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  • ...tell you what. You wrote this blog and I read it. I am going to buy your book at my independent bookstore and write you a review. That serves two purposes, it gets me out of my post bo...
  • ...assigned to blurbers (this arrangement was made through the publisher) and the requirement was to write an endorsement using "key" words for SEO purposes and in 15-25 total words so t...
  • ...d that, it is a task to read. Just as reading De Quincy's amazing reflections enlightens but makes tough slogging.  Yes, Caitlyn we read for many purposes, much more than what Horace f...
  • One way to play with language to suit your purposes, sleep at night and remain in your neighbors' good graces is to refrain from direct quotation; e.g. "I uttered a few choice words."
  • Loved this! Thanks for posting. Particularly liked, "for all intensive purposes." I teach middle school and it's common for me to find, "I take it for granite . . ."
  • ...messages written as if they were texting, are just the beginning. I find that one of the main things that makes email correspondence for business purposes to be quite challenging, is t...
  • ...should be a business focus for you. Amazon are a reseller. Yes they are also a publisher, depending on your relationship with them, but for most purposes they are a reseller. They set...
  • ...follow our instincts we are much better off, happier and more fulfilled. So often we choose to do things for the wrong reasons, or for practical purposes we compromise ourselves,telli...
  • ...ke a slap on the head - from the universe. It was time to pursue the dream I'd had my entire childhood that had been pushed aside for "practical" purposes. I'm now a columnist for a lo...
  • ...and young fiction and I still always start with an idea and my pen or fingers do the rest. I can't write in a formulaic way purely for publishing purposes. I think if I did, my stories...