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A look at dust jackets and ISBN numbers. Beyond all else, dust jackets constitute the first marketing of a book, the point when a potential reader (borrower or purchaser) encounters the book.
One source I researched said, “Screens are excellent for quick references, search, and short texts. Printed pages are often better for deep, sustained reading and comprehension.”
If you write books the way I do, and you get them published through a traditional publisher the way I do, a fair amount of criticism will come your way.
What if I told you about a writer’s saying: “You can’t write a good first line until you write a good last line.”
Why do I use the thesaurus so often? Read on …
A few of my favorite quotes from writers of note …
Stella, a young reader, recently wrote to me and asked: “I find it very hard to invent plots for my books. How do you do it?”
One of the key aspects of reading — and why I think the decline of reading is so alarming — is that reading helps to create greater empathy toward people and society.
You publish a book. Great. But many thousands of books are published each year. How do you get your book into the hands of readers?
In the age of computer writing, it is very easy to lose your text. Computer confusion. Power outages. Inadvertently flicking the wrong key. I’ve experienced it all.