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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

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There’s actually a format for how you query an agent and what you send and what you don’t send and when you send it.” Then I pitched him, and then I ended up writing several pieces for his magazine and that was great until, again, the economy collapsed.” The co-parenting book came out in 2013,” she says.

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Welcome 2013!

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Out with the Old: I don’t enjoy the New Years Eve blow out very much, maybe I’m just getting old? I’m not much for drinking, I don’t get into the backyard fireworks, I don’t like being on the roads to go see a nice firework display. Do you have goals set for 2013? Call me a bah-humbug of NYE.

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6 Things You Didn’t Know about Matt Damon

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But since most of us can’t exactly visit Cheers with Damon, here are some interesting facts you can drop the next time he comes up in conversation. Here’s how Jimmy Kimmel explained it, in a 2013 interview with NPR : “We had a bad show.… This article was published in June 2013 and has been updated.

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Future-proofing Workspaces: Top Tactics To Align CRE Choices With Business Needs

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For a while, companies were unsure about their long-term office needs, trying to plan for the next couple of years without committing to five years down the line, worried about ending up with too much space. While leases aren’t necessarily getting longer, people aren’t as afraid of committing to a three-year term anymore.

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CFO's Top Corporate Finance Trends for 2013

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Interesting 2013 trends list from CFO Magazine. CFO thinks 2013 might be the year corporations increase hiring. We're not so sure, but agree hiring in general will pick up this year.   Big Data will smarten up. The gist of this trend is 2013 is the year to plan for Obama Care.

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

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The post nicely sums up the lack of personal time associated with many jobs. Although it's called the antiwork movement, and some of its proponents want to stop working, most don't.   On the Phenomenon of B t Jobs: A Work Rant – Strike!: The pandemic-related Great Resignation is part of this trend and a driver.

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Free Coaching Call: October 2013

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And don’t worry; there’s another call coming up in the near future. How to mentor and coach people you don’t manage. The post Free Coaching Call: October 2013 appeared first on Eat Your Career. We did manage to get to quite a few though! How to get a promotion. Listen Here. Share this on Facebook. Share this on LinkedIn.

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