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Melissa Gouty
May 31, 20206 min
Art, Artificial Intelligence, and the Birth of Two Million Words
Grammarly is privately-held company that provides artificial-intelligence software that improves writing skills and assesses tone.
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Melissa Gouty
May 28, 20206 min
The Surprising People-Finder in The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate's The Book of Lost Friends teaches history. Freed slaves try to find family and friends by placing "Lost Friends" ads in the So
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Melissa Gouty
May 20, 20204 min
Six Reminders of How to Find Joy in Your Work
Known as a creative genius, Jim Henson impacted the world of television, education, and entertainment with his Muppet-puppets and their live
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Melissa Gouty
May 20, 20206 min
Book Talk Makes the World Better
The world needs book talk. No doubt about it. It’s a great way to bring people together. Whether online or in-person, talking about books is
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Melissa Gouty
May 20, 20204 min
3 Unexpected Ways to Celebrate Your Birthday
Today is my 62nd birthday, and I have no qualms about admitting my age. I wear them proudly, like battle scars, like tally marks of accumula
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Melissa Gouty
May 16, 20203 min
Finding Comfort in the Chaos that Surrounds Us
Now, more than a half-century later, I understand that chaos is not connected to people or groups at all. It’s a force of nature all its own
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Melissa Gouty
May 11, 20206 min
Can Data Help Shoot Your Book to the Top?
What factors make a book skyrocket to success? What is it about certain books that make them popular?
Is there research that might help wri
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Melissa Gouty
May 10, 20203 min
Think Outside the Books: Three Touchstones for Inspiration
all my ideas don’t come from books. My never-ending inundation of ideas comes from those daily sources that I can always count on and that c
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Melissa Gouty
May 10, 20203 min
An Easy, One-Step Reminder of Your Progress
Forget your “to-do” list and make a “what I did list” instead. Most of the time, we’re focused on what needs to be done. We make lists of
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Melissa Gouty
May 10, 20205 min
The Unexpected Benefits of Being Alone With Yourself
“There is a difference between loneliness and solitude; one will empty you, and one will fill you. You have the power to choose.” Solitude i
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Melissa Gouty
May 6, 20203 min
Exciting News! The 2020 Pulitzers Have Just Been Announced
The list of Pulitzer Prize winners in Fiction, Nonfiction, and general Nonfiction has been announced. Add these to your reading list.
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Melissa Gouty
May 4, 20206 min
The Best Lesson in Pacing...EVER
The long and the short of it is this: Writers have to know how to set a winning pace for their readers by using both long, detailed paragrap
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 29, 20206 min
The Guilt and Grief of Discarding Your Books - And How to Avoid It
Think twice before discarding your treasured books. Getting rid of a book is like tossing out an old friend and can produce feelings of guil
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 28, 20209 min
Why the Backlash from American Dirt?
If you live under a literary rock, you may not know about the furor that has erupted over Jeanine Cummins’ novel, American Dirt, released fr
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 27, 20204 min
Here's an Alternative to Quick Success: Go Slow
Success comes in different forms and at different speeds to different people. For me, getting to success is a slow, turtle-tortu
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 22, 20202 min
A Simple Way to Get More Pleasure From Reading
Reading is supposed to be fun. Sometimes we read for information. Sometimes we want a different viewpoint. Sometimes we read for pure pleasu
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 22, 20205 min
What You Need to Know About Being Well-Read
o be “well-read” means to know a lot about multiple subjects because you’ve learned from multiple books in multiple genres about multiple ti
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Melissa Gouty
Apr 20, 20203 min
The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian's newest book is a book about a pathogen that starts a global pandemic. How does the simultaneous real-life pandemic affect
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