General Topics
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15 Reasons why Reading a Book is a Life-Changing Experience
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Distractify.com recently published a list of reasons why reading a book is a life-changing experience. Here are my favorite ones! 1 . Reading a novel increases brain function for days. Research from Emory University has found that reading a book can increase connectivity in the brain which makes neurological… Continue reading
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Voice for Radio
They said she had a voice for radio. That her voice had been blessed. And that angels played on the strings of her vocal chords. That her mind had the ability to cough up words from other dimensions that she, danced on the streets of clouds. Somewhere in the storage rooms they said she danced… Continue reading
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Are You Tracking?
One of the first mistakes I made when I started this blog and my author website is not monitoring the traffic coming into these sites. Even with all the advice from top bloggers on how much work went into blogging, I still thought blogging was just about posting and publishing. That is until it occurred… Continue reading
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The Trouble with Series – Guest Post…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: One of the best things to do as an indie author is to write a series. People like reading them, and it makes your author page look much better when you have more than one title to your name. For most of us, writing our first… Continue reading
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How Does Reading Level Matter in Fiction?
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski: How well do most published authors write? Would you be surprised to hear that Jane Austen wrote at just above a 5th grade level, Stephen King writes at about a 6th grade level, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at slightly more than a 6th grade level, and Leo Tolstoy wrote at about… Continue reading
