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Falling German book sales amid a triple-figure rise in digital subscription hammers another nail in the (Markus) Dohle DoctrineFrom The New Publishing Standard: It seems like only nine weeks since former PRH CEO Markus Dohle was in Sharjah explaining how well book...
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8 Books That Deliver Behind-The-Scenes DramaFrom Electric Lit: I don’t know about y’all, but I love rewatching a performance after I learn that something catastrophic has gone down...
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Always prefer the plain direct wordAlways prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them. C. S. Lewis
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Promise WordsFrom Writer Unboxed: Are you a people watcher? Silly question. This is a blog site for fiction writers. As people pass by, you undoubtedly...
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Governments are using culture to spur economic regenerationFrom The Economist: St John’s, a district in central Manchester, has long reflected the city’s ambitions. Thanks to its proximity to the...
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‘Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’ Review: America’s British CreedFrom The Wall Street Journal: The youth of the American republic is one of its oldest traditions. Its unique origins will always make it...
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WasteWaste of Muscle, waste of Brain, Waste of Patience, waste of Pain, Waste of Manhood, waste of Health, Waste of Beauty, waste of Wealth, Waste of...
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Ukrainian Writer and Activist Victoria AmelinaFrom Publishing Perspectives: As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, when Ukraine’s Victoria Amelina gave us her thoughts on the...
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What the ‘New York Times’ Missed About Cormac McCarthyFrom Publisher’s Weekly: In his essay “Cormac McCarthy Had a Remarkable Literary Career. It Could Never Happen Now,” which ran in the...
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Self-Publish Your Book with Barnes & Noble PressFrom Barnes & Noble: . . . . Link to the rest at Barnes & Noble...
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A New Way to Think About the Lie the Character BelievesFrom Writers Helping Writers: One of the simplest entry points to understanding how story works is the Lie the Character Believes. It is the...
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The Supreme Court Declares IndependenceFrom The Wall Street Journal: Fourth of July celebrations arrive with special resonance for conservatives this year. It is clear now that we...
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Independence DayFor visitors from outside the United States, today, July 4, is celebrated as America’s Independence Day, a major national holiday with...
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Scientific Consensus: The development of full artificial intelligenceThe development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an...
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Chat GPT on Self-Publishing Via KDP Earn More MoneyPG gave ChatGPT the following prompt: write a 500 word article about why authors who are publishing using Amazon KDP earn more money than...
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How ChatGPT Wrote My Book TitleFrom Writer Unboxed: Book titles are important. Writing them isn’t easy. With several working titles for my novel already on the scrap heap,...
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Why right-wing Europeans are flocking to an English thinkerFrom The Economist: Customers at the Scruton cafe in Budapest don’t turn up for its chicken and buttered cauliflower. Nor for its decor....
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Being a good writerBeing a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet. Author Unknown
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Why Can’t a Novelist Write Like a Screenwriter?From Anne R. Allen’s Blog… with Ruth Harris: Recently, a blog reader asked me why readers dislike it when the POV character dies at the...
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A Very Old SongEven for PG.
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In recent yearsIn recent years, I have had no desire to do anything but work and be with [my son] John. I hear people talking about going on a vacation or...
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OpenAI to face world’s first defamation lawsuit over false claims made by ChatGPTFrom IB Times: Artificial intelligence company OpenAI could be on the verge of facing the world’s first defamation lawsuit over the...
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War was always hereWar was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. Cormac McCarthy, Blood...
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What the ‘Times’ Missed About Cormac McCarthyFrom Publisher’s Weekly: In his essay “Cormac McCarthy Had a Remarkable Literary Career. It Could Never Happen Now,” which ran in the...
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European Publishers See Audiobooks, AI as InevitabilitiesFrom Publisher’s Weekly: The Readmagine publishing conference ran from June 7-9 in Madrid, featuring an A-list of publishing pros....
