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“Never judge a book by its cover” is advice most of us heard as children. It’s a metaphor, meaning we shouldn’t make assumptions based on appearances alone. It’s excellent advice where people are concerned. Judging someone by their physical appearance is both unfair and unwise. But what about books?
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Since contributing an essay to the book The Who, The What and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks[…]
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Or, What Happens When Your Publisher Thinks AI Wrote Your Book First, I’m not a lawyer. Nor am I an[…]
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How important is the cast of characters within a book? I have been gnawing on this question for some time,[…]
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Publishers Marketplace, an on-line resource about the publishing industry, features many wonderful bits of information. One of them is a[…]
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“Doesn’t pay attention in class.”
That was a common remark on my school report cards, along with “tends to daydream,” and “head in the clouds.” I know because my mom was a saver, and I still have a box of those early evaluations. To her credit, I don’t remember a single time she berated me for not coming home with all A’s.
Please welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]
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