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  • I'd be lost without my diary, it's where my soul speaks to me. I ask myself questions about any dilemma and I get answers. It is a way of tapping into the subconscious...
  • That book jacket advice is sometimes correct--and sometimes not.   Here's the flap copy from Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated: With only a yellowing ph...
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    I'm not affiliated with this project, just passing it along.  However, I can add that...phrased, or otherwise unoriginal material Bibliography for works cited Use the Modern Language Association (MLA)...
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    Maybe its because I'm currently grieving but this book (A Monster Calls) really speaks to me, writeonomics.wordpress.com
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    I was halfway through “Homegoing” before I began to connect with it. As Yaw, a histor...dependence. Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in America. I suspect Yaw was modeled on her father, of whom she...

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  • Thank you for a wonderful post, Randy! I teach African American literature classes and I find it extremely important to talk about fiction in terms of the issues that...
  • I do love what comes out of writing-- how sometimes the story takes shape, speaks to me as I write. But then I remember I choose and create the words and give it a heck of a lot of thought and form. It's kind of like a handshake isn't it?  Thanks for posting this article. Thought-provoking!
  • Dana, feel free to repost, and thank you! Getting your book to #1 has nothing to do with your track unless you are actually selling print books as a result. Right now...