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Lending our books out is emotional. We love our books. Part of us worry about our precious books. We wonder if we’ll ever see them again (the books, not our friends). The other part of us is busy trying to give the worrying part of us moral support for the tumult felt deep within our… Continue reading 8 rules for lending books
“No one reads anymore.” No writer likes hearing that. I’ll be blunt: that statement is offensive and devalues what we do for a living and who we are as humans. It’s also inaccurate. Recently I was in a meet-n-greet meeting with a new colleague. Guess what I heard this person say (to me, a copywriter).… Continue reading In answer to “No one reads anymore”
At least twice a year, I get to fly across the country for business. I enjoy these trips, but it never fails that each time, I have the same struggle suffered by bookworms since the invention of travel. What to take to read? For at least three weeks before the trip, the discussion in my… Continue reading Traveling; what to take, what to take…
It’s been 6 weeks since I went on a book buying ban. This is the longest I have ever stuck to one of these bans; I usually cave after one week at most. During these past 6 weeks, I’ve been reading what I have, and I’m about to finish my eighth book. I’m focused on… Continue reading How to Survive a Book Buying Ban
Some make New Year’s resolutions; others have New Year’s resolutions thrust upon them. I fall under Column B. I am under a book buying ban until further notice. With good reason. Last week, I re-discovered goodreads.com. I’d apparently created a goodreads account July 2013, but had never gotten around to actually using it for some… Continue reading Book Buying Ban 2017
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