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When I was twenty-three, I wrote a horrible, terrible novel that will never see the light of day. I submitted it to an agent — ONE agent — and received a rejection within minutes. Now I know this was his assistant summarily rejecting everything in the slush pile, but at the time, I took this as the ultimate sign that I was not meant to be a writer. Dejected, I stopped. Instead, I got a job as an assistant at a literary agency, where I remained for four years. Next, I became an editor at Penguin Random House, where I acquired and edited fiction and non-fiction, primarily for teens and young adults. After that, I came to work for Cup of Jo, where I decided to try my hand at writing again. And a few years after THAT, I attempted writing books. So yeah, this was not a situation where I wrote something, submitted it into the ether and got it published. I feel tremendously lucky to have gotten here.
2. Books themselves also take forever.
Dreams aside, the publication of a physical book takes approximately one million years. I wrote this book in 2016, and it’s finally coming out… in 2019. “Why do books take so long?” everyone asks. “How much time can it take to print something?” This is a long and complicated answer, so let’s just say that book publishing is an archaic historic institution, with schedules that harken back to another time, and the process of getting a book into your hands takes many, many steps.
3. You kind of get to do whatever you want.
There are a million inside jokes (with myself) baked into the text. An arcade named after my friend’s cat. A character named after my favorite lipstick. Because I could, and it made the process that much more fun. To that end, I would argue that writing, even when it comes to fiction, is just as much about mining the contents of one’s memory as it is about making things up. How did you feel at a certain age? What was going on in your life? What did it look like? Who or what were the touchstones of that period? Those details are baked into this story, because as much as this is a story about three girls on the cusp of turning thirteen, it’s also my story. And maybe yours, as well.
4. I don’t know where any of this comes from.
For me, the act of writing is a little like blacking out. On the best days, it feels like going into a trance. After the fact, I don’t really remember having written any of it.
5. Reading is more important than writing.
One question I get asked a lot is how to be a better writer, and my answer is always the same. Read. Read more. Read everything you can get your hands on — voices similar to your own and voices that couldn’t be more different. Topics you have no knowledge of and memoirs about all kinds of people. Read the newspaper. Read essays. Read poetry. And then get very, very quiet and let your own voice speak through you.
6. Authors often have nothing to do with the cover.
People will say, “Oh, I like what you did with the cover!” or “That’s an interesting direction you took that in.” But in many cases, writers have absolutely nothing to do with that. Covers are heavily influenced by what sales and marketing think will do well in the current marketplace.
7. You — yes, you! — can make stuff happen.
This is not specific to writing books, but it’s something the process has absolutely taught me. When there is something you really care about — be it a book, a brief, a child — sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands. Do it yourself. Speak up. Don’t be afraid of being aggressive. This is your baby we’re talking about, and you need to do everything in your power to help guide their journey.
8. Writing a book is not fancy.
“When are you going to hit the road?” everyone says. “When is the book tour? Where is the party with celebrity guests?” That’s funny. That is the stuff of ’80s lore and television shows. The vast majority of authors do not go anywhere. My book tour is on Instagram, and you are warmly invited.
This is where I do my best therapist voice and say, “But just having written a book is a success.” And that is true! But commercially, most books do not earn back the expense it takes to make them. The mega bestsellers (like James Patterson or J.K. Rowling or Michelle Obama) are what make the vast majority of money for publishers, while everything else is a loss. So, book sales are very important! Particularly the first week of sales, which often sets the tone for how a book will perform over its lifetime. If a book sells out of the gate, then stores will re-stock, the publisher will re-print, and everyone will be happy. All of which is to say, if there is a writer whose work you love (ah-hem, cough cough), don’t hesitate to support their book when it comes out! Writing, like many other art forms, is ultimately a labor of love.
10. You always have to start somewhere.
After you finish one project, you are faced with the terror of starting another. But for me, the hardest part is always simply beginning. I’ll tell myself, write one paragraph per day, write one page, write one chapter. Run a few meters, run a few blocks, run a few miles. Wherever you are, whatever you want to accomplish, just start somewhere. Because before you know it, you’re actually doing the thing, and that feels pretty amazing.
P.S. 12 beautiful children’s books and 18 great books with female heroines.
Just wanted to let you know my 10 year old daughter finished your book today and loved it! She can’t wait for the next one.
Congrats! I just ordered it for my 8 yr old! And I know her 12 yr old brother will also end up reading it. They both love the babysitter club!
yay! congratulations caroline!! i love your advice from the other side. a while ago i wrote a list of roles but then realized I can’t call myself something if I dont actually do it. so even though it’s just a blog, i can now consider myself a writer. maybe someday i’ll pen a book as well. i wrote more about my aspirations here: https://tps-steph.blogspot.com/2019/02/0028-i-am.html sharing is a way to motivate myself.
I LOVED reading The Baby-Sitters Club series growing up! Mary Anne was my favorite babysitter! I have a 9 year old daughter who loves to read – excited to get this for her.
No salami for anyone you care about! Plenty of research shows that cured meats lead to increased colorectal cancer. Instead, stick with dark chocolate or healthful food choices to show your love!
I ordered this book for my 12 year old neighbor who babysits our kids. Inspite of her age, she is truly a great babysitter; fun, playful, patient, compassionate, and creative. When it arrived, my five year old daughter was enthralled by the cover, so I read her the first chapter. Really fun! Congratulations Caroline!
This is so exciting Caroline! Congratulations! As someone who once upon a time had a babysitters’ club inspired by Kristy’s Great Idea, I cannot WAIT to read your take! I ordered a copy for my classroom library too. My third graders will love this.
Congratulations Caroline! You are so inspiring. I have loved reading your work on Cup of Jo for years now and am so excited for your book.
Congrats on your book!!!! Just some feedback: considering your picture is in front of the oh so lovely Books are Magic in BK, you may want to link to your book on their site (https://booksaremagic.net/r/tu/Z7), or say, quite literally any indie bookstore for that matter! Where you spend shapes where you live, so let’s put that money back in the community, VS a behemoth tax-evading corp that doesn’t need the help. Congrats again on the release of Best Babysitters Ever!
Such an accomplishment, Caroline! Congratulations! As a former BSC fanatic, and attempted club creator myself, I can’t wait to read. Just ordered for my 10 and 11-year-old nieces (and myself)!
Just bought it for my library! Congratulations, Caroline!
Bought it. Happy to support you and this blog that gives me so much. Doesn’t hurt that I also have an 11yo., who, incidentally, loves to watch the old Babysitter’s Clubs. You’re on the pulse.
Congrats! Babysitters Club spin-off are what my 90’s girl dreams are made of!
Congratulations on doing it Caroline! I’ve followed you here for years and it’s so inspiring to read this.
**Added to cart** I feel privileged to support you! Congrats on the book!
Congratulations! I have your book in my cart on amazon.com. And thanks for your insights on writing.
Congratulations! These are such wonderful words of advice. Plus, I was so pleased when I got to the end and saw that your book is a babysitters club spin off!
Caroline, were you obsessed with The Babysitter’s Club like I was? I wrote an award-winning essay about how much I admired Ann M. Martin when I was in second grade (and the prize was a $25 gift certificate to Toys R Us, where I bought a beloved stuffed dog that I named Norman). Then she did a book signing at my local book store, so of course I brought my essay and asked her to sign it! I had every single book in the series, and every reference to The Babysitter’s Club gives me intense pangs of nostalgia!
More importantly, congratulations on your first book! I’m sure it’s wonderful and I hope it introduces a bunch of young girls to the original series, too, like Netflix has done for old TV shows.
Congrats Caroline! Such an exciting thing, to have your book published! You have such skill with language, I’m sure the book will do great.
Curious if you considered self-publishing and your thoughts about it in general? Anyone else who is in the industry, would love to see what you think, too.
Just bought a copy for my 11 year-old daughter! Congratulations!!!
I just ordered it, for myself (age 36), haha. So happy for you, Caroline! You are such a gifted writer who really stands out.
Congratulations Caroline! Former book publicist here (adult and children’s books) and now I’m a freelance writer. I applaud your bravery and the discipline it takes to actually make this happen. A book is no mean feat. Wishing you so much success!
Congrats! Hard work paid off.
Congratulations, Caroline! I just ordered my copy! I work in children’s publishing (and am a writer myself), so this post hits home. Your top ten are spot on. And to speak to #10, I had a writing professor in graduate school who told us she used to set a timer when she sat down to write. Fifteen minutes, she’d tell herself. Just write for fifteen minutes (since that seemed less daunting than sitting down to write for an hour or longer). She told us, oftentimes, she didn’t even hear when the timer went off and kept writing long after those fifteen minutes were up. I’ve always loved that advice as a way to just get going. Have I ever used it? No. BUT I’m doing it. This week. Promise.
Ps. I love how many people are commenting saying they feel as if one of their friends wrote this book. I second that.
1) I totally did this when I was a kid! I started a babysitters club with my friends in the mid 90s – I had a black ledger book, pooled our earnings, made business cards on my parent’s computer and put up a geocities website eventually. We even went to our parents’ offices to present our services and drum-up business. By age 13, I was making more per hour than I did my first job post-college! By high school, I had regular nanny gigs, by college full-time nanny jobs and preschool teaching jobs. 2) This says series – will there be more??
Oh my god. I started one too. Waaaaaay before computers and in a tiny outback country town- the demand for babysitting was pretty low but I made a sign and popped it up in the general store (the only shop for miles). I was babysitting at 12. Now with two babies, my peers look at me with horrified faces when I explain my super capable 19 year old niece is baby sitting my 2 yo and 8 mo. I wouldn’t dare tell them I was babysitting at 12 – inspired by the BSC. I am so excited to read this – good on you Caroline. Your article on getting your baby published was excellent!
So excited for you, Caroline! The biggest congratualtions to you!
Thank you for this, Caroline! I have been working on writing romance novels for a little over a year but I constantly struggle with self doubt and many days I feel like giving up the project. Your list helps me continue to remain dedicated to finishing what I’ve started, even if it never sees the light of day.
Congratulations on your book, I wish you all the success and hope there are many more creative projects to come for you.
So happy for you and love every single thing you just wrote about writing!
I worked at Random House for 15 years. You captured the process perfectly!
Congrats! It’s a clever idea. Hope it sells, sells, sells!
-Library doesn’t have it? Request it!
-And finally, leave a review!
Writer question for you Caroline! How would you feel if someone told you they loved your book, and they took your book out from the library? That is generally where I get all my books, but I sometimes feel bad knowing the authors don’t get paid. Thoughts?
Illustrator from Australia chiming in here. Every year I get $1 royalty per copy of my book that is loaned in libraries that year. I also got $1 per copy when it was purchased. In Aus at least, authors and illustrators still get royalties on loans books.
My husband is an essayist (and a high school math teacher). His writing is gaining traction now, but it has been a slog. He’s about to have an article published in Harvard Ed Review that his been rejected 73 times by other publications! Granted, it’s a tough article on race so I know why people passed on it, but that’s a lot of rejection to absorb while you KEEP ON WRITING! It’s not for the faint of heart, I suppose.
