. So this January, after a small snafu with my babysitter, I was able to slip away by 12:30 and head to North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association's Green and Growin' 17 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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GWA
GWA is excited to announce sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities for the 2017 GWA Annual Convention & Expo, Aug. 4-7 in Buffalo, N.Y., the largest gathering of garden writers, bloggers, photographers, speakers and industry thought-leaders in the country. Attendee are seeking fresh story ideas, new products and tools, and networking opportunities with organizations just like yours.
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GWA
GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators is excited to announce the launch of our prestigious 2017 GWA Media Awards, the only national online media awards program for the gardening communications industry.
Held annually for more than 20 years, the GWA Media Awards have recognized the top professional horticultural communicators in the areas of writing, photography, digital media, broadcast media, publishing and trade.
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GWA
Tour and photograph the Chicago Flower & Garden Show before it opens to the public. Then meet your fellow garden communicators for networking, lunch, door prizes and informative speakers sure to inspire story ideas on topics from new plants to plant exploration to urban trees. This meeting is sponsored by GWA member Tony Abruscato, owner and director of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show.
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