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Book Review Of Stuart Nachbar's Book About Education And Politics
Stuart Nachbar has created a curious novel in The Sex Ed Chronicles. Using a backdrop of 1980 New Jersey, we are introduced to the murky world of school politics. He has selected the contentious subject of compulsory Sex Education, however the subject cou
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Book Review Of No Matter What
No Matter What Jordana Ryan Amira Press (2007) ISBN 9781934475041 Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (5/07) "“No Matter What” is a very deep book. The characters have to deal with overcoming some very painful situations and emotions. This
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Book Review Of Landmark Status By Alan Rolnick
A novel based around real estate in Miami, I was not convinced that I would enjoy it. I had thoughts of tawdry love affairs among realtor's, and board room struggles between power brokers. But, instead I found a hugely entertaining, and side splittingly f
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Book Review Of Fitness Kills By Helen Barer
Food writer, or Foodie, as they are known in the trade, Nora Franke is overfed and overwrought over a recent breakup with her long time boyfriend. "We need a break" he tells her, Nora decides that spending some time away from the bustle of New Y
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Book Review Of Fables From The Mud By Erik Quisling
Philosophy books tend to be large tomes of incomprehensible concepts, no doubt designed this way to limit readership to those already involved in this ethereal endeavor at the academic level. Very occasionally a book comes along that breaks out from the n
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Book Review Of Coinage Of Commitment By Rob Costelloe
The press release bills this book as a love story, I disagree, it is a story about love. Specifically one man's search for an everlasting love. We meet Wayne Cavanaugh as a sophmore attending the rather blue collar Drexel College where he is studying engi
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Book Publishing From A Book Publisher's Point Of View
Many writers aspire to write books. Writing a book is a long, involved, difficult process. Book publishing is harder. A writer may submit his book repeatedly only to be turned down. The writer may eventually succeed. Wouldn't it have been easier to get pu
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Book Publishing - What Is The Secret To Getting Your Book Published?
As a three-time published author and creative writing teacher I get asked a lot: "What is the secret to getting your book published?" Many of the interrogators are disappointed, some even disbelieving, when I tell them there is no secret. Gettin
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Book Publishing - How I Got Into Book Publishing
As a published author and creative writing teacher I often get asked how writers can get published. One of the simplest ways to answer that question is tell the story of my publishing contracts with two different publishers. Like many other writers, I ha
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Book Development: How To Create Tantalizing Titles And Sensational Content
Years ago when Napoleon Hill's famous manuscript on building wealth was ready for publication, it had no title. His publisher called and said, "If you don't come up with a title by tomorrow morning, I'm going call it "USE YOUR NOODLE AND MAKE A
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Blogging: A Writer's Journal
A novel way for a writer to keep prospects and fans in the loop on their progress as a writer is through the use of a web log or ‘Blog'. “This notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human c
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Back To Back: Two Good Reads On Entry Level Leadership And Culture
This month, I read two books back to back: Soldier's Heart by Elizabeth Samet and Punching In by Alex Frankel. Both of these works are an excellent introduction into entry-level corporate culture and leadership development. Soldier's Heart is a civilian
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A Powerful Yet Simple Strategy To Increase The Sales Of Your Book Ten-fold!
As a successful author interested in building a business off your book, you must understand the difference between features and benefits. Features are tangible and benefits are intangible. Features describe what a product is or has based on physical/tan
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A Man Writing Love Stories In A Woman's Publishing World
My publishing journey has been unusual enough that friends and publicists alike have suggested I write about it, especially the part about being a man writing love stories in a woman's genre. But it's not just the genre. The whole publishing and agency wo
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A Geek Groundswell
One day when I had nothing to do (well, actually, I had a lot to do, but I didn't want to do any of it), I decided to play the Google game. This is the one where you input your own name or something else into the field in quotes to see how many search res
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