Monthly Archives: June 2012

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counselor.” Henry Ward Beecher Books are under siege. E-books, PDFs, digitally enhanced “products.” Everywhere you look, the book as we know it … Continue reading →

“Action defines our reality. Time passes because things happen. And in writing, the verbs carry the action. One of the keys to writing more forcefully, then, is seeking out the most potent verbs available.” Jack Hart, A Writer’s Coach Verbs … Continue reading →

“If you can talk about it, you can write about it.” Jack Canfield Jack knows a thing or two about writing books: over the years, he’s had 47 New York Times bestsellers and sold 500 million copies of his Chicken … Continue reading →

Well, there may be many books that got away, but every once in a while, something turns up that reminds us that some almost-forgotten tales may still be told. Here’s a true story about John Cabot, the great explorer who … Continue reading →

When I was a kid in school I used to carry around a foresr-green bookbag. More often than not, it would be loaded, not just with schoolbooks, but with a novel I was reading. And more often than not, that … Continue reading →