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In my early twenties, I read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, her most famous book. Later, I read one of her a lesser known novels, The Edible Woman, about Marian McAlprin, a young woman engaged to be married who finds herself suddenly at war with food. For good reason. Food becomes the metaphor for Marian’s …
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A writer’s day-to-day work often happens in isolation, but bringing a story, an essay, or a book to print and to the shelves of readers often takes many hands and hearts. There are several routes to publishing, from the Big Five to self-publishing. Today’s guest post is by Joanne Merriam, who steps into the spotlight and looks …
Whether you’re a writer or a reader, you know the power of a good book cover. Authors will spend hours agonizing over the slant of the title’s font or two images almost exactly the same, all in an effort to choose the cover that best sells a story. Readers, in turn, skim the shelves, stopping at …