Reading time: About 4 minutes Looking for some recommended books in time for Christmas reading or gift-giving? Here’s my semi-annual roundup of books I’ve read this year. I aim to read at least 52 books every 12 months, and my habit is to post a complete list of the titles for you in June and […]
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the benefits of a digital detox….. Our dependence on digital devices is approaching epic proportions. American adults
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Viewing time: 5 mins 16 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #86, which addresses the question: how do writers and social media mix. The post first ran on Feb.
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Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes from Angie Kim…. Angie Kim, pictured above, moved as a preteen from Seoul, South Korea, to the US, where she studied philosophy at Stanford University and attended Harvard Law School, where
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Most writers work alone, so you probably see teamwork as irrelevant to you. Nothing could be further from the truth… By Ann Gomex At a 1907 county fair, 800 visitors competed to guess the weight of an ox, with the hope of winning that very ox – a coveted prize.
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Reading time: About 5 mins. Many people tell me they want to read more. But I know it’s not always easy. So, here’s my advice on how to be a better reader… I received a provocative question from one of my clients this week. He asked, “Do you really read for pleasure or is it
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a TED Talk about how to get your body ready for writing…. Many of my clients dread the idea of writing.
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 41 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #84, which describes how to know what your book mindmap is ready. The post first ran on Feb.
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Maggie O’Farrell… The Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell is one of the most interesting and skillful authors alive today. I have blogged about here several times before — here and here
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Reading time: About 2 minutes If you take the time to plan your day, you’re going to be much more likely to be able to squeeze in some writing time… By Ann Gomez You can plan all you want, but sometimes life just happens. The meeting runs late. You receive an urgent request. The dog
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