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6 Ways The Chronically Ill Can Set Reasonable Annual Resolutions By Julie A cell phone trace is when a user can enter a known telephone number and retrieve the name and/or address of the person to whom the number is registered. This reverse lookup is a very useful feature offered by today's electronic white and yellow pages. It is used many times by doubting parents to keep tabs on people that call up their kids frequently and talk to them, as well as people trying to stop a prank caller.
A reverse number lookup can also be used if you have a person's email address and want to find out their name, address and cell phone number. It has appeared online during the last few years, granting you the ability to acquire private info on just about anybody provided you have their cell phone number. All you have to do while using a site dedicated to cell phone reverse lookups is to type the number of the person and hit the search button.
This investigative tool is also used by businesses to look up old customers, verify current ones and make sure their employees are who they say they are, and not criminals. There are several other useful reasons for performing a reverse look up, and the method you end up using is entirely confidential legally -- what you do is none of a third party's business.
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12/03/2008 ) Publisher's Desk For December 3rd
) News From The Home Office: Hoy Holiday
) AngelaHoy.com: POD SECRETS REVEALED: Hot Air on Some POD Publishers' Websites By Angela Hoy, co-owner of BookLocker
) Letters To The Editor: Texas Coastal Enthusiast magazine / Damon Gibson
) Feature Article: Writing for Writers Works By Steff Green
) Ask The Expert: Should I Sell Foreign Rights to a Stranger?
) Success Story: Cover Girl By Joei Carlton Hossack
) Whispers And Warnings For December 3rd
) Paying Markets and Freelance Jobs For December 3rd
) FreeBookExcerpts.com For December 3rd
) Interview Requests For December 3rd
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]]> Publishers Desk For December 3rd THE HOLIDAYS WILL BE HERE SOON! MAKE A SOLDIER SMILE!!
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]]> Hoy Holiday Doing our part to keep the economy moving, we've almost finished our Christmas shopping. POD SECRETS REVEALED: Hot Air on Some POD Publishers' Websites By Angela Hoy, co-owner of BookLocker Here are a few examples of what we believe is "hot air" on some POD publishers' websites. Of course, this is our opinion. You can form your own. Texas Coastal Enthusiast magazine / Damon Gibson http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=8222):
You might be interested in what Damon Gibson is now up to in San Antonio, Texas. See:
http://www.txenthusiast.com/sanantonio.htm
Thanks for all you do for writers.
]]> Writing for Writers Works By Steff Green Many writers in the freelance industry struggle to find their writing niche, yet they overlook the most obvious niche - writing about writing. Any writer who has clocked their hours in front of a keyboard knows a few tricks, techniques, dos and do not's they could share with other writers. Why not write for other writers and earn money while you're at it? Should I Sell Foreign Rights to a Stranger? I've been contacted by a foreign-language publisher who's asking for foreign rights to my self-published book. What should I do? Cover Girl By Joei Carlton Hossack A year ago I purchased a new digital camera. I needed it - not because I'm a travel writer and travel writers need pictures to go along with the stories but because someone or something hacked into my website and destroyed it. I needed pictures of me so my computer guru could build another site. He did a fabulous job so I put the camera away to collect dust. Whispers And Warnings For December 3rd Prudence International Magazine / prudenceinternational.com - UPDATE: Writer receives check the day after publisher accuses WritersWeekly of libel.
RiseUp Publications, LLC. / usariseup.com / Ellis Management Marketing Group / EMMG / emmg.net / Janice Ellis / Christopher Ellis / collegeoutlook.net - Publisher of For Posterity, Achieve, Creative Outlook, College Outlook Counselor's Guide, The Business Kit, RX Dialogue, The Compliance Monitor, Future of Asthma, Managed Care Training, Pharmaceutical Representatives Companion, and Digest-ables - TWELTH COMPLAINT!
Bill Cameron / Metromode Magazine / Cameron Ink, Inc. / metromodemagazine.net - Publisher fails to honor promise to pay writers by end of November; claims he's filing for bankruptcy; STILL SOLICITING WRITERS ON HIS WEBSITE!
Damon Gibson / Texas Coastal Enthusiast Magazine / TxEnthusiast.com / Enthusiast Guest Book - It appears this pub has changed its name to Texas Enthusiast
]]> Paying Markets And Jobs For December 3rd PAYING MARKETS
These are NOT recycled guidelines. WritersWeekly.com only features original market listings, received from and approved by the editors at each publication.
