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When Should You Stop Reading A Book?

Here’s how I made the call on Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ a National Book Award winner and Pulitzer frontrunner

Dec 29, 2024

Percival Everett and the cover of “James”

Dec 29, 2024

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Think You Can’t Get Sued For Putting Real People In Fiction? Think Again.

You can’t protect yourself as a creator just by changing names — but here are 5 tips from that could help

Oct 14, 2024

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Oct 14, 2024

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‘I’m In My 20s And Want To Be A Writer. What Should I Be Doing Right Now?’

The brutal truths nobody tells you about launching a writing career when you’re just a few years out of school

Mar 5, 2024

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Mar 5, 2024

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What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Learn from these 63 mind-blowing (or heartbreaking) ‘advances’ paid to bestselling or barely selling authors

Mar 31, 2023

What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Mar 31, 2023

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What You Can Learn From Free Samples Of Books

Some new books have shockingly high price tags, and a no-cost excerpt can help you avoid costly mistakes

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Reese Withersoon, Harlan Coben and the cover of “Gone Before Goodbye”

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What Harper Lee Doesn’t Tell You In Her New ‘The Land Of Sweet Forever’

Don’t try a recipe she gives without doing this

Nov 3

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Nov 3

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What Happened When The Author Of One Of America’s Most Banned Books Came To My Small-Town Library

A writer’s talk showed the benefits of having conversations about controversial issues

Oct 24

Patricia McCormick at the Fairhope Public Library 2025

Oct 24

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What Nobody Tells You About Going Bald

How a writer overcame his worries about hair loss with humor and help from the actor Larry David

Oct 22

Larry David, star of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

Oct 22

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Do We Have Too Many Book Awards?

A literary arms race may be causing potential readers to tune out even the most prestigious prizes for writers

Oct 12

Jason Reynolds with his National Book Awards finalists’ medallion

Oct 12

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What We Still Get Wrong About Breasts

How a mastectomy at a scarily young age changed a writer

Sep 25

Cover of the Jean Hannah Edelstein’s “Breasts”

Sep 25

Janice Harayda

Janice Harayda

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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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