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      <title>Didn't Shakespeare Write Hamlet? - Not in France reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
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      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-didnt-shakespeare-write-hamlet.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Didn't Shakespeare Write Hamlet? - Not in France&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Most people think "Hamlet" was written by William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon&amp;#151;but that hasn&amp;#146;t always been the case in France ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-didnt-shakespeare-write-hamlet.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 25-February-2008 ~ Literature&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Library Users Challenge Books and Videos reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-library-users-challenge-books-and-videos.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-library-users-challenge-books-and-videos.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Library Users Challenge Books and Videos&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Oliver Twist, The Golden Compass and Rolling Stone magazine were among the library materials challenged by Canadian library users in 2007. Many of the books and DVDs were challenged by parents and grandparents who found the materials to be age-inappropriate ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-library-users-challenge-books-and-videos.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 25-February-2008 ~ Books&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Exhibition Examines Interplay of Jess's Art with the Written Word reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-jesss-art-with-the-written-word.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-jesss-art-with-the-written-word.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Exhibition Examines Interplay of Jess's Art with the Written Word&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin hosts the traveling exhibition "Jess: To and From the Printed Page" from Feb. 12 through April 6, 2008 ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022508-jesss-art-with-the-written-word.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 25-February-2008 ~ Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Origin of Special Articles by Stephen Campbell</title>
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      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-the-origin-of-special-articles.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;The Origin of Special Articles&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Stephen Campbell &lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Editors of newspapers and magazines a generation ago began to realize that there was no lack of interest on the part of the general public in scientific discoveries and inventions, in significant political and social movements, in important persons and events ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-the-origin-of-special-articles.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 18-February-2008 ~ Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>The University of Chicago Library Acquires 14th-Century Manuscript reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-university-of-chicago-library-acquires-manuscript.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-university-of-chicago-library-acquires-manuscript.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;The University of Chicago Library Acquires 14th-Century Manuscript&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; The University of Chicago Library acquired a 14th-century manuscript of "Le Roman de la Rose," or "The Romance of the Rose" - which scholars have referred to as the most popular medieval love poem - reuniting it after a 100-year separation with a manuscript with which it was previously bound ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-university-of-chicago-library-acquires-manuscript.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 18-February-2008 ~ Literature&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Hollywood Turns to Fiction's Golden Age reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-hollywood-turns-to-fictions-golden-age.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-hollywood-turns-to-fictions-golden-age.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Hollywood Turns to Fiction's Golden Age&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Scrambling to make up lost time and lost ideas to fill anxious television and film production schedules, some Hollywood writers are turning to the oldest and newest sources for inspiration -- the legendary Golden Age of fiction ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021808-hollywood-turns-to-fictions-golden-age.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 18-February-2008 ~ Creative Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Organized Writer's Six Rules by Julie Hood</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-the-organized-writers-six-rules.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-the-organized-writers-six-rules.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;The Organized Writer's Six Rules&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Julie Hood &lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Are you trying to get organized so you have more time to write? Here are six rules guaranteed to make you more productive and more organized when you add them to your life ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-the-organized-writers-six-rules.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 11-February-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>How To Become A Writer For Web Content by Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-how-to-become-a-writer-for-web-content.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-how-to-become-a-writer-for-web-content.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;How To Become A Writer For Web Content&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; For many people, a lifelong dream is to become a writer. They nurture this fond hope and desire inside themselves for years and years - but do not take the first step to become a writer ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-how-to-become-a-writer-for-web-content.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 11-February-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Five Reasons Why You Can't Be A Writer (And Why None Of Them Are True) by Laura Backes</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-five-reasons-why-you-cant-be-a-writer.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-five-reasons-why-you-cant-be-a-writer.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Five Reasons Why You Can't Be A Writer (And Why None Of Them Are True)&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Laura Backes&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; I have no time to write. Every beginning writer is time-challenged, because until you're getting paid for your writing, you're probably spending a chunk of each day doing something else ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/021108-five-reasons-why-you-cant-be-a-writer.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 11-February-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Freelancing Doesn't Mean Writing For Free. Does it? by Devrie Paradowski</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-freelancing-doesnt-mean-writing-for-free.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-freelancing-doesnt-mean-writing-for-free.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Freelancing Doesn't Mean Writing For Free. Does it?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Devrie Paradowski&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Some people feel that writing for free weakens the market for other writers, while some people feel that writing is an art that should be shared freely ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-freelancing-doesnt-mean-writing-for-free.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 04-February-2008 ~ Freelancing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Do You Think Like an Entrepreneur? by Debra Gould</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-do-you-think-like-an-entrepreneur.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-do-you-think-like-an-entrepreneur.