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Full-time writer, or part-time writer?  You may dream of escaping from the daily commute into writing paradise, but Peter suggests that there are good writing reasons for not being in a hurry to give up the day job.  In today’s Write Report, Donna reports that “hack lit” is the latest fashion in publishing.  What exactly is it?  Tune in and find out!  And who are your reading heroes?  Now’s the time to submit them for an award.  In Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she considers the question of novel length - and discovers a website that offers a practical guide tothis and much more too.

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Links:The Write Report, Renaissance Learning

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