Congrats Caroline! Love your writing and am buying the book. Wishing you great success….
My copy arrives tomorrow and I can’t wait! Your writing on Cup of Jo has been a joy to follow and I’m thrilled to hear your voice in a different context. Plus, as a former tween OBSESSED with the Baby Sitters Club books (remember the “special” editions; they were my fave) I’m thrilled to revisit that time of my life. Congrats!!!!
Just put myself in line for the book at the library – congrats, Caroline!
Congratulations! So exciting. This book looks perfect for my 9 year old daughter–buying it now (and I am a notorious underbuyer of books–we go the library every week and get our fix there. ) But I would love to support you!
Bought a copy for my 11 year old. Congratulations, C.
Congratulations on your new book! As an indie bookstore owner who LOVED The Babysitters Club when I was younger, I’m the perfect demographic for stocking these. BUT – you’ve got a picture of yourself at an indie bookstore and a link for your book on Amazon and no links to indie bookstores anywhere…seems like a bit of a disconnect and a really big missed opportunity to let your readership know how important it is to support their local indie bookstore, and if they don’t have a local, we ship, too! Just thought I’d point it out that you could have linked to your book on the site of the store you’re posing in front of and help to keep them there. Also, have you reached out to any indies for your virtual book tour? We hold them, too! We would love to help support you, and are usually pretty creative with how we can do that, unlike the Amazon algorithm. As someone once said (paraphrasing) – “An algorithm can only tell you about the past. Booksellers give you the key to the future.” I’m excited to share your book with future generations of readers. Please help us stay here by linking to us indies when you can. Thank you!
As a diehard fan of indie bookstores, this made me giggle a little because, as Jessica points out, you have to love the passion of our indie booksellers!
Thank you, BrocheAroe! Well said.
congrats and great advice! #10 is so important!
Congratulations!! I’ve always loved your writing and perspectives on Cup of Jo. It’s very inspiring to read about how you are following many paths in your life.
I strongly encourage you to link to IndieBound or an independent bookstore (perhaps the one your are standing outside of in the Books Are Magic photo?) rather than Amazon. Authors and indie bookstores support each other on a very real and personal level, and these kinds of things go a long way to building a stronger community. Many indie bookstores will ship anywhere in the country and IndieBound is a great resource that can help an interested party shop from local bookstores in their area that might carry your book.
Indie booksellers can hand-sell your book, put it on a staff recommends shelf, write a review of it, hold an in-store event, and many more things that Amazon can’t do for you. Reach out to some of them, tell them about your book, demonstrate your support by linking to an indie store and build those relationships!
Yes please! Thanks for commenting on this as well. I noticed the Books Are Magic photo too—they should be credited at least, and IndieBound is a great resource.
Yes, yes, yes to all of this! The publishing of the first book entails a huge learning curve!
Bravo Caroline and thanks for these “surprising things”, I’m in the process of writing/not writing and the one paragraph a day tip will help, I’m sure. It’s discipline, it’s work, and it’s “I can do it”.
Congratulations! I’ve always loved your writing on CoJ and it feels like there’s some justice in the world now that you’re being published.
Congratulations Caroline! As an indie bookseller, I wish that your link went to Books Are Magic, where your photo was taken, rather than the big A. Indie bookstores do author events, recommend to teachers and librarians, and do lots of other things to support their communities (local taxes, anyone?). Cheers, and congrats again!
where I live, baby-sitters are usually in high school, most parents don’t trust younger teenagers with their kids, isn’t that funny?
I’d love to read your book as my daughter will soon be old enough to baby-sit!
Caroline, congratulations, and thank you very much for sharing what you learned on your process. It is indeed something to be very proud of. Brava!
OK, so I live in South Africa. We get a lot of the international bestsellers, but they’re expensive. So if I’m not sure if I’ll like something, I’ll often get it on audio, especially if I can get it with an Audible credit (it’s often much cheaper that way). Do audio book sales still count towards sales or not as much as printed books?
Congrats Caroline. You’re an inspiration. All the best with your book and your writing career.
Huge congratulation on the publication of your book, Caroline. What an achievement!
Hip hip hooray! Congratulations, Caroline!
Heartfelt congrats to Caroline on this milestone. Please know that your digital audience is cheering for you.
Thank you also for this post, championing all of us to be brave and do brilliant, difficult things by your example.
Btw- buying this for all the young people in my life. And for me.
I’m really curious – did Ann M. Martin give her blessing?
Thanks for sharing Caroline! The publishing world is so so glacial. Even more so With picture books because you’re waiting on an illustrator! I was supposed to get published 2019 but am awaiting illustrators still so lets see.
My first book Lailah’s Lunchbox took a year to make it into print which I now realize was nothing!
I can’t wait to read your book!! I’m a fan of the BSC so Yayyy!
Just ordered a copy for my neighbors daughter who’s 9! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your book, and loved this thoughtful post.
Congratulations, Caroline! I’m so glad I was introduced to your writing via Cup of Jo. I still revisit the 7-step guide to heartbreak every now and then – it is a source of comfort during a time when many of us need it most!
Congrats! I put my hold in (New York Public Library) (for myself, 33!) Someone in the industry once told me utilizing the library system is still very supportive of writers and publishers. I’ve agonized over not spending at my local independent shops but the library is perfect for me and I adore my local branch. I contribute monetarily to the NYPL often. Would you say this is accurate?
Regarding point #2, I actually am very curious to know why exactly does it so long for a book to come out in the States??
If anyone knows of an article that covers this topic, would love to hear!
Congratulations, Caroline! You’ve written some of my favorite words on Cup of Jo (though it’s hard to pick favorites around here!), and I’m thrilled your book is officially out in the world. Woohoo!
Just ordered this for my 10 year old daughter! :) She is super excited! Congrats in making your dream reality.
Congratulations Caroline! I am newish to the book industry (on the independent bookstore side) and one of the most fascinating random tidbits I’ve learned is that there is one woman–the fiction buyer at Barnes & Noble–who has tons of influence and power, and publishers will change a cover, and even a title, if she tells them to. Crazy to think about.
My 8 year old daughter will absolutely devour this book! Congratulations!
My daughter loved that series.
Thrilled to see this arrive on our doorstop today! It’s a gift for my 9-year old daughter. Love that we’ll both enjoy reading it to each other at night. Congratulations Caroline!!
This is wonderful! Ordering right now for my 9 year old daughter and will suggest this for the next meeting of her book club! Congratulations!
SO excited for you, Caroline. I’ve been enchanted with your writing since your first COJ post. Ordering now– for my 30-year-old self :) All the best to you and this book’s journey. HUGE congrats on the NYT review!
Just received my copy today! Congrats on your novel — I can’t wait to read it.
Congratulations! I just ordered a copy for a friend’s daughter.
I felt like telling her that a friend had written it.
Just did the exact same (and felt the same way)!
Congratulation Caroline!!! This is HUGE and I’ll be ordering it today for my girls. My dad has written several college level probability/statistics books and I read them like a novel because it too has inside jokes/ or what I call family Easter eggs. So many of the math problems include relatives’ names, favorite hikes from the French alps, the chances a family will have 4 children (3F, 1M) like us, even my dad’s daily commute to and from work. They are such treasures!!!
Wow! How lovely! I never considered that so much sentiment went into a math problem I was solving!
Congratulations! As a writer myself, I know of what you speak! From one author to another: you’re an author! Soak it in! It feels like a miracle, but we know it’s hard work. Reading this made me want to keep slogging away at my current creative projects. Thank you. And enjoy the launch! I’ll hand sell it at the bookstore I work part-time at out here in Seattle!
Beautifully stated as always. Go Caroline!! So happy for you!
Congratulations! I’m ordering one right now for my daughter.
So thrilled! Gonna buy a copy each for my twin nieces. They’re three years old so it’ll be a while ‘til they can read it, but it’ll be fun telling them how their ‘grown up’ book collection started after a brilliant writer on aunty’s favourite blog back in 2019 published a book.
My niece is two and I too will buy for her a copy for the same reason! Love you Caroline and congratulations!
1. Buy your books from independent sellers or from the publisher directly. Not amazon. The makers get more of a cut and can make and support riskier work.
2. Caroline was kind of vague about the process, but to hold a physical book in your hand (or even kindle I suppose) is a massive process and risk for a publisher. The endless edits, the production meetings, the design meetings, the proofs, the printing, the shipping – it is all time consuming. People in this industry get paid peanuts because they love producing quality literature and adding voices to the world. As in part 1. Of my comment, please support them!
Then how are these so many awful, truly awful books? I’m not trying to be snarky. I’m very curious.
Em, two words: self publishing. Standards have diluted with paper and printing being cheaper. My tip: find a few publishing houses (big and small) that you trust to have put in the hours and go from there, after that it’s a matter of taste, I suppose.
“For me, the act of writing is a little like blacking out. On the best days, it feels like going into a trance. After the fact, I don’t really remember having written any of it.” SO FUNNY SO TRUE.
Kudos! I look forward to picking up a copy and getting nostalgic with the BSC.
100% agree and am glad this is a real thing that other people have too!!!
Thank you for featuring this and the opportunity to learn more about the book process. I am doing a lot of reading for my PhD on colonialism and trauma and I need a break from such heavy reading. I loved the Babysitter’s Club. Thank you, Caroline Cala- I hope you know you wrote this for grown ups too!
Congratulations! I’m ordering a copy for my 10 year old niece. I think she’ll love it!
Just ordered the book for my 9 year old goddaughter!
I had a book published 2 years ago (after having 2 of my top 3 publishers vying to publish it!). I picked out a new set of dishes I would buy myself when my first royalty check came in. A beautiful 12-piece place setting from a pottery studio. Rude awakening: I could buy 2 place-settings with the royalties.
I bought my dishes anyway, as a celebration.
Hehe when on “tour” in schools for my picture book a child asked with stars in his eyes how much money I’d made of it – glad you asked kid, 9c an hour. Lol! Thank goodness I had a day job.
Hey, I also have a middle grade novel coming out this year w/ Scholastic! (I’m actually editing it right now and read this on my *break* time) so this was really helpful and timely! Thank you!
So excited for you! Just ordered it for my 11 year old daughter!
Congratulations, Caroline! I really love the part about how you can make stuff happen. Ordering it, reading it, and leaving you a five-star review on amazon.
Congratulations on the book! The 4th grade version of me, who the best day of the month at school was when the scholastic book order came with the newest Babysitters Club, is very excited to read this book.
And…YES, YES, YES to #7.
I’m so curious- I know you read and write a ton…how and why did you decide to write this book in particular? Did you have the idea for it long before you wrote it or did you think of the idea and then decide to pursue it right away?
I’m curious, why the pen name?
Good question! Cala is my middle name and in my everyday life, I typically use all three names (Caroline Cala Donofrio) because it feels like a way to honor my family, where the names come from.
When it came to the children’s books, I wanted to own them fully, but also keep them separate from my writing for adults. Sometimes my typical essays or stories might have adult themes, and I was careful to keep the children’s books clean and appropriate for younger audiences. Writing under Caroline Cala felt like an additional way to keep the projects separate and ensure I could write as honestly as possible for different readers.

