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by Patrick Del Rosario

Get It Down First, Get It Right Second

At First, Just Write
When the muse is striking, or even if it’s just sitting on your shoulder yawning, just write. Go with the flow and don’t pay much attention to what your hands are doing. Gather momentum and go. Let your mind be a baby and wander where it will.

Go Back and Listen
If you are a writer of any mettle, you must know that the poetic qualities of prose are most important. One may think that readers don’t listen, but words bounce around in a reader’s cranium – a vast acoustic chamber that could host choirs – just as if they are spoken. The rhythm and alliteration of your words are so important. Read your stuff aloud to help yourself choose the right word.

Beware the Thesaurus
If a word doesn’t seem to fit and you can’t fathom a better one, you might peruse Roget’s, but you better be careful. A thesaurus can make you sound stupid and out of touch as easily as it can do the opposite. If you pick a word from a thesaurus, look it up in a dictionary before you dare use it. Having done so, you will probably search for another more appropriate.

Just Forget It
If the sentence or the piece isn’t working, leave it. Or dump it. You have put down what you want to say; you may just need a different mood, a long walk, or a hit of gin to give it verve or eloquence or meaning. Then go back to it. If you’ve dumped it, well, go after “the thing of it” again – like a badger.

“Le Mot Juste” (“The Right Word” in French)
Gustave Flaubert supposedly would spend days quibbling over a single sentence until he got the words just right. You and I are writing all kinds of things from novels to sales letters to web content. We don’t always have the luxury of hours quibbling with a word. Still, having the right word is most important. In fact, Mark Twain said so in this way: “The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is really a large matter. It’s the difference between the lightning-bug & the lightning.” There you go. Write right. It’s easier with the background told above.

One Last Thought on Choosing the Right Word

If you don’t read poetry, even if you’re a marketing writer, you’re doing your writing skills and your clients a disservice. Read poetry, no matter what kind of writer you are, or intend to be. If you’re new to poetry, your soul will be smitten (if you are really a writer) by “The Love Song of J. Alred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot. A beautiful classic, it offers many examples of choosing just the right words and wringing all the meaning out of each in a sublime and beautiful way.

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Patrick Del Rosario is a blogger from Mayple Marketing Blog. Mayple matches businesses to digital marketing professionals that meet their unique needs, and ensures they are performing optimally, at all time. When not working, Patrick  loves to do event photography. He also runs an event and photography business in the Philippines. He loves to travel around the world with his wife and son.

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I always hesitate to post on these kinds of topics, knowing that not everyone is as crazy as I am and writing several series at once.

I’m just figuring it out, myself. I usually juggle two series, but this year I decided to make it even more complicated and continue writing Myrtle Clover books in addition to the others. Why not? It’s already nutty around here.

Here are some ways I’ve found to make it work:

If you have any control over your deadlines at all, try to make sure that your deadlines don’t hit at the same time. It’s just very stressful. Get your agent onboard with that if you can and if you have one. I’ve done it this year and I did manage to get the deadlines 2 months apart, but it was still tough.

If you do get the deadlines that close together, try to deliver the first deadline earlier than promised, if you can. That will give you more time with the second and will also give you a little leeway when your edits for the first book come back in (if they come back early.)

The ideal situation is different for every writer, but I usually like to be drafting one book when I receive edits on another. I get the work done on both, but I’m using different parts of my brain so I don’t get that burned out feeling. That’s just how it works for me, anyway.

If you have time, consider skimming over the previous books in the series before writing the next book. At least enough to pick up the character voices and remind yourself of the tone of the books.

Develop a style sheet for your series. This has been the most helpful tool for me when writing my series. Penguin has been great to send me style sheets for each book, which I’ve downloaded and refer to often. These sheets include character names, descriptions, and ages; business names, connections between characters—all the little things that we can forget but shouldn’t forget. Sort of a little cheat sheet to get yourself going in the right direction.

If you’ve written a few books in the series, review the storylines for the previous books. It helps to keep from accidentally writing too closely to a previous storyline. Or to a similar storyline in another series you’re writing.

One other thing I like to do is review my Word file of copy/pasted notes from reader emails, reader Facebook and Twitter messages, and reader reviews on online retailers. This way I can remind myself what readers liked about the series…and didn’t like. Then I can deliver more of what they liked.

