Books… Want to Adopt Someone Else’s Life Story? 6 Nov 20126 Nov 2012 It’s National Adoption Month. It’s also Thanksgiving. It was planned that way. If your heart hasn’t been touched lately, consider visiting a court for the finalization of an adoption. Imagine…
Books… Book Design Part II: Interior Layout 25 Jan 201224 Jan 2012 Everyone knows a graphic designer. "My daughter just graduated--the top of her class!" "My cousin does CD covers in LA!" "My neighbor is such a good artist!" But book design…
Books… Book Design Part I: Judging Your Book by Its Cover 18 Jan 201224 Jan 2012 "Don't judge a book by its cover." It means don't assume your first impression of a person is accurate, but that doesn't apply to books! Potential buyers won't give your…
Books… You Talkin’ ta Me?? 13 Jan 201215 Jan 2012 The invitation arrived: wouldn't I love to drive a brand-new Medicare-funded scooter?! "We've seen it time after time. "People who are reluctant to use any mobility assistance because they think…
Books… “The Power of Your Past” 13 Oct 201113 Oct 2011 The week of my birthday, I won a book! (The Berrett-Kohler newsletter I've recommended to you has a challenge, and I entered.) And because I was in transition, stepping from…
Books… A Newsletter Worth Reading 7 Jul 2011 One e-mail newsletter I actually read is BK Communiqué from Berrett-Koehler Publishers. They publish engaging nonfiction, and their newsletters not only promote their own releases, they usually include interesting publishing…
Books… Writer Beware 23 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 You don't have to write in science fiction or fantasy to love Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. This organization serves all writers by warning us of disreputable editors,…
Books… If You Ask Advice from an Author 15 Jun 2011 If you ask 22 author friends for advice, they'll write you a whole book! Steve Silberman had been reporting on professionals with autism/Asperper's and became an expert on such neurodiversity,…
Books… How Do I Know? 6 Jun 2011 A friend asked today, "How do I know if anyone wants to read what I'm going to write?" Great question! Here are my first three thoughts about that: 1) You…
Books… Rhyme Time 2 Jun 20112 Jun 2011 Children's book editors conventionally whine about rhyme. It's so hard to write tight in rhythm and rhyme, they'd rather not brave it. Then they have children of their own, and…
Books… Friday Flick: Do Schools Kill Creativity? 8 Apr 20119 Apr 2011 Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, spoke at TED a few years ago about…
Books… Learning Overload 15 Mar 2011 No solitude today. Interestingly enough, it was an exhibit on brains which left my brain too saturated with vivid imagery, rapid delivery, random information, and crowd noises to process what…
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