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When I was twenty - three , I wrote a horrible , terrible novel that will never see the light of day . I submitted it to an agent — ONE agent — and received a rejection within minutes . Now I know this was his assistant summarily rejecting everything in the slush pile , but at the time , I took this as the ultimate sign that I was not meant to be a writer . Dejected , I stopped . Instead , I got a job as an assistant at a literary agency , where I remained for four years . Next , I became an editor at Penguin Random House , where I acquired and edited fiction and non - fiction , primarily for teens and young adults . After that , I came to work for Cup of Jo , where I decided to try my hand at writing again . And a few years after THAT , I attempted writing books . So yeah , this was not a situation where I wrote something , submitted it into the ether and got it published . I feel tremendously lucky to have gotten here .
 2 . Books themselves also take forever .
 Dreams aside , the publication of a physical book takes approximately one million years . I wrote this book in 2016 , and it ’s finally coming out … in 2019 . “ Why do books take so long ? ” everyone asks . “ How much time can it take to print something ? ” This is a long and complicated answer , so let ’s just say that book publishing is an archaic historic institution , with schedules that harken back to another time , and the process of getting a book into your hands takes many , many steps .
 3 . You kind of get to do whatever you want .
 There are a million inside jokes ( with myself ) baked into the text . An arcade named after my friend ’s cat . A character named after my favorite lipstick . Because I could , and it made the process that much more fun . To that end , I would argue that writing , even when it comes to fiction , is just as much about mining the contents of one ’s memory as it is about making things up . How did you feel at a certain age ? What was going on in your life ? What did it look like ? Who or what were the touchstones of that period ? Those details are baked into this story , because as much as this is a story about three girls on the cusp of turning thirteen , it ’s also my story . And maybe yours , as well .
 4 . I do n’t know where any of this comes from .
 For me , the act of writing is a little like blacking out . On the best days , it feels like going into a trance . After the fact , I do n’t really remember having written any of it .
 5 . Reading is more important than writing .
 One question I get asked a lot is how to be a better writer , and my answer is always the same . Read . Read more . Read everything you can get your hands on — voices similar to your own and voices that could n’t be more different . Topics you have no knowledge of and memoirs about all kinds of people . Read the newspaper . Read essays . Read poetry . And then get very , very quiet and let your own voice speak through you .
 6 . Authors often have nothing to do with the cover .
 People will say , “ Oh , I like what you did with the cover ! ” or “ That ’s an interesting direction you took that in . ” But in many cases , writers have absolutely nothing to do with that . Covers are heavily influenced by what sales and marketing think will do well in the current marketplace .
 7 . You — yes , you ! — can make stuff happen .
 This is not specific to writing books , but it ’s something the process has absolutely taught me . When there is something you really care about — be it a book , a brief , a child — sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands . Do it yourself . Speak up . Do n’t be afraid of being aggressive . This is your baby we ’re talking about , and you need to do everything in your power to help guide their journey .
 8 . Writing a book is not fancy .
 “ When are you going to hit the road ? ” everyone says . “ When is the book tour ? Where is the party with celebrity guests ? ” That ’s funny . That is the stuff of ’ 80s lore and television shows . The vast majority of authors do not go anywhere . My book tour is on Instagram , and you are warmly invited .
 This is where I do my best therapist voice and say , “ But just having written a book is a success . ” And that is true ! But commercially , most books do not earn back the expense it takes to make them . The mega bestsellers ( like James Patterson or J.K. Rowling or Michelle Obama ) are what make the vast majority of money for publishers , while everything else is a loss . So , book sales are very important ! Particularly the first week of sales , which often sets the tone for how a book will perform over its lifetime . If a book sells out of the gate , then stores will re - stock , the publisher will re - print , and everyone will be happy . All of which is to say , if there is a writer whose work you love ( ah - hem , cough cough ) , do n’t hesitate to support their book when it comes out ! Writing , like many other art forms , is ultimately a labor of love .
 10 . You always have to start somewhere .
 After you finish one project , you are faced with the terror of starting another . But for me , the hardest part is always simply beginning . I ’ll tell myself , write one paragraph per day , write one page , write one chapter . Run a few meters , run a few blocks , run a few miles . Wherever you are , whatever you want to accomplish , just start somewhere . Because before you know it , you ’re actually doing the thing , and that feels pretty amazing .
 P.S. 12 beautiful children ’s books and 18 great books with female heroines .
 Just wanted to let you know my 10 year old daughter finished your book today and loved it ! She ca n’t wait for the next one .
 Congrats ! I just ordered it for my 8 yr old ! And I know her 12 yr old brother will also end up reading it . They both love the babysitter club !
 yay ! congratulations caroline ! ! i love your advice from the other side . a while ago i wrote a list of roles but then realized I ca n’t call myself something if I do nt actually do it . so even though it ’s just a blog , i can now consider myself a writer . maybe someday i ’ll pen a book as well . i wrote more about my aspirations here : https://tps-steph.blogspot.com/2019/02/0028-i-am.html sharing is a way to motivate myself .
 I LOVED reading The Baby - Sitters Club series growing up ! Mary Anne was my favorite babysitter ! I have a 9 year old daughter who loves to read – excited to get this for her .
 No salami for anyone you care about ! Plenty of research shows that cured meats lead to increased colorectal cancer . Instead , stick with dark chocolate or healthful food choices to show your love !
 I ordered this book for my 12 year old neighbor who babysits our kids . Inspite of her age , she is truly a great babysitter ; fun , playful , patient , compassionate , and creative . When it arrived , my five year old daughter was enthralled by the cover , so I read her the first chapter . Really fun ! Congratulations Caroline !
 This is so exciting Caroline ! Congratulations ! As someone who once upon a time had a babysitters ’ club inspired by Kristy ’s Great Idea , I can not WAIT to read your take ! I ordered a copy for my classroom library too . My third graders will love this .
 Congratulations Caroline ! You are so inspiring . I have loved reading your work on Cup of Jo for years now and am so excited for your book .
 Congrats on your book ! ! ! ! Just some feedback : considering your picture is in front of the oh so lovely Books are Magic in BK , you may want to link to your book on their site ( https://booksaremagic.net/r/tu/Z7 ) , or say , quite literally any indie bookstore for that matter ! Where you spend shapes where you live , so let ’s put that money back in the community , VS a behemoth tax - evading corp that does n’t need the help . Congrats again on the release of Best Babysitters Ever !
 Such an accomplishment , Caroline ! Congratulations ! As a former BSC fanatic , and attempted club creator myself , I ca n’t wait to read . Just ordered for my 10 and 11 - year - old nieces ( and myself ) !
 Just bought it for my library ! Congratulations , Caroline !
 Bought it . Happy to support you and this blog that gives me so much . Does n’t hurt that I also have an 11yo . , who , incidentally , loves to watch the old Babysitter ’s Clubs . You ’re on the pulse .
 Congrats ! Babysitters Club spin - off are what my 90 ’s girl dreams are made of !
 Congratulations on doing it Caroline ! I ’ve followed you here for years and it ’s so inspiring to read this .
 * * Added to cart * * I feel privileged to support you ! Congrats on the book !
 Congratulations ! I have your book in my cart on amazon.com . And thanks for your insights on writing .
 Congratulations ! These are such wonderful words of advice . Plus , I was so pleased when I got to the end and saw that your book is a babysitters club spin off !
 Caroline , were you obsessed with The Babysitter ’s Club like I was ? I wrote an award - winning essay about how much I admired Ann M. Martin when I was in second grade ( and the prize was a $ 25 gift certificate to Toys R Us , where I bought a beloved stuffed dog that I named Norman ) . Then she did a book signing at my local book store , so of course I brought my essay and asked her to sign it ! I had every single book in the series , and every reference to The Babysitter ’s Club gives me intense pangs of nostalgia !
 More importantly , congratulations on your first book ! I ’m sure it ’s wonderful and I hope it introduces a bunch of young girls to the original series , too , like Netflix has done for old TV shows .
 Congrats Caroline ! Such an exciting thing , to have your book published ! You have such skill with language , I ’m sure the book will do great .
 Curious if you considered self - publishing and your thoughts about it in general ? Anyone else who is in the industry , would love to see what you think , too .
 Just bought a copy for my 11 year - old daughter ! Congratulations ! ! !
 I just ordered it , for myself ( age 36 ) , haha . So happy for you , Caroline ! You are such a gifted writer who really stands out .
 Congratulations Caroline ! Former book publicist here ( adult and children ’s books ) and now I ’m a freelance writer . I applaud your bravery and the discipline it takes to actually make this happen . A book is no mean feat . Wishing you so much success !
 Congrats ! Hard work paid off .
 Congratulations , Caroline ! I just ordered my copy ! I work in children ’s publishing ( and am a writer myself ) , so this post hits home . Your top ten are spot on . And to speak to # 10 , I had a writing professor in graduate school who told us she used to set a timer when she sat down to write . Fifteen minutes , she ’d tell herself . Just write for fifteen minutes ( since that seemed less daunting than sitting down to write for an hour or longer ) . She told us , oftentimes , she did n’t even hear when the timer went off and kept writing long after those fifteen minutes were up . I ’ve always loved that advice as a way to just get going . Have I ever used it ? No . BUT I ’m doing it . This week . Promise .
 Ps . I love how many people are commenting saying they feel as if one of their friends wrote this book . I second that .
 1 ) I totally did this when I was a kid ! I started a babysitters club with my friends in the mid 90s – I had a black ledger book , pooled our earnings , made business cards on my parent ’s computer and put up a geocities website eventually . We even went to our parents ’ offices to present our services and drum - up business . By age 13 , I was making more per hour than I did my first job post - college ! By high school , I had regular nanny gigs , by college full - time nanny jobs and preschool teaching jobs . 2 ) This says series – will there be more ? ?
 Oh my god . I started one too . Waaaaaay before computers and in a tiny outback country town- the demand for babysitting was pretty low but I made a sign and popped it up in the general store ( the only shop for miles ) . I was babysitting at 12 . Now with two babies , my peers look at me with horrified faces when I explain my super capable 19 year old niece is baby sitting my 2 yo and 8 mo . I would n’t dare tell them I was babysitting at 12 – inspired by the BSC . I am so excited to read this – good on you Caroline . Your article on getting your baby published was excellent !
 So excited for you , Caroline ! The biggest congratualtions to you !
 Thank you for this , Caroline ! I have been working on writing romance novels for a little over a year but I constantly struggle with self doubt and many days I feel like giving up the project . Your list helps me continue to remain dedicated to finishing what I ’ve started , even if it never sees the light of day .
 Congratulations on your book , I wish you all the success and hope there are many more creative projects to come for you .
 So happy for you and love every single thing you just wrote about writing !
 I worked at Random House for 15 years . You captured the process perfectly !
 Congrats ! It ’s a clever idea . Hope it sells , sells , sells !
 -Library does n’t have it ? Request it !
 -And finally , leave a review !
 Writer question for you Caroline ! How would you feel if someone told you they loved your book , and they took your book out from the library ? That is generally where I get all my books , but I sometimes feel bad knowing the authors do n’t get paid . Thoughts ?
 Illustrator from Australia chiming in here . Every year I get $ 1 royalty per copy of my book that is loaned in libraries that year . I also got $ 1 per copy when it was purchased . In Aus at least , authors and illustrators still get royalties on loans books .
 My husband is an essayist ( and a high school math teacher ) . His writing is gaining traction now , but it has been a slog . He ’s about to have an article published in Harvard Ed Review that his been rejected 73 times by other publications ! Granted , it ’s a tough article on race so I know why people passed on it , but that ’s a lot of rejection to absorb while you KEEP ON WRITING ! It ’s not for the faint of heart , I suppose .