Write quickly. There are, obviously, a few reasons to do this. One, you don’t get frozen—worrying about how to approach the next book in the series. Jump in, write it, fix it later. Also, the next book for the other series is waiting on you to work on it.

Keep a Word document of each book you’ve written, in each series. And back them up. You need to have a searchable document on hand. Many times I’ve been busily writing in a little detail that I think belongs to one series, frown, do a search on the book I believe the detail comes from, and find that the detail/minor character is from a different series. I know that sounds ridiculous, but when you go from book to book and series to series it happens. And it’s hard to search a paperback book for a small detail. I’m keeping Word docs from years back just for the ability to search them.

This is what I’ve learned so far about juggling series. I’d love to hear from others who do the same. And I’d aslo love to hear from those of you who write a single series— your tips for keeping series continuity without repeating the same formula for each book.

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by Carol Kilgore, @carol_kilgore

I’ve been a regular reader of Mystery Writing Is Murder for a long time. As you can imagine, I’m thrilled to be here. Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing your blog space with me.

When I learned I would be guest blogging here, I found out I needed to blog about some aspect of writing. Still thrilled, but Ack! I usually try to skirt around actual writing details. So I’ll just tell you a story.

A continuing long-term problem for me is struggling for a solid block of writing time. I find plans that work for various lengths of time, anywhere from a few days to several months. Then I seem to sabotage them without being aware until one day I realize my writing time is over and I have no new words on the page.

A few months back, I tried something totally out of my norm. I tried writing first thing in the morning. Get up. Stumble downstairs. Let dogs out. Get coffee. Let dogs in. Open document. Write. For two hours. Did I mention I am not a morning person?

OMG!

I couldn’t believe how easily and, for me, quickly the words flowed. And the feeling of accomplishment after completing my primary goal for the day before lunch was amazing.

A couple of weeks later, the first words still flowed. But that second hour…not so much. When we came back from vacation in May, I added a walk. Write an hour, walk for 30+ minutes, write another hour.

While I walk, I think about the story. I believe my subconscious processes the words I just wrote and decides which words to use next. When I come back for Hour Two, success!

For the last few weeks I’ve used my morning writing time to focus on details of the release of IN NAME ONLY. But in another week or two, I’ll be back to writing. Will this routine still work? I hope so.

So my best writing advice? Find what works for you, whether it’s how you construct a character or how you manage your Facebook time. Do it that way for as long as it works. When it stops working, try something different—even if you think it won’t work. You may be surprised.

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Carol Kilgore is a Texas native who has lived in locations across the U.S. as the wife of a Coast Guard officer. Back under the hot Texas sun in San Antonio, Carol writes a blend of mystery, suspense, and romance she calls Crime Fiction with a Kiss. She and her husband share their home and patio with two active herding dogs, and every so often the dogs let them sit on the sofa.
Learn more about Carol and follow her here:
Blog: http://www.underthetikihut.blogspot.com

Website: http://www.carolkilgore.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carolkilgore.author
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/carol_kilgore
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6094110.Carol_Kilgore

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/author/ckilgore

No home. No family. No place to hide. For Summer Newcombe, that’s only the beginning.

The night Summer escapes from a burning Padre Island eatery and discovers the arsonist is stalking her, is the same night she meets Fire Captain Gabriel Duran. As much as she’s attracted to Gabe, five years in the Federal Witness Security Program because of her father’s testimony against a mob boss have taught her the importance of being alone and invisible.

No matter how much she yearns for a real home, Summer relinquished that option the night she killed the man who murdered her father. But Gabe breaks down her guard and places both of them in danger. Summer has vowed never to kill again, but she’s frantic she’ll cost Gabe his life unless she stops running and fights for the future she wants with the man she loves.

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I’m sure everybody has a closet that needs some attention.

I hope everybody does. I know I have at least one at all times that needs help.

The closet with the biggest issue was the one under the stairs. Large areas tend to attract the most junk. This one had various boxes in it. You know.

Since I just finished my two biggest deadlines for the year, I decided to tackle the closet.

