by Weyniza Flores
Want to know how some of the world’s most successful people got where they are now? The answer could involve a variety of factors, but we can tell you that they do tend to have one thing in common: they read. While we can’t guarantee that reading will make...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Having knowledge of common symbols can deepen your reading experience as well as enrich your own writing. Symbols work by giving added meaning to a text and conveying larger ideas in just a few words. By learning to understand symbols in literature, you may uncover...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Between work, school, and family obligations, having time to snuggle up with a good book might seem like an unrealistic fairytale to many of us. Throw in the hundreds of distractions we receive from our smartphones each day, and the idea seems even more unattainable....
by Tom Corson-Knowles
If you’re a bookworm, you know how it feels to always want a book (or four) at arm’s reach, whether you’re reading in bed or on the go. eReaders allow you to do just that. But with the number of eReaders now available, choosing one can be daunting. What...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
As an author, what’s the number one question people ask you about your writing? For me, that question is, “What is your book about?” It’s often a puzzlingly difficult question to answer with any sort of brevity. That sounds nutty, doesn’t it? I wrote the darn thing...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Metaphor consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else. [1] —Aristotle, Poetics, c. 335 b.c. A metaphor is a figure of speech, like understatement, hyperbole, or personification. It describes one thing in terms of another to identify a likeness...
