Tag: speaking into the void
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It’s Totally Okay to Upcycle Your Books
Apologizing for my lack of posting becomes quite repetitive after a while, doesn’t it? Today I want to talk about a highly controversial topic: upcycling your books. To those who aren’t familiar with the term, ‘upcycle’ is a frequently used word borrowed from the DIY cache that describes the process of recycling a product so…
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Tips to Get Back into Reading After a Dry Spell
Hello and welcome back to my blog where I say I’m going to post on Mondays and then post on Tuesdays instead because I refuse to do any kind of work over the weekend. I haven’t been reading quite as much as I usually do. Instead, I’ve been spending my time staring at walls and…
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Why E-Readers Might be My Favorite Invention of All Time
My goal by the end of this post is to make everyone who sees it want to buy an E-Reader. Hopefully, you can afford to buy one. If not, I’m sorry to have added to the longing for material things already facilitated by a consumerist society. Before we get started, a note: Originally I had…
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Writing Advice From Some of My Favorite Authors
A quick PSA: The next two to three posts will be scheduled. I’m hitting the road again April 5th and I won’t be back in my own bed until April 18th. Because of this, I’ll have a lot of cool content coming your way, but it might not be for a few weeks. Hasta la…
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Writing Tip #1: We Don’t Believe in Filler, Baby
I find I’m nervous to post writing tips. It’s not because I think these are bad tips, but because I’m afraid they’ll come back to haunt me. Eventually I’ll post some of my original creative writing on here, and when I do, I will make some of these same mistakes I’m advising you not to…
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Thrift Your Books, People!
For some people this is a no-brainer, right? Thrifted books can be over ten times cheaper than brand new, retail-priced novels. A paperback book on the shelf at Barnes & Noble will usually run between $10-$15 (or more!) while the same book will cost $0.99 at Goodwill. Why are people still buying brand new books…