 Congrats Caroline ! Love your writing and am buying the book . Wishing you great success … .
 My copy arrives tomorrow and I ca n’t wait ! Your writing on Cup of Jo has been a joy to follow and I ’m thrilled to hear your voice in a different context . Plus , as a former tween OBSESSED with the Baby Sitters Club books ( remember the “ special ” editions ; they were my fave ) I ’m thrilled to revisit that time of my life . Congrats ! ! ! !
 Just put myself in line for the book at the library – congrats , Caroline !
 Congratulations ! So exciting . This book looks perfect for my 9 year old daughter – buying it now ( and I am a notorious underbuyer of books – we go the library every week and get our fix there . ) But I would love to support you !
 Bought a copy for my 11 year old . Congratulations , C.
 Congratulations on your new book ! As an indie bookstore owner who LOVED The Babysitters Club when I was younger , I ’m the perfect demographic for stocking these . BUT – you ’ve got a picture of yourself at an indie bookstore and a link for your book on Amazon and no links to indie bookstores anywhere … seems like a bit of a disconnect and a really big missed opportunity to let your readership know how important it is to support their local indie bookstore , and if they do n’t have a local , we ship , too ! Just thought I ’d point it out that you could have linked to your book on the site of the store you ’re posing in front of and help to keep them there . Also , have you reached out to any indies for your virtual book tour ? We hold them , too ! We would love to help support you , and are usually pretty creative with how we can do that , unlike the Amazon algorithm . As someone once said ( paraphrasing ) – “ An algorithm can only tell you about the past . Booksellers give you the key to the future . ” I ’m excited to share your book with future generations of readers . Please help us stay here by linking to us indies when you can . Thank you !
 As a diehard fan of indie bookstores , this made me giggle a little because , as Jessica points out , you have to love the passion of our indie booksellers !
 Thank you , BrocheAroe ! Well said .
 congrats and great advice ! # 10 is so important !
 Congratulations ! ! I ’ve always loved your writing and perspectives on Cup of Jo . It ’s very inspiring to read about how you are following many paths in your life .
 I strongly encourage you to link to IndieBound or an independent bookstore ( perhaps the one your are standing outside of in the Books Are Magic photo ? ) rather than Amazon . Authors and indie bookstores support each other on a very real and personal level , and these kinds of things go a long way to building a stronger community . Many indie bookstores will ship anywhere in the country and IndieBound is a great resource that can help an interested party shop from local bookstores in their area that might carry your book .
 Indie booksellers can hand - sell your book , put it on a staff recommends shelf , write a review of it , hold an in - store event , and many more things that Amazon ca n’t do for you . Reach out to some of them , tell them about your book , demonstrate your support by linking to an indie store and build those relationships !
 Yes please ! Thanks for commenting on this as well . I noticed the Books Are Magic photo too — they should be credited at least , and IndieBound is a great resource .
 Yes , yes , yes to all of this ! The publishing of the first book entails a huge learning curve !
 Bravo Caroline and thanks for these “ surprising things ” , I ’m in the process of writing / not writing and the one paragraph a day tip will help , I ’m sure . It ’s discipline , it ’s work , and it ’s “ I can do it ” .
 Congratulations ! I ’ve always loved your writing on CoJ and it feels like there ’s some justice in the world now that you ’re being published .
 Congratulations Caroline ! As an indie bookseller , I wish that your link went to Books Are Magic , where your photo was taken , rather than the big A. Indie bookstores do author events , recommend to teachers and librarians , and do lots of other things to support their communities ( local taxes , anyone ? ) . Cheers , and congrats again !
 where I live , baby - sitters are usually in high school , most parents do n’t trust younger teenagers with their kids , is n’t that funny ?
 I ’d love to read your book as my daughter will soon be old enough to baby - sit !
 Caroline , congratulations , and thank you very much for sharing what you learned on your process . It is indeed something to be very proud of . Brava !
 OK , so I live in South Africa . We get a lot of the international bestsellers , but they ’re expensive . So if I ’m not sure if I ’ll like something , I ’ll often get it on audio , especially if I can get it with an Audible credit ( it ’s often much cheaper that way ) . Do audio book sales still count towards sales or not as much as printed books ?
 Congrats Caroline . You ’re an inspiration . All the best with your book and your writing career .
 Huge congratulation on the publication of your book , Caroline . What an achievement !
 Hip hip hooray ! Congratulations , Caroline !
 Heartfelt congrats to Caroline on this milestone . Please know that your digital audience is cheering for you .
 Thank you also for this post , championing all of us to be brave and do brilliant , difficult things by your example .
 Btw- buying this for all the young people in my life . And for me .
 I ’m really curious – did Ann M. Martin give her blessing ?
 Thanks for sharing Caroline ! The publishing world is so so glacial . Even more so With picture books because you ’re waiting on an illustrator ! I was supposed to get published 2019 but am awaiting illustrators still so lets see .
 My first book Lailah ’s Lunchbox took a year to make it into print which I now realize was nothing !
 I ca n’t wait to read your book ! ! I ’m a fan of the BSC so Yayyy !
 Just ordered a copy for my neighbors daughter who ’s 9 ! Congratulations !
 Congratulations on your book , and loved this thoughtful post .
 Congratulations , Caroline ! I ’m so glad I was introduced to your writing via Cup of Jo . I still revisit the 7 - step guide to heartbreak every now and then – it is a source of comfort during a time when many of us need it most !
 Congrats ! I put my hold in ( New York Public Library ) ( for myself , 33 ! ) Someone in the industry once told me utilizing the library system is still very supportive of writers and publishers . I ’ve agonized over not spending at my local independent shops but the library is perfect for me and I adore my local branch . I contribute monetarily to the NYPL often . Would you say this is accurate ?
 Regarding point # 2 , I actually am very curious to know why exactly does it so long for a book to come out in the States ? ?
 If anyone knows of an article that covers this topic , would love to hear !
 Congratulations , Caroline ! You ’ve written some of my favorite words on Cup of Jo ( though it ’s hard to pick favorites around here ! ) , and I ’m thrilled your book is officially out in the world . Woohoo !
 Just ordered this for my 10 year old daughter ! :) She is super excited ! Congrats in making your dream reality .
 Congratulations Caroline ! I am newish to the book industry ( on the independent bookstore side ) and one of the most fascinating random tidbits I ’ve learned is that there is one woman – the fiction buyer at Barnes & Noble – who has tons of influence and power , and publishers will change a cover , and even a title , if she tells them to . Crazy to think about .
 My 8 year old daughter will absolutely devour this book ! Congratulations !
 My daughter loved that series .
 Thrilled to see this arrive on our doorstop today ! It ’s a gift for my 9 - year old daughter . Love that we ’ll both enjoy reading it to each other at night . Congratulations Caroline ! !
 This is wonderful ! Ordering right now for my 9 year old daughter and will suggest this for the next meeting of her book club ! Congratulations !
 SO excited for you , Caroline . I ’ve been enchanted with your writing since your first COJ post . Ordering now – for my 30 - year - old self :) All the best to you and this book ’s journey . HUGE congrats on the NYT review !
 Just received my copy today ! Congrats on your novel — I ca n’t wait to read it .
 Congratulations ! I just ordered a copy for a friend ’s daughter .
 I felt like telling her that a friend had written it .
 Just did the exact same ( and felt the same way ) !
 Congratulation Caroline ! ! ! This is HUGE and I ’ll be ordering it today for my girls . My dad has written several college level probability / statistics books and I read them like a novel because it too has inside jokes/ or what I call family Easter eggs . So many of the math problems include relatives ’ names , favorite hikes from the French alps , the chances a family will have 4 children ( 3F , 1 M ) like us , even my dad ’s daily commute to and from work . They are such treasures ! ! !
 Wow ! How lovely ! I never considered that so much sentiment went into a math problem I was solving !
 Congratulations ! As a writer myself , I know of what you speak ! From one author to another : you ’re an author ! Soak it in ! It feels like a miracle , but we know it ’s hard work . Reading this made me want to keep slogging away at my current creative projects . Thank you . And enjoy the launch ! I ’ll hand sell it at the bookstore I work part - time at out here in Seattle !
 Beautifully stated as always . Go Caroline ! ! So happy for you !
 Congratulations ! I ’m ordering one right now for my daughter .
 So thrilled ! Gon na buy a copy each for my twin nieces . They ’re three years old so it ’ll be a while ‘ til they can read it , but it ’ll be fun telling them how their ‘ grown up ’ book collection started after a brilliant writer on aunty ’s favourite blog back in 2019 published a book .
 My niece is two and I too will buy for her a copy for the same reason ! Love you Caroline and congratulations !
 1 . Buy your books from independent sellers or from the publisher directly . Not amazon . The makers get more of a cut and can make and support riskier work .
 2 . Caroline was kind of vague about the process , but to hold a physical book in your hand ( or even kindle I suppose ) is a massive process and risk for a publisher . The endless edits , the production meetings , the design meetings , the proofs , the printing , the shipping – it is all time consuming . People in this industry get paid peanuts because they love producing quality literature and adding voices to the world . As in part 1 . Of my comment , please support them !
 Then how are these so many awful , truly awful books ? I ’m not trying to be snarky . I ’m very curious .
 Em , two words : self publishing . Standards have diluted with paper and printing being cheaper . My tip : find a few publishing houses ( big and small ) that you trust to have put in the hours and go from there , after that it ’s a matter of taste , I suppose .
 “ For me , the act of writing is a little like blacking out . On the best days , it feels like going into a trance . After the fact , I do n’t really remember having written any of it . ” SO FUNNY SO TRUE .
 Kudos ! I look forward to picking up a copy and getting nostalgic with the BSC .
 100 % agree and am glad this is a real thing that other people have too ! ! !
 Thank you for featuring this and the opportunity to learn more about the book process . I am doing a lot of reading for my PhD on colonialism and trauma and I need a break from such heavy reading . I loved the Babysitter ’s Club . Thank you , Caroline Cala- I hope you know you wrote this for grown ups too !
 Congratulations ! I ’m ordering a copy for my 10 year old niece . I think she ’ll love it !
 Just ordered the book for my 9 year old goddaughter !
 I had a book published 2 years ago ( after having 2 of my top 3 publishers vying to publish it ! ) . I picked out a new set of dishes I would buy myself when my first royalty check came in . A beautiful 12 - piece place setting from a pottery studio . Rude awakening : I could buy 2 place - settings with the royalties .
 I bought my dishes anyway , as a celebration .
 Hehe when on “ tour ” in schools for my picture book a child asked with stars in his eyes how much money I ’d made of it – glad you asked kid , 9c an hour . Lol ! Thank goodness I had a day job .
 Hey , I also have a middle grade novel coming out this year w/ Scholastic ! ( I ’m actually editing it right now and read this on my * break * time ) so this was really helpful and timely ! Thank you !
 So excited for you ! Just ordered it for my 11 year old daughter !
 Congratulations , Caroline ! I really love the part about how you can make stuff happen . Ordering it , reading it , and leaving you a five - star review on amazon .
 Congratulations on the book ! The 4th grade version of me , who the best day of the month at school was when the scholastic book order came with the newest Babysitters Club , is very excited to read this book .
 And … YES , YES , YES to # 7 .
 I ’m so curious- I know you read and write a ton … how and why did you decide to write this book in particular ? Did you have the idea for it long before you wrote it or did you think of the idea and then decide to pursue it right away ?
 I ’m curious , why the pen name ?
 Good question ! Cala is my middle name and in my everyday life , I typically use all three names ( Caroline Cala Donofrio ) because it feels like a way to honor my family , where the names come from .
 When it came to the children ’s books , I wanted to own them fully , but also keep them separate from my writing for adults . Sometimes my typical essays or stories might have adult themes , and I was careful to keep the children ’s books clean and appropriate for younger audiences . Writing under Caroline Cala felt like an additional way to keep the projects separate and ensure I could write as honestly as possible for different readers .