In the closet, I found an unfinished project—not a book project. It was a box of video tapes that needed to be transferred to a modern, digital format of some kind.

I’d started this project a year ago, stalled out with it, and shoved it back into the closet along with a bunch of other stuff that I didn’t want to deal with.

I remember being very annoyed because I’d bought a VCR to DVD burning device and then found out that, after I burned the DVDs, they were in a proprietary format that meant they could only be played on a particular Panasonic device that was no longer being made. Of course.

I learned that there were services that could transfer for you if you ship them the tapes. But I didn’t get very far with my research on that because I was so frustrated and annoyed by the proprietary format and was busy with the complaint letter that I was writing.

A year passed and nothing had been accomplished on this project. So I pulled out the box of videos and made a list of all the steps I needed to do to finish this project in one sitting so that I could take on the rest of the closet.

Starting any project—a stalled one or a new one—can be the same way. We have all these great ambitions for our books, for instance, but getting the words on paper can be intimidating.

You’d think that by now I’d be done with project hesitation for my writing—but I still have it. It’s the hesitation of not really knowing what to do next. Usually I just look at the deadline on the calendar and jump right in. With a self-imposed deadline (I’m writing a book for self-pub before working on my next publisher-driven project), it feels a little different.

Starting a stalled project—listing the tasks.

So, for my video transfer project, I needed to decide if I wanted to send the online company camcorder tapes or VCR tapes. I needed to gather all the tapes together. I needed to decide which company I wanted to use. I needed to make sure if I sent all my tapes that I wouldn’t go over my budget. Then I needed to create an online account with the company, pay a deposit for the service, print out the shipping label, pack it, and then drop the box off with UPS.

For starting out my latest mystery, I needed to decide who my victim was going to be, how my sleuth was going to be involved, and who my suspects were. To really jump into it, I also wanted to know how the victim was killed. (Because this book is part of a series, I already know my main characters…a benefit of series writing.)

For your project, you might need to decide other things: what’s the inciting incident (which turns an ordinary day for your protagonist into something special)? Who is the main character? What about the incident changes them or their situation? How do they react to it?

Half the time when we don’t get started with a project, or put it aside for a while, it’s because we’re really not sure what direction we want to take or how to approach the task. Maybe we don’t feel like we have enough information to begin. Or it might be that we’re worried that the outcome might not end up as successful as it is in our imaginings.

Instead of packing the project back into the closet (or burying it in Word), we could just make a list to get ourselves going.

How do you jump back into projects….or jump into new ones quickly?

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Keepsakes as clues to character and murder in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/NwAYig @mkinberg

Amazon–not just a book company: http://bit.ly/NOQeZX @Porter_Anderson @jamesbridle @philipdsjones

Is it OK to conduct interviews via email? http://bit.ly/P8tnwb @MichelleRafter

The 4 Faces of Facebook’s Timeline for Authors Explained: http://bit.ly/P8tJTy @authormedia

Give Characters Interesting Anecdotes: http://bit.ly/P8u1tt @mooderino

Whatever Happened to Horror? http://bit.ly/P8unjV @tordotcom @FrankTallis

Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Your Readers Through Editing: http://bit.ly/P8uwnq @thecreativepenn

DRM denies fundamental book function–sharing: http://bit.ly/NOWqB0 @bsandusky @Porter_Anderson

5 Common Mistakes New Writers Make: http://bit.ly/P8voIC @novelrocket

How Should Writers Handle Facebook Frustrations? http://bit.ly/P8vJLs @jodyhedlund

Comparing Lightning Source to CreateSpace: http://bit.ly/P8we8s @jentalty

8 Tips for Waking Up Early & Conquering the Alarm Clock: http://bit.ly/P8Ca1c @jeffgoins

8 Tips for Creating an Anthology: http://bit.ly/P8CmO3

7 things 1 writer has learned so far: http://bit.ly/P8CDQP @KM_Ruiz

We can’t shoot for perfection for our books: http://bit.ly/P8Dh0N @KristineRusch

Thoughts on ebook pricing: http://bit.ly/P8Dr8p @bubblecow

“I’ll have the 10 oz. writer’s life with a side of self-promotion”: http://bit.ly/P8E0z2

