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skadder
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Contributors include Dean Wesley Smith, kevin J. Anderson and more. Download your copy (if interested) in one of the many formats.

The book is here

Enjoy.


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skadder
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No-one?
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Meredith
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Thanks. I down loaded it, but haven't had a chance to read more than the foreward, yet.
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Denem
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Hey Skadder,
I've downloaded it, but I haven't had time to read much of it yet. It's funny though, I just got a crit back from a fellow Hatracker and I am guilty of at least two (probably more) of the Seven Bad Habits Scott Nicholson talks about (those being dialog tabs and -ly words). This will be a very helpful tool in helping eliminate some of the common beginner mistakes from my writing.
Thanks for the link.

[This message has been edited by Denem (edited April 22, 2010).]


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Thanks for the link! I also passed it on to a friend and she yelled at me because she started reading it and wasn't getting her real work done.
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I downloaded it too. I like what I've read so far. Thanks for posting this.
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skadder
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Cool. It felt like no-one had even checked the link!
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I too downloaded the book, without ever mentioning it. I haven't had time to look it over though, so can't say anything substantial on it.

TamesonYip/ formerly sholar


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babooher
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I was waiting until I got to work so I could print it for free. I've yet to look it over but I'm dying to. Thanks Skadder, and sorry if the silence was a bit rude.
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skadder
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Posting that you have used the link keeps it active (at the top of the list) for others. Otherwise it sinks down and gets forgotten--that was my real goal. Otherwise I would have to keep bumping it.
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I too have downloaded it, but havent read it yet. Was too busy critiquing Denem's story. But figure I would read it this weekend.

Thanks for the link.


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Kathleen Dalton Woodbury
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Oh, I check all links that are posted on the forum.

Thanks for sharing this one, skadder.


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Downloaded it. Thank you for the heads-up, skadder.
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skadder
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No problem. I hope it is useful.
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I'm just being a whale turd here, but shouldn't the title of the book be Write Well or Die?
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