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“Hey guys, Chris Sharma did his arch project in Mallorca today. He hasn’t named it yet — he’s still in the bar celebrating … ” read the email that filmmaker Josh Lowell wrote Climbing on September 26. Sharma, who described his “arch project,” a 65-foot deep-water solo, in the latest issue of Climbing (No. 252), had worked on the climb during four different trips to the Spanish isle.
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 “ Hey guys , Chris Sharma did his arch project in Mallorca today . He has n’t named it yet — he ’s still in the bar celebrating … ” read the email that filmmaker Josh Lowell wrote Climbing on September 26 . Sharma , who described his “ arch project , ” a 65 - foot deep - water solo , in the latest issue of Climbing ( No . 252 ) , had worked on the climb during four different trips to the Spanish isle .
 “ Since I started deep - water soloing , ” Sharma said , “ I ’ve wanted to find something that ’s at my limit — that ’s really a project … I wanted to find something comparable to Realization , taking it to the highest level possible . ” The arch ( Es Pontas , off the east coast of the island ) provided such difficulties — and then some .
 The wildly overhanging line includes a difficult , seven - foot dyno , 35 feet above the sea . ( This alone took Sharma roughly 50 attempts . ) He had linked up through the dyno and out an easier , 5.13a face finish , but did n’t feel that this was the integral route , which climbs up through the dyno and continues out the belly of the arch via technical heel hooking and powerful slapping . Sharma said that the climbing remains difficult until the 55 - foot mark .
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Docket No . 13248 - 00 .               Filed March 25 , 2003 .
 Ira B. Stechel and Robert J. Sickinger , for petitioners .
 Rosemarie D. Camacho and Peggy Gartenbaum , for respondent .


