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That's a shame. Readings by who about what? Are the books dull? Authors dumpy and unable to articulate? I just went to a reading by a friend at the local college and people bought her book.

Edited to add my second thought. Or is this a sign of our TV culture?

Wow, Holly - that's gotta be tedious and time-consuming, but I can totally see how that would work! Even for a fast typer. How many times do you retype the whole thing? Just once, I hope! Maybe I could try that for a single chapter and see whether I'm finding it effective or if I'm pulling my hair ...

... I find my revisions start out well, and then after a little while I suddenly realize I haven't made a single mark on the paper for three or four pages. I got sucked into the story and forgot what I was supposed to be doing ... What tricks do you use to keep yourself from slipping into your stor...

Hi, michellelevy. I used to work for a newspaper, so I love stuff like this. Here are excerpts from a discussion on Grammar Girl (and I inserted some ellipses for the parts I omitted): Most style guides call for a space between the dots. Typesetters and page designers use something called a thin spa...

Donna, you should probably repost this in the Ask Nathan section of the forums so he will be sure to see it. Good luck.

Beethovenfan, are you telling the story in third person? In whose POV? I immediately thought about my youthful experience when I traveled to Cairo without knowing any Arabic. I got into real trouble. Most of the cab drivers knew English, but they tried to cheat me out of my money, so I bought a bike...

Rebecca, you asked, "Do you read as a writer? Or for pleasure?" That's an interesting question. I just donated seven boxes of paperback books to the library. They were stacked up two and three deep on my bookshelves. I figured I was supporting generations of dust mites, so they had to go (...

These links are great - thanks everyone! Just for clarification - are freely usable images different from Creative Commons ones (where the latter would need an attribution)? For example, pictures taken from Wikipedia Commons won't need an attribution, while pictures from Flickr Creative Commons req...

Good comments by polymath and GKJeyasingham. There's the "she said desperately" and then there's the current fashion to blast all LY adverbs. I throw in a few LY adverbs on purpose. I don't want to sterilize my writing. I want my writing to sound like a living, breathing, coffee-drinking h...

bcomet, great post. The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html has free images, including maps and photos. NASA http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html has beautiful free space images. NASA says you don't have to request permission to use their photos, which are all in the public domain...

hektorkarl wrote:Here's a pretty big database of free pictures.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

hektorkarl, thanks for posting this -- what a great resource.

I have a writer friend who feels like this bookstore does... but it's just plain goofy.

Sorry, little bookstore, but I'll bet Amazon carries every single book on your shelves. It's too late. Society has morphed out of your control.

I bought a Kindle today so I can proofread my ebook (evil laugh).

Borders said Friday that they expect to sell the company, to a buyer who will continue to operate it, in July. The schedule outlined for the bankruptcy court is: July 1 - "stalking horse" bid announced July 19 - company auctioned off by court July 22 - sale hearing in court July 29 - sale...

You can contact the U.S. Copyright Office and ask them. See the website for the live links. http://www.copyright.gov/help/ General Questions If you have any question that relates to copyright or registration. FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions Email: Ask a Copyright Question Phone: (202) 707-5959 or 1...

Claudie wrote:Holly, those are two really pretty covers. I love them! Best of luck with the self-publish plunge, and do keep us updated.

Thanks, Claudie. I'm kind of doing this for fun. Best of luck to you, too!