The First Sale: Expectation vs. Reality: http://bit.ly/P8E5To @YAHighway

How to Use Subtext in Your Writing: http://bit.ly/P8Eaq4 @joebunting

Authors: say yes to libraries: http://bit.ly/MYH3p0 @PWxyz

Some real perspective on pricing our books: http://bit.ly/MYHb7O @deanwesleysmith

Punctuation in dialogue: http://bit.ly/MYHijR @noveleditor

Should you pitch an unfinished book to an agent? http://bit.ly/MYHxeH @nicolamorgan

Prepare for conferences early: http://bit.ly/MYHPCg

4 Writing Crutches that Insult the Reader’s Intelligence: http://bit.ly/MYHY95 @kristenlambTX

Stuck on character? Use a simile: http://bit.ly/MYId3Q @fictionnotes

When to write dialogue, and what it’s for: http://bit.ly/MYImUO @SF_Novelists

What is the scene ABOUT? http://bit.ly/MYICU3 @theresastevens

A phrase you should consider revising: http://bit.ly/MYJqrS

5 online marketing tips: http://bit.ly/MYK6NP

How to Write Characters Your Readers Love: http://bit.ly/MYKIDb @Ava_Jae

8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Deciding to Self-Publish: http://bit.ly/M1QEQw

The Top 10 Archers In Fiction: http://bit.ly/MYKZ98 @fantasyfaction

Does Killing Off Characters Make Readers Care Less? http://bit.ly/MYL7FP @janice_hardy

Editorial phone calls: http://bit.ly/NtM2yt

52 Reasons to Hate My Father Beat Sheet: http://bit.ly/NtS6He

A historical’s beginning diagnosed: http://bit.ly/NtSe9T @janice_hardy

A Freelance Editor Talks About Authors’ “Habits” & Predictable Writing: http://bit.ly/NtSG87 @EditNinja

eBook Design Today and Tomorrow: http://bit.ly/NtSMMX @JFBookman

How to Stop Dreaming about Your Writing and Actually Do It: http://bit.ly/NtT9qN

iTunes University for Writers: http://bit.ly/NtTh9y @JulieMusil

How to Get the Most Out of a Writing Workshop: http://bit.ly/NtTHg8 @DIYMFA

Protecting Your Writing Time – And Yourself: http://bit.ly/NtTOZm @ClaireCookwrite

Three Reasons Why Prologues Don’t Work: http://bit.ly/NtTUAe

Approaches for writing a wrap-up scene: http://bit.ly/N648Ys @dirtywhitecandy

Pros and cons of writing a series: http://bit.ly/N64hv0 @KenScholes

The vanished writer phenomenon: http://bit.ly/N64COq

Free Sites to Promote Your eBook: http://bit.ly/N1E5D6 @galleycat

20 Tips for Writing Lovable Romance Novel Heroes: http://bit.ly/Pnardj @thecreativepenn

Why Do Bad Books Get Published? http://bit.ly/PnaB4l @KMWeiland

1 traditionally published author makes a move to self-pub: http://bit.ly/PnbR7D @AlexSokoloff

When publishers drop the promo ball: http://bit.ly/Pncz4M @AlmaAlexander

How to raise creative kids: http://bit.ly/PncEoT @tobywneal

How to Write a Synopsis of Your Novel: http://bit.ly/LwxTEQ @glencstrathy

Pain and Stress Inform the Work, But Not Always Right Away, and Only If You Survive: http://bit.ly/LwxYZ9 @indieauthor

Quick tips to avoid being a bad writer: http://bit.ly/Lwyrui @writing_tips

Writing the emotional body blow: http://bit.ly/LwywhM @chrstnabrooke

Encouragement from this rejection? http://bit.ly/LwyB4Z @nicolamorgan

8 Blogging Styles You Can Use Today: http://bit.ly/LwyC8Z @JFBookman

3 writing maxims to ignore or tweak: http://bit.ly/LwyFSg

Unleash Your Writing With This Trick From the Movies: http://bit.ly/LwyS84

Ten challenges to innovation: http://bit.ly/LwyV3N @thefuturebook

Kiersey Temperament Survey Identifies Who Reads What Genres; Says Reading “Still Strong”: http://bit.ly/Lwz4Ec @LindaGray_