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So when installing a Drzeweiki scenery, I encountered a problem of my other sceneries not loading when I spawn there or fly there. The only ones that work is RKSI, which I downloaded afterwards, and the Drzeweiki sceneries I bought. Anyone have any idea on why this is occurring, and/or how I can fix this?
Then launch the Simulator and go to that airport to see if it worked.

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So when installing a Drzeweiki scenery , I encountered a problem of my other sceneries not loading when I spawn there or fly there . The only ones that work is RKSI , which I downloaded afterwards , and the Drzeweiki sceneries I bought . Anyone have any idea on why this is occurring , and/or how I can fix this ?
 Then launch the Simulator and go to that airport to see if it worked .


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Awesome. Hey, I think the file renaming issue was happening in 1.5.14 as well...I think.
I'm currently rewriting how deletion of entries of a playlist file occurs. It'll work correctly in Preview 5.
Proposal (if possible). Add sort by: manually. Arrange the albums by sliding.
Dopamine 2.0 Preview 5 is available!
– [Changed] Removed song covers in playlists. Loading so many images in memory causes a huge memory footprint.
– [Fixed] Fixed an issue deleting entries from playlists, after files have been removed from or renamed on disk.
I suggest the love button just as the rating is saved in the audio file. Otherwise, every reinstallation loses everything.
I'm pretty happy about dopamine. I honestly think it's the best music player i've stumbled upon. I wanted to thank you for that first.
Now, you see... on page 98 of this thread, you mentioned that you fixed a bug related to MiniLyrics, and I wanted to ask for your help, because I can't make MiniLyrics detect your player.
Those two are compatible? If that's the case, can you please teach me or show me how to make it work? Thanks.
Dopamine doesn't work together with Minilyrics. Dopamine however has a built-in lyrics downloader and displays the lyrics in the now playing screen.
Dopamine 2.0 Preview 6 has just been released! This preview fixes some annoying issues.
I got both your messages, but I lost track of it. It's an error of my part, sorry for that. Thanks a lot for your efforts keeping these translations up to date. I'm processing them tonight and they'll appear in the next preview.
Now he needs to add Romulan and Klingon to the languages.
Great app none the less!
Always appreciate work from a person who created a nice app from nothing.
Don't need no knowledge! Use Bing Translator! Klingon is an option there!
One suggestion. This notice should pull slightly above the ribbon. Or be able to be moved with the mouse.
P.S. If the icon can be made progressive.
No it's not. I did take a break from Dopamine for a few weeks though. Life has been rather challenging, and I wanted to spent my remaining time and energy on another project, which is now nearing completion.
I started the planning for the next Dopamine preview a few days ago and will proceed with development in a few days.

