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	<title>Pearl Writing Services</title>
	<link>http://pearlwriting.com</link>
	<description>"We write, so you don't have to."</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Print on Demand Service Comparison</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/05/13/print-on-demand-service-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Publishing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authorhouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iuniverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lulu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[POD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[print on demand]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-publishing]]></category>

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POD Publisher
Lulu
Iuniverse

Xlibris

Author House
Booklocker


 The above chart is a comparison of five of the most popular print on demand (POD) companies.
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		<title>Resources for Writers</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/resources-for-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/resources-for-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interesting Links]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[links for writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Character Naming Sourcebook, by Sherrilyn Kenyon

How To Write Irresistible Query Letters, by Lisa Collier Cool



Six-Figure Freelancing, by Kelly James-Enger



Ready, Aim, Specialize!: Create Your Own Writing Specialty and Make More Money, by Kelly James-Enger



The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less, by Peter Bowerman



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		<title>Business and Writing Links</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/business-and-writing-links/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/business-and-writing-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
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The Lake County Chamber of Commerce - a networking organization in Lake Co., IL.
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs - an excellent resource for writers, with job and market listings, as well as a clearinghouse for writing programs.
Worldwide Freelance Writer - another excellent resource for freelance writers.
WritersDigest.com - find tips, editors, jobs, and articles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Speakers! Helpful Tip #4 From Your Friendly Grammar Police</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/public-speakers-helpful-tip-4-from-your-friendly-grammar-police/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/public-speakers-helpful-tip-4-from-your-friendly-grammar-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Carole McMichaels
It almost makes me cry-that nice little word &#8220;an&#8221; slipping into an unmarked language grave even as I write this. So sad to be unappreciated. That gentle little word elides so gracefully into all those beginning-vowel words. It quietly and unobtrusively avoids the uncouth grunty &#8220;uh&#8221; sounds.
Only a few hours ago I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Is Not The Time To be Caught Without Grammar</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/now-is-not-the-time-to-be-caught-without-grammar/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/30/now-is-not-the-time-to-be-caught-without-grammar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[english grammar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grammar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Robyn Whyte
More and more, we are bombarded with ads everywhere we go from buses to magazines. Those with a big budget can spell and even mix it up a little by purposely misspelling a word such as right as rite or kids as kidz. But what about you as the small business owner?
The truth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parapraxis</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/cozen/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/cozen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Learn a New Word]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
parapraxis
Definition:
A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a repressed motive.
Synonyms:
slip-up,
miscue,
slip

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		<title>Work Smarter, Not Harder</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/work-smarter-not-harder/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/work-smarter-not-harder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Success Ideas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business ideas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[work smarter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to get caught up in administrative tasks - reading email, handling paper mail, filing information, managing accounts - that pull you away from writing and making money.



One principle to help reduce administrative tasks is to handle each correspondence and piece of paper as few times as possible. How do you do that?




Sort your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Concept</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/the-concept/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2008/03/29/the-concept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of &#8220;sharpening the saw&#8221; comes from Stephen R Covey&#8217;s book, &#8220;Seven Habits of Highly Effective People&#8221;. This powerful idea is best described by Covey&#8217;s word-picture:


Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree. &#8220;What are you doing?&#8221; you ask.



&#8220;Can&#8217;t you see?&#8221; comes the impatient reply. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Use &#34;I&#34; or &#34;Me&#34;?</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2007/09/23/do-i-use-i-or-me/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2007/09/23/do-i-use-i-or-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In planning for future Pearl Writing blog posts, I wrote down an idea for when a writer should use &#8220;I&#8221; versus &#8220;me&#8221;. Great minds truly do think alike, because Theda K over at Crayon Writer has written a similar post. Rather than re-creating the same topic, I urge you to have a read there.
She says, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback is Invaluable</title>
		<link>http://pearlwriting.com/2007/09/12/feedback-is-invaluable/</link>
		<comments>http://pearlwriting.com/2007/09/12/feedback-is-invaluable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pearl</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My husband is currently in the 360 degree review process in his job. He&#8217;s been telling me that some of his people feel uncomfortable about giving feedback, and that all of them find the process a boring task.
I see it in a completely different way! Feedback is golden. Feedback will put more money in your [...]]]></description>
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