Is the Stigma of Self-Publishing Finally Gone? http://bit.ly/Lwzcnj @bengalley

Showing C.A.R.E. in Your First Chapter: http://bit.ly/LwzhXY

How to Polish Your Writing Until It Shines: http://bit.ly/LwzgU2 @StinaLL

7 ways you give away your power–and how to avoid it: http://bit.ly/LwznyK @rachellegardner

What to Do when Hollywood Rewrites Your Book–How to Survive a Writer’s Most Desirable Problem: http://bit.ly/LwzudV @annerallen @cryanhyde

A Study in Opposites: http://bit.ly/LwzFFY @ThereseWalsh

Outlines for Plot, Pantser for Character: http://bit.ly/LwzJWi @janice_hardy

The 10 Essential Grammar Rules Of Life: http://bit.ly/LwzLgS @ollinmorales

6 Easy Steps to Stop the Chaos in Your Life: http://bit.ly/LwzPNs @lyndaryoung

Fear and writing: http://bit.ly/LxWUQ0

Copyright for Writers: http://bit.ly/LxWWHF @eMergentPublish

Tips for juggling a busy schedule and writing: http://bit.ly/LxX61I @writeitsideways

5 Signs You’re Having a Blog Identity Crisis & 8 Ways To Fix It: http://bit.ly/LxXdu5 @roniloren

Point of View: Common Types and 5 Tips for Strengthening: http://bit.ly/LxXcXd @howtowriteshop

Adverb Advice: Use Carefully: http://bit.ly/LxXgWO @fictionnotes

The (Not So) Surprising Key to Writing Quickly: http://bit.ly/LxXld7 @ava_jae

Flip the Script: Use Adverbs Fearlessly: http://bit.ly/LxXq0q @JaelMchenry

A few brainstorming suggestions: http://bit.ly/LxXzAS @lisagailgreen

Are You Proud to be a Writer? http://bit.ly/LxXBZv @fuelforwriting

When you hate your book: http://bit.ly/LxXGwv @sarahahoyt

Leonardo da Vinci’s 8 tips for modern creators: http://ow.ly/ceRSq @SimonBrushfield via @Porter_Anderson

Does the Authors Guild really serve writers? http://bit.ly/LxXNYT @DavidGaughran

Using signature phrases to distinguish between characters: http://bit.ly/LxYSjg @juliettewade

5 Common Writing Blunders that Can Annoy or Bore Our Readers: http://bit.ly/LxZ4Pw @KristenLambTX

Not All Characters Deserve To Be In The Story: http://bit.ly/LxZ6a8 @mooderino

Top 10 Tips for Writing Historical Fiction: http://bit.ly/LxZaqi @DIYMFA

Thoughts on ebook exclusivity and free books: http://bit.ly/LxZmWD @JAKonrath

Short Tip on Irreversible Plot Points: http://bit.ly/LxZqph @Kid_Lit

A Guide to GATSBY and Alcohol: http://bit.ly/LxZEwR @bookriot

Simon & Schuster is adding QR codes to all its print books. Will readers bite? http://bit.ly/NfhXRs @laurahazardowen

Easter eggs in a story (using Harry Potter as an example): http://bit.ly/MSI8SS @HP4Writers

6 Tips for a Friendly Author Website: http://bit.ly/Nfi2o7 @sierragodfrey

6 things to learn from Hemingway: http://bit.ly/Nfi9Qt @rachellegardner

Tips for making up your own words: http://bit.ly/NfidzI @noveleditor

Rights vs. Copyright: http://bit.ly/NfieDM @victoriastrauss

Is It Harder Today for Self-Published Authors to “Break in” at Amazon? http://bit.ly/NfimTJ @goblinwriter

Signs of a Promising Superhero Origin Story: http://bit.ly/NfinY0

Sexuality in fantasy: http://bit.ly/Nfiz9A

Tips for writing a direct sequel: http://bit.ly/MSIPfa @junglereds @jeffabbott

What can publishers do to face challenges in a new marketplace? A publisher with 6 suggestions: http://bit.ly/NfiKBF

