I recently heard this phrase: "There are more opportunities than ever for writers to get their work published... but fewer ways to get paid for it."
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This sounds fantastic, so I'm going to pick at it. :) I hope this makes sense--I haven't had my coffee yet! I'm not an authority but I managed to sell my books, so her...
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My blog, A Word For Everything, is a hodgepodge of book reviews and books I want to read. It is sometimes a personal journal detailing how I should be reading more and...
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Lyrical nonfiction is basically a combination of essay and poetry. It tends to utilize a loose structure - fewer (if any) paragraphs, fragments (sometimes), it may bounce across seemingly unrelated topics - and poetic language throughout.
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Let me see if I can help. I turned 52 on March 8. I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's when women had much fewer options . If you went to college as I did in the la...
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It is my belief the term 'black literature' is a categorical way of thinking by western culture. Africans in America have had a history where, in defining ourselves, h...
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Meryl,
I also found Graham's essay very interesting, but I'm not sure how much I agree...but could also be rebellious. Of course, in both the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, rebellion was curbe...
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Hi, Lauren!
I feel like balance is an issue for me, too. Maybe that's so for anyone who is working to build a credible presence in social media circles. My hope is t...
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I think it's always good to bear in mind that something like 90 percent of books published sell fewer than 500 copies. I might have the percentage slightly wrong, but...
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Hi, Laura!
That is super encouraging. I opened a Lightning Source account a few months ago, but haven't done anything with them yet. I thought that maybe I can get m...
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