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Manuscript Strengths
When submitting your work for publishing, it is important that your writing be the best it can be. Following the tips below will strengthen your manuscript. Use concrete language. Detailed sentences will engage the readers more than vague ones will. A sentence like “The storm was scary.” can be much more evocative: “The house was […]
For the Love of Books
“Books and reading were integral parts of my life growing up and it’s that same love of books I’ve been able to share with my children. The real, urgent need to connect with children by age nine and turn them onto reading with a good book is underestimated. That’s why it’s so crucial to support […]
Park Bench Finds
One cloudy afternoon, you are walking through the park when you see someone leave a brown leather suitcase on a nearby bench. You walk up to the bench to see what is inside the suitcase. Write about what you find inside the suitcase and what you do with it.
Writing as a Science
“To be a writer is to sit down at one’s desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone—just plain going at it, in pain and delight. To be a writer is to throw away a […]
Publishing Paradigm
“I’m sometimes held up as an example of someone who’s changing the publishing paradigm or whatever because I have a lot of Tumblr followers and YouTube subscribers and I can speak directly to my audience and I don’t need the value-sucking middlemen of bookstores and publishers. And in the future everyone is going to be […]
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