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  • ...ails about the book, though they included their reservations ("publishers aren't taking memoirs any more" was one) so I could see the flaws they perceived. One complimentary phrase stu...
  • ...ervices. The companies made billions of dollars in revenue (and profits) because they won the perception war. Customers bought the hype (real or perceived) about the value of these pro...
  • ...t question: do readers buy books solely because they win an award? And is the author willing to give up her copyright and larger profits for the perceived prestige of signing with a le...
  • ...ke quite a while to read, as I put the book down and pause every now and then, absorbing and collating a new image or idea into my own thread of perceived reality. Page turners with lo...
  • ...ded my life and that of my unborn son, after suffering a loss.  I can relate. That struggle forced me to set aside everything I knew, release my perceived control to the powers that be...
  • ...of their peers they don't need further stimulation and learning like the rest of the kids and even get "punished" by asking questions (that are perceived as showing off) to advance th...
  • Hi Karen, it is amazing how easily we slip into feeling (or being perceived as) selfish for pursuing our dreams. I wonder if that's more common with women than men? I bet your percepti...
  • Brooke Warner commented on her article Platform Vs. Portfolio
    ...atform? In some ways it's subjective. You might hear that you need to be famous. You don't. But with nonfiction you do need to have enough to be perceived as an expert in your field. Y...
  • Brooke, this is a very interesting topic. I looked into this a long while back, wondering what was up with what I perceived as a hostility against authors, spending more than a good mi...
  • This is a wonderful post that I'm going to share with my composition class.  I try not to let it irritate me when they continue to make the same grammatical errors but I think many have this attitude.  It's all perception and how one wants to be perceived in the world.  Thank you, Maria.