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Awesome . Hey , I think the file renaming issue was happening in 1.5.14 as well ... I think .
 I 'm currently rewriting how deletion of entries of a playlist file occurs . It 'll work correctly in Preview 5 .
 Proposal ( if possible ) . Add sort by : manually . Arrange the albums by sliding .
 Dopamine 2.0 Preview 5 is available !
 – [ Changed ] Removed song covers in playlists . Loading so many images in memory causes a huge memory footprint .
 – [ Fixed ] Fixed an issue deleting entries from playlists , after files have been removed from or renamed on disk .
 I suggest the love button just as the rating is saved in the audio file . Otherwise , every reinstallation loses everything .
 I 'm pretty happy about dopamine . I honestly think it 's the best music player i 've stumbled upon . I wanted to thank you for that first .
 Now , you see ... on page 98 of this thread , you mentioned that you fixed a bug related to MiniLyrics , and I wanted to ask for your help , because I ca n't make MiniLyrics detect your player .
 Those two are compatible ? If that 's the case , can you please teach me or show me how to make it work ? Thanks .
 Dopamine does n't work together with Minilyrics . Dopamine however has a built - in lyrics downloader and displays the lyrics in the now playing screen .
 Dopamine 2.0 Preview 6 has just been released ! This preview fixes some annoying issues .
 I got both your messages , but I lost track of it . It 's an error of my part , sorry for that . Thanks a lot for your efforts keeping these translations up to date . I 'm processing them tonight and they 'll appear in the next preview .
 Now he needs to add Romulan and Klingon to the languages .
 Great app none the less !
 Always appreciate work from a person who created a nice app from nothing .
 Do n't need no knowledge ! Use Bing Translator ! Klingon is an option there !
 One suggestion . This notice should pull slightly above the ribbon . Or be able to be moved with the mouse .
 P.S. If the icon can be made progressive .
 No it 's not . I did take a break from Dopamine for a few weeks though . Life has been rather challenging , and I wanted to spent my remaining time and energy on another project , which is now nearing completion .
 I started the planning for the next Dopamine preview a few days ago and will proceed with development in a few days .


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clean private room for prenatal care, usually with electricity and water.
We honored the SBA’s with a party to celebrate their 8 years of service.
One of them will be a regional manager, and travel to all the clinics.
to expand the number of clinics.

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clean private room for prenatal care , usually with electricity and water .
 We honored the SBA ’s with a party to celebrate their 8 years of service .
 One of them will be a regional manager , and travel to all the clinics .
 to expand the number of clinics .


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It is important to know that having the best job as a disabled person it might be a difficult affair and hence it will be good to go for the disability job board due to the following reasons.
You should know the main reason that will make you consider the disability job board is that you will be able to get a chance to get a good job just like the other people.
The other thing that makes the disability job boards the best for the people that are disabled is that they will be able to get the right kind of the platform where they will get the advice that they need when they are job hunting.
If you are a disabled person you will stand to benefit from such a board as it will act as the linkage between you and the employer and that way you will be able to have the best link that you might need when it comes to applying a job.
You should know the use of the board services will be one of the best ways that you will be able to show your CV to the relevant hiring companies and therefore it will be easy for you to get the right employer basing on the fact that you will have a good platform to depend on.
The other thing that makes the help of the board important is that you will be well exposed to the job market as the employers will be able to look at your resume and review it and if they are happy with it one day you will be given a job that you deserve.
You should know that the board will do whatever it will have to do so as to ensure that you will get the right kind of the job that will suit your skills and experience as the board will work closely with the best employers who will in return offer some jobs when they come along.
You should know that the aim of the disability job board is that it will do its best to make sure that the hustles of looking for work as a disabled person are minimized and that way you will stand a better chance to avoid such hustles and at the same time you will get the job that you want within a short time.
Moreover, you will have the right channel that will be dedicated to helping the people with the same condition like the one you have and that you will have a helping which will be vital to the job hunt success.

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It is important to know that having the best job as a disabled person it might be a difficult affair and hence it will be good to go for the disability job board due to the following reasons .
 You should know the main reason that will make you consider the disability job board is that you will be able to get a chance to get a good job just like the other people .
 The other thing that makes the disability job boards the best for the people that are disabled is that they will be able to get the right kind of the platform where they will get the advice that they need when they are job hunting .
 If you are a disabled person you will stand to benefit from such a board as it will act as the linkage between you and the employer and that way you will be able to have the best link that you might need when it comes to applying a job .
 You should know the use of the board services will be one of the best ways that you will be able to show your CV to the relevant hiring companies and therefore it will be easy for you to get the right employer basing on the fact that you will have a good platform to depend on .
 The other thing that makes the help of the board important is that you will be well exposed to the job market as the employers will be able to look at your resume and review it and if they are happy with it one day you will be given a job that you deserve .
 You should know that the board will do whatever it will have to do so as to ensure that you will get the right kind of the job that will suit your skills and experience as the board will work closely with the best employers who will in return offer some jobs when they come along .
 You should know that the aim of the disability job board is that it will do its best to make sure that the hustles of looking for work as a disabled person are minimized and that way you will stand a better chance to avoid such hustles and at the same time you will get the job that you want within a short time .
 Moreover , you will have the right channel that will be dedicated to helping the people with the same condition like the one you have and that you will have a helping which will be vital to the job hunt success .


text: 2017 Dodge Journey SXT Billet Clearcoat CARFAX One-Owner. Serving Columbia, West Columbia, Irmo, Lexington, Chapin, Lugoff, Elgin, Sumter, Florence, Blythewood, Camden, Fort Jackson,Cayce, Bishopville, Hartsville, Orangeburg, Gilbert, Clinton, Batesburg, Lamar, and Darlington for your automotive needs. Thank you so much for choosing Stivers Brothers Automotive Group! Whether you are looking to purchase a new Ford, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Subaru, or a high quality Stivers Used Vehicle we are here for you! We are a different kind of dealership, using today's Live Market Technology to ensure you always receive the best market value. Our vehicles are checked daily to make sure our price compares equipment, miles, color, and Vehicle History report so you always get the best car at the right price daily. *Pre-Owned Vehicle Pricing includes $500 trade in discount & $500 dealer financing discount.

tokenized: 2017 Dodge Journey SXT Billet Clearcoat CARFAX One - Owner . Serving Columbia , West Columbia , Irmo , Lexington , Chapin , Lugoff , Elgin , Sumter , Florence , Blythewood , Camden , Fort Jackson , Cayce , Bishopville , Hartsville , Orangeburg , Gilbert , Clinton , Batesburg , Lamar , and Darlington for your automotive needs . Thank you so much for choosing Stivers Brothers Automotive Group ! Whether you are looking to purchase a new Ford , Chevrolet , Hyundai , Subaru , or a high quality Stivers Used Vehicle we are here for you ! We are a different kind of dealership , using today 's Live Market Technology to ensure you always receive the best market value . Our vehicles are checked daily to make sure our price compares equipment , miles , color , and Vehicle History report so you always get the best car at the right price daily . * Pre - Owned Vehicle Pricing includes $ 500 trade in discount & $ 500 dealer financing discount .