10 Traits That Are More Important Than Talent: http://bit.ly/NguLH6 @jodyhedlund

Create Powerful Imagery in Your Writing: http://bit.ly/NguROQ @writersdigest

Just being on Amazon doesn’t sell your book: http://bit.ly/NguZhj @hopeclark

Ebooks Gone in 5 Years? http://bit.ly/PC2UZs @Porter_Anderson @hughmcguire

25 practical, productive things freelancers can do when everyone else is on vacation: http://bit.ly/PC32rG @michellerafter

Indie or traditional publishing: what’s right for you? http://bit.ly/PC3gPH @rebeccaberto @melissa_foster

8 Lessons for Modern Creators from Leonardo da Vinci: http://bit.ly/NAhStr @markmcguinness

What should you expect from a developmental editor? http://bit.ly/NAhRFW

The Fantasy Feminist: http://bit.ly/NAjX8M @AmyJRoseDavis

Music and characterization: http://bit.ly/NAk5Fi @byrozmorris @pilyara

88 Books that Shaped America: http://bit.ly/NAk8B6

Using the Right Scene Glue: Transitions and Sequels: http://bit.ly/NAkdVm @beth_barany

If Selling Used Software is Legal Then Why Not Used eBooks? http://bit.ly/NAkmYI @thDigitalReader

Discovering the story question: http://bit.ly/NAks2F @novelrocket

Maximizing Research: http://bit.ly/RPxSuw @Ravenrequiem13 @KMWeiland

Query Tracker: Keep Track Of Your Stories: http://bit.ly/Mf7y92 @woodwardkaren

Why Empathy is the Key to Story: http://bit.ly/Mf7yWH @joe_bunting

Don’t rush out the book? http://bit.ly/Mf7ENU @forbes @passivevoiceblg

10 Tips to Clean Up Your Writing: http://bit.ly/Mf8daB @WritingFineLine

The Business of (Successful) Writing: http://bit.ly/Mf8nOZ

Ways to develop your inciting incident: http://bit.ly/Mf8rhG @donmaass

How Much Does Self-Publishing Cost? A Guide: http://bit.ly/Mf8ASx @duolit

Links to images, image editors, and music for your book trailer: http://bit.ly/Mf8FFE @beth_barany

Draw Out Your Story’s Tension—But Not Too Far: http://bit.ly/Mf90YY @KMWeiland

Defining Success: http://bit.ly/Mf94YS @janelebak

The Social Life of a Writing Residency: http://bit.ly/Mf99M0 @PatrickRwrites

2 methods of getting feedback for our writing: http://bit.ly/MgDXRX

Books for boys–thoughts on winning the reading war: http://bit.ly/NOVhJW @Porter_Anderson @thejeffnorton

Interviewing Expert Sources: http://bit.ly/MgEbbN

Writing: Where Less Can Be More: http://bit.ly/MgEdjL @jamigold

The Realities of Publishing (And What Rejection Has Taught 1 Writer): http://bit.ly/MgEmUz @MeredithMcP

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing: http://bit.ly/MgEsvn @jeffgoins

Tips for writing effective tweets: http://bit.ly/MgEAee @rebeccaberto

The 5 bricks of story and life: http://bit.ly/MgELpZ @maureenlynas

The Curse of the Middle Book: http://bit.ly/MgEV0n

How to Create a Twitter List in 4 Easy Steps: http://bit.ly/MgEUd2 @authormedia

What You Can Learn About Writing By Writing Thrillers: http://bit.ly/MgF0RY @nickthacker

Further Proof that Print Books are Disappearing, Literally: http://bit.ly/NIrTVC @pubperspectives

A look at witches and their popularity in fiction: http://bit.ly/NIrZg2 @guardianbooks

Could mentoring put the brakes on poorly-written self-pubbed books? http://bit.ly/NCzwhR @threekingsbooks

Modern books frequently=easy reads.Will complexity return w/ self-pub’s popularity? http://bit.ly/NORQCP @nathanbransford @Porter_Anderson

What Agents Are Not Doing: http://bit.ly/NOUU22 @Porter_Anderson @LizaDawsonAssoc @sum_mary @DeahlsDeals

Tips for staying safe on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/NCAYRh @KristinNador