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Laura Levine

Laura LevineLaura Levine is the creative genius behind the Jaine Austen mystery series about the hilarious adventures of L.A. freelance writer Jaine Austen and her adorably self-absorbed cat, Prozac. Her writing credits include the sitcoms, "The Bob Newhart Show," "Three's Company," "Laverne & Shirley," "The Love Boat," "The Jeffersons" and "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." Her advertising claim to fame: She created Count Chocula and Frankenberry cereals for General Mills.

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Top 10 tips for making a great pitch

(David Henry Sterry and Arielle Eckstut, known as "The Book Doctors" are bringing the wildly popular "Pitchapalooza" to the 2014 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. They describe the event as "The American Idol for books, only kinder and gentler.") Your pitch is one of the most powerful and underrated arrows in your quiver as you attempt to scale the walls of Publishing Castle. Here are just a few helpful tips. 1. A great pitch is like a poem. Every word counts. 2. Make us fall in lov ...
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Holiday hints (not from Heloise)

There are a lot of weird things we do around the holidays that wouldn't be, should I say, socially acceptable any other time of year. People put a lot of pressure on themselves - and reindeer antlers on their cars - to uphold these traditions, which can sap the spirit right out of the season. Well, my festive friends. I'm once again here to offer some tips. So put on your ugly sweater and pour yourself a cup of alcoholic pancake batter - also known as eggnog - and let's begin. Deck ...
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