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Nora a little better organized far away from land - good!! At 200 PM PDT/2100 UTC the center of Tropical Storm Nora was located near latitude 16.8 north - longitude 118.6 west or about 705 miles/1135 km southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
Nora is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 mph/11 km/hr. This motion with a turn to the west is expected during the next day or two.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph/85 km/hr with higher gusts. Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 45 miles/75 km from the center.

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Nora a little better organized far away from land - good ! ! At 200 PM PDT/2100 UTC the center of Tropical Storm Nora was located near latitude 16.8 north - longitude 118.6 west or about 705 miles/1135 km southwest of the southern tip of Baja California .
 Nora is moving toward the west - northwest near 7 mph/11 km / hr . This motion with a turn to the west is expected during the next day or two .
 Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph/85 km / hr with higher gusts . Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours . Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 45 miles/75 km from the center .


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After 12 years of manually updating my site like a 1990's throwback, we've finally moved the SuperSite for Windows to a modern content management system (CMS). I'm excited by this for obvious reasons, but the real work is still ahead.
New look and feel/layout. This is something I'll tweak over time, but the new look is meant to offer some familial similarity with the other Windows IT Pro web properties without losing some of the personality. More important, perhaps, the home page is designed to consolidate all (currently "most") of my stuff in a single place. This will get better over time.
Consistency. Because of the hard-coded nature of the previous site, it was impossible to keep things consistent as time progressed. This will no longer be an issue, but for now, there is a consistent left pane side bar on every single page, a text column in the center, and a right pane/column with promo graphics for featured articles that appears on both the home page and each one-stop page.
Product-based one-stop pages. As with the original SuperSite, the new site is logically arranged by products, or categories, or article types, or whatever you want to call it. So the top-level topics--Windows 7, Windows Phone, Zune, and so on--are featured prominently on the menu bar, while sub-topics (Digital Media) and older topics (Windows 2000) are in drop-down menus. Each of these topics requires me to tag existing and new articles accordingly. This will be automatic for new articles but will happen over time for older articles.
But there's a lot of work to do. And this is all on me.
Topic tagging. I've tried to ensure that at least the most recent several articles appear on each one-stop page. But there are thousands of articles on this site, some dating back 12 years, and it will take a while to get that all in place. I'm doing it over time, and will work on the highest-profile topics (Windows 7, Windows Phone) first and then work down the list. Please bear with me, but remember that the articles are, in fact, there. It's just that many of them are not tagged correctly and so won't appear automatically. Search will always work regardless.
Article fidelity. The articles were mostly pulled over in an automated process that will cause problems. These problems can included truncated text (where an article appears to end mid-stream), broken graphics (because they were sized for a different width than the current site), and others. Please let me know when you find such a thing. I'll fix them as they appear.
Fit and finish. There's probably a lot of fit and finish work that needs to be done, and that too will happen over time. I'm interested in your feedback about the positioning of elements, the overall look and feel, and so on. But please understand that the next several days at least will be miserable, and potentially the next several weeks. I've got a lot to do here to shore things up, and of course I can't just ignore on my normal workload.
Commenting. Penton wanted the commenting system to go live immediately, but we've got an infrastructure update coming soon that will enable the type of moderation I require, so I put a temporary stop to that. Commenting on all articles will be available soon, and it will work like it does on the SuperSite Blog today, where I will personally moderate all comments before they're posted, preventing the type of troll-like stupidity that happens on the main Windows IT Pro site (and used to happen on the SuperSite Blog). Criticism is fine, constructive criticism is even better. But I want any comments functionality to be useful and inoffensive above all, and not a breeding ground for stupidity.
Anyway, welcome to the new site. It may stagger along for a little while, but we'll get it up and running in acceptable shape very quickly and, of course, it's in great shape looking forward. The aging technological infrastructure of this site has always been an issue for me, forcing me to deal with weird issues and manually write HTML code when I'd be better served just writing. This switch will relieve those problems and dramatically so, allowing me to focus on what really matters here. In fact, this is the first article for the site for which I didn't have to create a custom, hand-coded HTML page. I can see the future already.

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After 12 years of manually updating my site like a 1990 's throwback , we 've finally moved the SuperSite for Windows to a modern content management system ( CMS ) . I 'm excited by this for obvious reasons , but the real work is still ahead .
 New look and feel / layout . This is something I 'll tweak over time , but the new look is meant to offer some familial similarity with the other Windows IT Pro web properties without losing some of the personality . More important , perhaps , the home page is designed to consolidate all ( currently " most " ) of my stuff in a single place . This will get better over time .
 Consistency . Because of the hard - coded nature of the previous site , it was impossible to keep things consistent as time progressed . This will no longer be an issue , but for now , there is a consistent left pane side bar on every single page , a text column in the center , and a right pane / column with promo graphics for featured articles that appears on both the home page and each one - stop page .
 Product - based one - stop pages . As with the original SuperSite , the new site is logically arranged by products , or categories , or article types , or whatever you want to call it . So the top - level topics -- Windows 7 , Windows Phone , Zune , and so on -- are featured prominently on the menu bar , while sub - topics ( Digital Media ) and older topics ( Windows 2000 ) are in drop - down menus . Each of these topics requires me to tag existing and new articles accordingly . This will be automatic for new articles but will happen over time for older articles .
 But there 's a lot of work to do . And this is all on me .
 Topic tagging . I 've tried to ensure that at least the most recent several articles appear on each one - stop page . But there are thousands of articles on this site , some dating back 12 years , and it will take a while to get that all in place . I 'm doing it over time , and will work on the highest - profile topics ( Windows 7 , Windows Phone ) first and then work down the list . Please bear with me , but remember that the articles are , in fact , there . It 's just that many of them are not tagged correctly and so wo n't appear automatically . Search will always work regardless .
 Article fidelity . The articles were mostly pulled over in an automated process that will cause problems . These problems can included truncated text ( where an article appears to end mid - stream ) , broken graphics ( because they were sized for a different width than the current site ) , and others . Please let me know when you find such a thing . I 'll fix them as they appear .
 Fit and finish . There 's probably a lot of fit and finish work that needs to be done , and that too will happen over time . I 'm interested in your feedback about the positioning of elements , the overall look and feel , and so on . But please understand that the next several days at least will be miserable , and potentially the next several weeks . I 've got a lot to do here to shore things up , and of course I ca n't just ignore on my normal workload .
 Commenting . Penton wanted the commenting system to go live immediately , but we 've got an infrastructure update coming soon that will enable the type of moderation I require , so I put a temporary stop to that . Commenting on all articles will be available soon , and it will work like it does on the SuperSite Blog today , where I will personally moderate all comments before they 're posted , preventing the type of troll - like stupidity that happens on the main Windows IT Pro site ( and used to happen on the SuperSite Blog ) . Criticism is fine , constructive criticism is even better . But I want any comments functionality to be useful and inoffensive above all , and not a breeding ground for stupidity .
 Anyway , welcome to the new site . It may stagger along for a little while , but we 'll get it up and running in acceptable shape very quickly and , of course , it 's in great shape looking forward . The aging technological infrastructure of this site has always been an issue for me , forcing me to deal with weird issues and manually write HTML code when I 'd be better served just writing . This switch will relieve those problems and dramatically so , allowing me to focus on what really matters here . In fact , this is the first article for the site for which I did n't have to create a custom , hand - coded HTML page . I can see the future already .