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Further to the recent Mystery Press article on the present sorry state of the publishing industry, two things have changed since publication:
1) Book Expo Canada is, as predicted, officially now canceled.
2) The Consumer Product Safety Commission approved a one-year stay of enforcement of the newly added certification and testing requirements for manufacturer and importers of products for children. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html
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Fun link that will nibble away at your spare time for weeks: Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/02/05/top-100-creative-writing-blogs/
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Quotable on Mystery Writing:
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution,
once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
- Raymond Chandler
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