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Do You Think Like an Entrepreneur?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Debra Gould&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; I developed the following simple quiz to help others gauge their ability to think like an entrepreneur ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-do-you-think-like-an-entrepreneur.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 04-February-2008 ~ Freelancing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Self-Publishing The Hard Way: The Art Of Giving Birth by Dodie Cross</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-self-publishing-the-hard-way.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-self-publishing-the-hard-way.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Self-Publishing The Hard Way: The Art Of Giving Birth&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Dodie Cross&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; When I started this whole book-writing process, I had full intentions of finding an agent and/or a traditional publisher; they'd do all the work while I sat back and listened to "Ca-ching, Ca-ching." However my journey to that end has been long and stress-filled and I ended up doing just the opposite ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/020408-self-publishing-the-hard-way.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 04-February-2008 ~ Book Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Writing a News Story on the Web? 15 Tips to Make Your Story Shine by J. Doyle</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-a-news-story-on-the-web.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-a-news-story-on-the-web.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Writing a News Story on the Web? 15 Tips to Make Your Story Shine&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by J. Doyle&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; With millions of people reading news online, there is still no clear style to news writing on the web. While some traditional news writing tips work with online writing, some additional factors have emerged that can help make a story receive traffic and become popular ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-a-news-story-on-the-web.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 28-January-2008 ~ Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Writing To Weave The Spell by Mary E. Martin</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-to-weave-the-spell.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-to-weave-the-spell.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Writing To Weave The Spell&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Mary E. Martin&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; What makes a novel good or even really great, so that it will be read one hundred years from now [or more]? What takes a novel out of its own time, so to speak, and become universal? ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-writing-to-weave-the-spell.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 28-January-2008 ~ Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>New Online Game Puts New Books in Front of Enthusiastic Readers reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-guess-who-wrote-that.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-guess-who-wrote-that.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;New Online Game Puts New Books in Front of Enthusiastic Readers&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Guess Who Wrote That? is a new online game that connect readers and Internet users with writers and book publishers around the globe ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022808-guess-who-wrote-that.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 28-January-2008 ~ Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Growing Ebook Industry and Market by Joe Bella</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-the-growing-ebook-industry-and-market.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-the-growing-ebook-industry-and-market.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;The Growing Ebook Industry and Market&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Joe Bella&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Stephen King is one of the few authors who tried to jump onto the Internet bandwagon. He sold one of his latest novels in "batches" - readers had to pay to read them. But "e-books" are still in a state of infancy ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-the-growing-ebook-industry-and-market.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 21-January-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Writing Made Them Rich #1: JK Rowling by Michael Southon</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-jk-rowling-writing-made-them-rich.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-jk-rowling-writing-made-them-rich.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Writing Made Them Rich #1: JK Rowling&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Michael Southon&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, England in 1965. She began writing at the age of 6 with a story called 'Rabbit', which she never finished ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-jk-rowling-writing-made-them-rich.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 21-January-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Humanities Professor Investigates the Extraordinary Power of Insults reported by FreelanceWriting.co ...</title>
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      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-humanities-professor-investigates.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Humanities Professor Investigates the Extraordinary Power of Insults&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; What kind of injury is an insult? What is its role in social and legal life? In his new book, Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults, Humanities Professor Jerome Neu examines how notions of insult shape our beliefs about character, honor, free speech, social interaction, and law ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/022108-humanities-professor-investigates.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 21-January-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Should Freelance Writers Have a Minimum Wage? by Yuwanda Black</title>
      <link>http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/011408_should-freelance-writers-have-a-minimum-wage.php</link>
      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/011408_should-freelance-writers-have-a-minimum-wage.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Should Freelance Writers Have a Minimum Wage?&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;by Yuwanda Black&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Freelance writing is a profession where competition is fierce - so much so that many of us work for far below the minimum wage. So, I want to propose a minimum pay scale for web writing, as this is one of the most severely underpaid niches in freelancing ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/011408_should-freelance-writers-have-a-minimum-wage.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 14-January-2008 ~ Freelance Writing&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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      <title>Journalism Employment is Off to a Great Start in 2008 reported by FreelanceWriting.com</title>
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      <description>&lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/011408_journalism_employment_is_off_to_a_great_start.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;Journalism Employment is Off to a Great Start in 2008&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt; &lt;B&gt;reported by FreelanceWriting.com&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt; With a modern feel and an easy-to-navigate design, JournalismNow.com aids newspapers, magazines, media companies, and news agencies in helping candidates find positions in the journalism industry, as well as helping employers fill open positions ... (&lt;A HREF="http://www.freelancewriting.com/commentary/011408_journalism_employment_is_off_to_a_great_start.php" CLASS="showit3"&gt;more&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;BR&gt; Added: 14-January-2008 ~ Public Relations&lt;BR&gt;</description>
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