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Think you know the pain of a deadline?

I’m sitting here fist-pumping and whooping my joy (quietly - I’m the only one of the household awake). Why the joy? A brilliant creative writing project is getting the praise it’s due. The Coop Times is not mine. So, why do I care? Read on. If you’ve ever known the pain of a deadline – you will care too.

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Don't go it alone with your website

Conceiving of a website for yourself or your business is one of those things that seems simple when you start but somehow snowballs into something far more complex and terrifying. It’s a bit like starting a Saturday thinking, “I might just buy a pair of jeans” — there’s no “just” about it.

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Where are you going? Where are you from?

Over the last couple of years, I’ve been thinking about what built me. How did I become an editor? How did I become an editor who embraces digital, transmedia, and remixing the book? Why am I excited by crowdsourcing and crowdfunding developments in publishing? Why do I happily leap into ephemeral territory imagining ‘the BOOK to the power of networking’ and other things that make some editors and writers quake? I don’t necessarily know the answers yet but, over the next year, I’m going to look for them.

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