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Vacation stage 1: select reading material

Vacation stage 1: select reading material

Just a few days before our two week vacation and I have finally managed to select some reading matter to fill up those endless days doing very little. But in these times of writing my own novel, and wanting to take only my Sony Reader, selecting a book was less than straightforward.
Avoiding disappointment
First criteria is [...]

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Google pagerank update 27 September 2008

Google pagerank update 27 September 2008

Just in case you hadn’t spotted it, Google ran through a page rank update yesterday (September 27th), and the SEO communities are buzzing about it as usual.

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The downhill spiral of high hopes

The downhill spiral of high hopes

As a reader, discovering new writers and learning to trust them can sometimes be a toe-stubbing, root-riddled ramble. Having had my time stolen far too frequently by disappointing reads, I try to explore the potential based on recommendation or general background hum. Just this week, and despite the general hum sounding distinctly positive, I had [...]

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Backlinks are worthless if Google does not see them

Backlinks are worthless if Google does not see them

It sounds obvious, right? A link to your site from another site is the most important element of helping your site become more visible within search results. But if a search engine is not aware of that link, or the page on which is hads been placed, it cannot offer that benefit.

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Mevio gets third round of funding

Released today is the news that MEVIO (formally PodShow) secured a third round of funding totaling $15 million.
Just how difficult it is to grab a third round? It’s a nightmare. Investors shift from throwing money at ideas to see what sticks, into focusing on what is actually working and becoming a viable business. Mevio’s retraction [...]

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Persistent Spirit Chapter 22

CHAPTER 22 - Keynes wakes with confused sensations and in a very strange place. Heading to recover from his ordeal, he is questioned on his whereabouts.

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Persistent Spirit Chapter 20

CHAPTER 20 - Martha faces a further test of her will in the bowels of Municipal Holdings Ltd., while Lady Katherine and Merrick head to the less desirable parts of London to seek out Keynes

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Persistent Spirit Chapter 19

CHAPTER 19 - Martha discovers who has summoned her to the headquarters of Municipal Holdings Ltd., a company with a secret identity. Contains graphic descriptions of violence - listener discretion advised.

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I do not enjoy writing

It’s official, now that I am well on the way to completing Persistent Spirit, I can say I officially do not enjoy writing. But hand me the chance to this it full-time, and I’d bite your arm off faster than a starving mongoose with a genetically enhanced disposition for arm-biting.
It’s not the writing itself that [...]

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Persistent Spirit Chapter 18

CHAPTER 18 - Martha Benson begins her journey to rid herself of the latent threat posed by Keynes. All does not go well, but she will let nothing stand in her way.

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