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This week in Indie Publishing
This week in Indie Publishing… Don Massenzio Literary Agent Breaks Down How to Win in Self-Publishing The facts don’t lie. Everyone who publishes a successful book doesn’t have a deal with a major publisher. Over the last two decades self-publishing has flourished and the books sold by independent authors have done amazing things in the… Continue reading
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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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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
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How Different Types of Reading Change Your Writing
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski: ? You are what you read. That is a simple enough concept, but it turns out that it means more than just that people who read mysteries may become better at writing mysteries. What a person reads fundamentally changes the structure of his or her writing. In June of 2016, the International Journal… Continue reading
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When Publishing a Book Might Not Be for You
I’ve always loved to read and to write and this truth has led to many questions asked of me over the years. I would say that in the last two – three years I’ve received questions mostly from young people about publishing a book for the first time. This makes sense considering I taught and… Continue reading
