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  • L.Q. revisited…

    I read about as slowly as I write. There was a time I could devour a novel  in 3-4 days. Wish I had those kind of days now.  But come to think of it, I wasn’t writing when I read at that pace. So why does this post include a picture my son took at…

  • How’s my L.Q.?

    Kristen Lamb* has a great post on 10 Ways to Improve Your “Likeability Quotient“. “…likability on social media is so crucial to marketing. We are no longer selling stories…we are selling ourselves, which just confirms for me that writers really are the oldest profession in the world. “ I’ve been a heavy user of social…

  • I will not be one of those writers…

    “I get very confused when a writer with a few hundred friends on Facebook and Twitter thinks that repeating the publication of their book over and over and over and over will make them more than a handful of sales. And fewer friends.” —Dean Wesley Smith Words to remember. Okay…I am months away from placing…