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  • Commenting on Reviews

    Byaudenjohnson

    I was reading through this Goodreads discussion and found that some authors comment on 4 or 5 star reviews of their book. They thank the person or “like” the review. I know we don’t respond to negative comments, but I never thought about positive ones. I don’t pay much attention to comments for positive reviews…

  • Digging Up That Passion

    Byaudenjohnson

    If you want books on writing I’d recommend memoirs rather than the how-to books. Don’t get me wrong, the how-to books are awesome, I own and still use plenty of them but, I got much more from Stephen King’s On Writing, Joyce Carole Oates’ Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art  and Terry Brooks’ Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons…