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Choosing a New Book

How do you go about choosing a new book to read? Do you go to a bookstore? Borrow one from a friend? (And never give it back?) Check one out from the library? (And never return it?) Order one online? I must confess I’ve done all of those things except not returning a book I’ve…

Hooking The Reader

One of the cardinal rules in writing, whether it be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, is that the writer is pretty much required to “hook” the reader right at the beginning of the piece, usually within the first page. You gotta grab him/her/it right away, and never let him go, they say. Many authors…

Being Read

Recently I read an interview of the literary agent Jennifer Joel in the March/April 2015 issue of Poets & Writers magazine, and she made an astute comment which caught my eye. I thought about it for a few days and realized she was right. The interviewer, Michael Szczerban, asked her, “What would you love for writers to…