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Our friend Jim Cirile over at Coverage Ink: The Screenwriter’s Advantage and Writers on the Storm posts a chock-full-o’-goodies newsletter to his subscribers-only list. But lucky you! We’re reposting an excerpt here for you.

Jim’s February, 2009 installment included this useful reminder: “The 5 Best Ways to *Lose* an Agent.” Witty, insightful, and oh so true, here is Jim’s article, posted with permission, for THE STORY SPOT readers to enjoy.

“Got agent? Good. Now can you hold onto them? Hmm…”
Read on »

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Many of you loyal Story Spot readers find yourselves working collaboratively as a matter of course. Whether with other writers or with directors, producers, or even literary agents, working together to create one story can be strange, wonderful, maddening, and challenging. One thing is for certain, when you’re writing collaboratively, there is rarely a dull moment.

What can we do to make it the best possible experience AND ensure that the project is the best that it can be? Here are five suggestions. Read on »

Let the festivities begin! The list of nominees for the 81st annual Academy Awards are hot off the presses. The big day is Sunday, February 22, 2009. Where will your Oscar Party be?

And the nominees are…

The 81st annual Academy Awards list of nominees at Oscar.com

P.S. Joan & Melissa, it’s never been the same without you.

The World’s Biggest Bookstore–oops, I mean Amazon.com, have recently launched a new widget that you may want to share with your own readers.

It’s a stream of commentary on everything and anything related to reading.

THE STORY SPOT is going to observe for a while before adding the widget here. We want to offer you only info you that find valuable. While this Omnivoracious stream immediately intrigues, it also appears to be as very, very broad for our collective tastes.

If you do end up posting the widget on your own blog (click the little GET WIDGET link at the bottom), let us know here. When the readers speak, we hop to it!