Reading time: About 3 minutes Looking for some recommended books in time for Christmas gifts or winter reading? Here’s my semi-annual roundup of books I’ve read this year. For the first time in more than 20 years, I’ve been unable to read 52 books this year. I’ve been busy helping care for a very sick […]
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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 working style of Fyodor Dostoevsky…. I have not yet read any of the novels of Fyodor
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Viewing time: 4 mins 21 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? Should you have your own website? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the Skype account, The Write Question.
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Leila Slimani… Considered one of the “it” books of 2018, the psychological thriller The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani (pictured above) crept into my suitcase before
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: omerta…. Remember the tale of Harvey Weinstein? I must confess, I’ve lost track about where his latest trial stands. Last I heard he was being indicted on
Reading time: About 4 minutes Ever tripped up by directions? Learning to become better at following directions is a straightforward way to make yourself look smarter and to be more successful… When I was setting up my first apartment more than 40 years ago, I can remember sitting in a sea of junk in my
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Reading time: About 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 Guardian post on the challenges of book cover design…. Book covers — for the same book — often differ in different
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Viewing time: 3 mins 34 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How can you deal with supply chain problems in publishing? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the Skype
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Anthony Horowitz… I don’t typically read murder mysteries but somehow the novel Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz, made its way into my hands. Horowitz has written more
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: crenulated…. I was flipping through an old copy of the New Yorker before passing it along to a friend (I could never throw out a magazine with
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