10. Living with Borderline Personality Disorder - http://lwbpd.blogspot.com
9. Alix Rites - http://alixrites.blogspot.com
8. Borderline Blog - http://www.borderlineblog.com
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10. Slim is better than heavy (eyeliner, clothing)
9. Moist is better than dry (skin, lips, eyes)
8. Illumination is better than darkness (face, hair)
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10. Nora Roberts
9. Eloisa James
8. Linda Castillo
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10. Broke & Beautiful
9. The Recessionista
8. Bargain Babe
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10. Belief! Without belief in yourself and your skills as a writer you won't go far. If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else? You must believe without a shadow of doubt that your work deserves to be on a bookstore shelf. Without BELIEF, the first 9 must-haves will be useless.
9. Dedication - you must dedicate yourself to writing the best possible works you can and to always learning about the craft of writing and the business of publishing and promoting.
8. Persistence - this is a slow moving business and you must be able to persevere no matter what. You WILL get rejection letters. Your work WILL be rejected. But it's a numbers game. Wade through the nos to get to that yes! Keep moving forward no matter the roadblocks.
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10. Caroline Lawrence
9. Ann Bryant
8. Jonny Zucker
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10. Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
9. Crafty books by my creative girlfriends: Jill MacKay, Marie Browning, Katie Hacker & more
8. Books by Debbie Macomber - lots of 'um!
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10. Your Heart Belongs to Me
9. Shadowfires
8. Odd Hours
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10. Hooray for Diffendoofer Day (Posthumous, from notes, 1998)
9. Oh, The Places You'll Go (1990)
8. Oh, The Thinks You Can Think (1975)
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10. A Few Pages From Your Favorite Novel!
9. "Writer’s Digest" Magazine
8. "Dialogue" – Gloria Kempton
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