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Growing up with books boosts educational attainment Interesting article about how growing up surrounded by books helps you. Children who grow up in households where books are plentiful go fur… Started by Kay Elizabeth	2	Jul 3, 2010 Reply by Callie Leah
The Paris Review Interview Archives Since 1953, when the first issue of the magazine appeared with an interview of E. M. Forster, our Q&A encounters with the great writers… Started by Kay Elizabeth	0	Jun 28, 2010
How to create a bidding war for your book proposal Linda Sivertsen is an award-winning author and ghostwriter, whose 6- 7-figure book deals have been covered in the national media and hit th… Started by scribbler	1	Jun 25, 2010 Reply by Kay Elizabeth
Planning stories: is it encouraging or blocking? Does it help you finish your story or does it just stump you? Personally it stumps me, I like just to write what comes to mind on a story.… Started by Viviana Arteaga	18	Jun 20, 2010 Reply by Sean Noonan
Vote on opening lines of novels - read on or put back on the shelf? There's much discussion on the importance of that first line. Does your favorite novel(s) opening lines live up to the premise that it must… Started by scribbler	15	Jun 14, 2010 Reply by Cricket
Read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner online free Stephenie Meyer's making this Eclipse novella available to Twilight fans online as a gift. She's went up in my estimation! The icons under… Started by scribbler	0	Jun 11, 2010
Does being a celebrity already help or hinder your book? Newest celebrity to announce a children’s book is Tori Spelling.Simon & Schuster said its Aladdin imprint is to publish Spelling’s firs… Started by Kay Elizabeth	15	Jun 8, 2010 Reply by Kay Elizabeth
Can you revise too much? Do you think that if you keep on revising and revising, you take the heart and soul out of what you were writing? I was thinking about this… Started by scribbler	4	Jun 8, 2010 Reply by Kay Elizabeth
What book makes you laugh out loud? I think it's time I read a lighthearted book and would like to hear some suggestions. So tell me what book makes you laugh out loud, old or… Started by scribbler	6	Jun 7, 2010 Reply by Kay Elizabeth
Fiction writers, did you see this? I posted a free course offered by MIT on writing about dysfunctional families in the Writing Resources and should have probably added it he… Started by scribbler	1	Jun 7, 2010 Reply by Kay Elizabeth