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Orson Scott Card on Writing

Orson Scott Card: On Writing

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will […]

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Book Marketing Bingo Card

Book Marketing Bingo: Are You Doing Enough to Market Your Books?

Are you doing enough to market your books? You can find your answer below. How many of these book marketing activities have you done for your most important book? Do you score a bingo on this Book Marketing Bingo card? Do a TV interview – Sign books at a bookstore – Write a guest blog […]

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Happy New Year Book

Today Is the First Day of This New Year

Today is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one! Happy New Year! Have a great one! Today is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one! Happy New Year! Have a great one! #NewYear #HappyNewYear Click To Tweet   31            

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Advice for Aspiring Chefs

Jeremiah Tower’s Advice for Aspiring Chefs

Advice for Aspiring Chefs Pay attention to everything. Listen. Observe. Be quiet. Work really hard. Create your own taste. Don’t try and follow Michelin stars or other famous chefs. Learn what you want to do. Learn who you are. Then do that. Stand out from the crowd. Spend a month eating in Barcelona. Jeremiah Tower’s […]

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