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Salaries Need To Be Part Of Job Postings

February 26, 2021 by John Champaign 3 Comments

There’s been a disturbing trend in recent years that employers will post positions they want to hire someone for and omit the salary. This evolved into what is now, distressingly common, where they ask an employee their expected salary as part of the initial application. This needs to end. Why They Do It The reason […]

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Merchant Magician Released

February 14, 2021 by John Champaign 1 Comment

I’ve released an urban fantasy novella. This feels like it is, in many ways, my debut book. With Sunday Game Sessions I joined together all the web serial posts I’d made and put them on Amazon, but with this book I worked through the text with an editor, had proof reading done repeatedly, adjusted the […]

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Beta Readers

February 10, 2021 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

I recently published what I consider my debut novella, “Merchant Magician”. As part of the process, I had a number of beta readers provide feedback on it. Overall, it was mixed experience. What is a Beta Reader? A beta reader is someone who reads your about-to-be-published work and gives you feedback from a reader’s perspective. […]

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