Writing and Creating Books

Carl Sagan: What an Astonishing Thing a Book Is

What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly […]

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Spelling rules: i before e

Spelling Rules: I Before E, Except . . .

Spelling rules work most of the time, except for the thousands of exceptions. For example: I before E, except when you get eight receipts for a sleight heist from a feisty weird beige foreign neighbor. Case closed. Don’t you just love English spelling? And here’s a variation based on the names of a few Facebook commentators: I […]

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John Kremer: 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week: January 8, 2014

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week January 8, 2014 – Business Apprentice Day, Eat It Raw Day, National Bubble Bath Day, and World Literacy Day In this issue . . . – Condé Nast Style Society – Blog Posts and Articles on Marketing Books – Indies Unlimited – Ebook and Kindle Freebie websites […]

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John Fogerty on Your Work

John Fogerty on Your Effort and Your Work

Your effort should ring true. There should be no question that this work represents me. If you can do that, the rest should take care of itself. — John Fogerty, singer & songwriter That same sort of effort, that same sort of work is required of every book author — both in writing your book […]

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