Writing

10 Smart Moves For Getting Published In Top Magazines

Eager to see your byline in magazines like Smithsonian, National Geographic, Parade or Outside? Here are 10 tips on getting past the threshold of “Maybe” to “Yes” at top magazines. 1. Put timing on your side. You can change a perennial story, where there’s no special reason to do it now rather than next year, to one that prompts an…

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Security

How Bad Guys Hack Into Websites Using Sql Injection

SQL Injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities on the web. Here I’ll try to explain in detail this kind of vulnerabilities with examples of bugs in PHP and possible solutions. If you are not so confident with programming languages and web technologies you may be wondering what SQL stay for. Well, it’s an acronym for Structured Query…

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Article Writing

Building A Rock Solid Query Letter

Recently I reviewed a client’s query letter. It was a hard working query letter, detailing the marketing prospects for the book, her own glowing credentials and the contacts she possessed that would help her publicize the book. But she left out one teeny weeny thing: she didn’t say what her book was about! I used to think query letters were…

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Success

Is Failing Bad

I’ve been having some discussions with my kids lately about “failure,” both theirs and mine. My son’s not getting the grades he wants, and I’m experiencing some professional setbacks I’m not happy with, and my daughter…well, she’s 8, and perfectly content with life, and I think that’s perfect. But the question keeps coming up, “Is failure bad?” I think the…

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