New England Review
CURRENT NEEDS: "Original fiction, poetry, and essays." Pays $10 per printed page in New England Review.
Poisoned Pen Press
CURRENT NEEDS: "Well-written mysteries." Payment: "$500 on signing of contract; $500 on delivery of manuscript. Royalties are (9%) of the suggested retail price on the first 3,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, twelve percent (12%) on the next 2,500 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold, and fifteen percent (15%) on all
copies sold in excess of 6,000 hardcover or trade paperback copies sold."
The Rambler
CURRENT NEEDS: "Nonfiction, fiction, and poetry." Pays up to $50 for up to 8,000 words.
Sandlapper, The Magazine of South Carolina
CURRENT NEEDS: "Sandlapper writers need to either live in South Carolina or be very familiar with the Palmetto State. We're interested in humor and out-of-the-ordinary topics. (We don't need a piece about someone's vacation in Myrtle Beach or Charleston, for instance.)" Pays $100/published page for 500 to 2500 words. Send query and 2 clips or
manuscript by mail with SASE or by email.
Sourcebooks
CURRENT NEEDS: "We continue to look at all projects across our wide range of core categories. We are actively looking for college reference, parenting, uniquely targeted memoirs, romance novels, and children's chapter books." Payment varies depending on the project and category.
Space Lifestyle Magazine
CURRENT NEEDS: "Unique, exclusive stories on space, NewSpace, NASA, especially business stories, science stories, and personal accounts of people in the industry." Pays $500/3,000 words for min. of 1000 words, 3000 max.
FREELANCE JOBS
Freelance Copy Editor - They're offering $600/month but it looks like you might want to negotiate a higher fee for the work required
Film Production Publication
Freelance Writer - who is familiar with the workings of the FDNY
Firefighter's Quarterly Magazine / fdny.net
Freelance Market Research Analyst
BCC Research
Freelance Online Librarians and Internet Researchers
"University" Website
Freelance Legal/Business Copyeditor
blind ad
Freelance Recipe Editor - China Site
Allrecipes.com
Freelance Proposal Writer - Pays $25-$50/hour
kuitycorp.com
Freelance Marketing Message Writer
Small local business-to-business company
Freelance Editor/Writer
media company
Freelance Educational Writer
educational publishing company
Freelance Technical Writer
recruiter
Freelance Full-Time Medical Writer (2)
recruiter
Freelance Grant Writer - Pays $12-$15/hour
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Freelance Desktop Publisher - book design
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Freelance HR/Employment Law Writer - Pays $25K/year
business-to-business content company
Freelance Educational Writer
educational publishing company
Freelance Political Reporter
Raw Story
Freelance Marketing - Business Copywriter
marketing firm
Freelance Writers and Editors
Zest Books
]]> FreeBookExcerpts.com For December 3rd Arvid Township by Charlie Warnes
Impromptu, midnight auto race through the Lundeby Swamp in 1949. The race deteriorates to a tragic end, having a profound impact on the lives of the surviving participants.
The God Child-Abandoned by Don Fenn
The unseen character of human nature, from the perspective of 30 years of being a psychotherapist and a patient (a learner) and a novelist.
Escape from Hell and the Almighty White Guy with a Beard by James La Croce
A light-hearted, heavy-handed and devoutly devastating swipe at traditions about how God and Son go about their business on planet earth.
READ THESE AND MANY MORE FREE BOOK EXCERPTS, AND POST YOUR OWN, AT: http://www.FreeBookExcerpts.com]]>
lookup is often used where it's necessary to determine a user's identity for security reasons. But it is also often referred to as reverse resolving, or more specifically reverse DNS lookup, and is accomplished using a "reverse IN-ADDR entry" in the form of a PTR record. For example, the first time a reverse lookup is performed for a particular IP address, an attacker could provide a spoofed reverse lookup response for a domain name for which they do not have authority over. This is something totally different and shouldn't be confused with a reverse phone trace.
Cell phone directories are next to impossible to keep updated without constant maintenance. This is why free cell phone lookups are simply not offered, or if they are, they won't provide you with the results you want. Thus, if you want accurate information about a particular mobile phone number, you're going to have to make a small investment. That will give you permanent access to a cell phone database that is constantly updated and will allow you to search it at anytime. You also have the choice of selecting a smaller fee for a one-time lookup. If you aren't running a business that needs to screen a lot of employees for example, you might want to choose this option.
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