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Book Marketing, Part 1

[Apologies for the drought in postings this past week. I was on the road, and I’m not accomplished enough yet to compose and upload from my smartphone. This will happen one more time in May, but then the summer looms … Continue reading

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First Lines

One of the hardest and most fun things a writer has to do is decide what the first line will be in the book they’re writing. Sometimes that line appears fast, out of “nowhere.” Sometimes a line pops up and … Continue reading

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Writers Who Are Poets

I’m not a poet, but sometimes I wish I were. Poets have written some of the bestselling memoirs. Consider Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club. I’m sure there are others I’m … Continue reading

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Introduction to Blog Plan

Why “Yours In Books”? Simple. It’s hard to engage me in any conversation for any length of time unless a book is mentioned at some point. I’m not an especially widely read person, but whatever someone else is reading or … Continue reading

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