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  Trigger warnings on textbooks, novels border on ridiculous

  by G. Robert Frazier I don’t mean to sound insensitive or cold, but this whole push for trigger warnings on virtually everything is ridiculous. According to the Washington Post article, four students, who are members of Columbia’s Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board, say trigger warnings are needed on certain texts dealing with…

  September 14, 2015
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  Writers: Roll the dice to see where your writing life takes you

  The Los Angeles Times recently surveyed writers participating in the L.A. Times Festival of Books about their path to literary success. The result can be seen the creation of a unique board game that lets you play along. The board game cites interesting results along the way, including: the age respondents decided…

  September 14, 2015
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  Reading and Writing Around the Web for 7/20

  I tried to keep the distractions to a minimum today and limit my time online so that I could do a little bit of writing. Couple of things did catch my eye and they are listed below for those interested in a bit of writerly advice or an interesting read:…

  July 20, 2015
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  Reading and Writing Around the Web for 7/19

  Welcome to another edition of Reading and Writing Around the Web. Every day I scour my Facebook feed for interesting articles and tips related to reading and writing. Some of these articles are too good to keep to myself, so I’m sharing my finds here. Bookmark the ones you like,…

  July 19, 2015
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  Kindle writers: Keep ’em hooked, or pay the price

  Any good book should keep readers turning pages towards the end, shouldn’t it? Why reward authors who fail to do so? That’s basically what Amazon’s new payment plan for its Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Lending Library programs boils down to. If readers stick with an author’s book ‘til the end,…

  July 3, 2015