BookExpo 2015 Connects Writers with Publishing Services

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Photo by Rod Searcey Book Expo America, the big New York show for publishers, featured several new resources for self-published writers. Here’s a roundup: • BookWorks founder Betty Sargent and

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How to Talk About Your Novel in Public

Posted by Holly Brady under The Writing Life
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Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)The best novelist I’ve ever seen present? Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) … especially when he brings his accordion.(Photo by Rod Searcey) Because I spent 16 years running the Stanford […]

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The “Truthiest” Font Is…

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Sample typefaces: Georgia, Helvetica, Comic Sans, Trebuchet, BaskervilleIf you don’t think fonts matter, take a look at the article in Friday’s New York Times. Errol Morris describes the […]

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Author-envy: We All Have It

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Erik LarsonErik Larson I’m a huge fan of Erik Larson. Devil in White City kept me spellbound–in part because I grew up near Chicago and my great-grandfather lived less than six blocks from the serial […]

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