Fore-Edge Painting: A Time-Honored Technique for Beautifying Books
Fore-edge paintings, visible or "disappearing," were miniature masterpieces on book edges. The art form began in the 1500s. Today, it's rare
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Don't Feel Bad. It's Okay to Have a Passionate Obsession with Books!
Famous people have book obsessions just like you. Here are quotes that prove it's okay to have a passion for books.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Why the Island is NOT Depressing, But a Redemptive Read for the Armchair Traveler
The Island by Victoria Hislop is an international bestseller about family secrets and the island of Spinalonga, a former leper colony.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 22, 2022
- 5 min
Why The Feather Thief is the Most Bizarre Heist Story You'll Ever Read
The Feather Thief, by Kirk Wallace Johnson is a fascinating, bizarre, TRUE heist story about Edwin Rist's theft of dead birds.
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Melissa Gouty
- Mar 22, 2022
- 4 min
How Writing to a Lover Forever Affected the Lives of Others
The History of Love is a reminder of the power of words and the life of stories - and how they can affect generations to come.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jul 7, 2021
- 4 min
Everyday Is Special. Gift a Writer You Love with Something Awesome
If you love a writer, you can give them an awesome gift that will mean something to them without costing you a fortune.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
You Don't Have to be Einstein to Know the Value of Handwritten Letters
The author of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, was a prolific letter-writer. A handwritten letter sold for $400,000, May of 2021.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jul 6, 2021
- 4 min
Aged and Ageless: How to Be Like a Tree
I can't live without trees. No one can. Without them, the world would be bereft of beauty. A science haiku for our benevolent forest friends
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Melissa Gouty
- Jul 6, 2021
- 9 min
Why Women Writers Should Read The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd's, The Book of Longings, is the perfect book for women writers as it portrays the passion and power of one person's words.
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Melissa Gouty
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
Why We Love a Sinister, Gothic Mystery: Lucy Foley's The Guest List
Lucy Foley's Guest List is the perfect example of a Gothic Mystery, filled with the psychological push and pull of human nature.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
Want to Know About "The Dust Bowl?" Read The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah's novel, The Four Winds,depicts life in The Dust Bowl, but don't make it your only source. Try The Worst Hard Time by Egan.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min
Why the Best-Selling Novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Is Raising Red Flags
Rumblings are sounding that Mark Sullivan's novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, has been misrepresented. The story it's based on is not all true.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
Do Your Regrets Cause You Agony? You Should Absolutely Read The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's The Midnight Library is an intriguing story about a life teetering on the brink between regrets and possibilities.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 4, 2021
- 3 min
How to Be More Creative: Let Your Words Misbehave a la Mary Oliver
Take it from award-winning poet, Mary Oliver. Too much planning can kill creativity. Let your words run wild to reach creative nirvana.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
In Admiration and Celebration of the Great Poet, Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928. I was lucky enough to hear her speak and will never forget her power and her presence in our world.
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Melissa Gouty
- Apr 4, 2021
- 4 min
3 Lessons from the Incomparable Maya Angelou
I was lucky enough to hear Maya Angelou in person, an unforgettable experience. Her work has influenced my writing, my world, and my life.
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Melissa Gouty
- Mar 31, 2021
- 7 min
Does Humility Still Exist in a World Focused on Social and Self Promotion?
Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Act is not an easy read, but a valuable one; a look at how to be humble in a world focused on "self."
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Melissa Gouty
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
The Intense Joy of Loving My Neighbors' Children
Loving the neighbors' children is different from loving your own...less responsibility and worry, more joy; joy that is doubled with twins.
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Melissa Gouty
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
Happy National Pencil Day!
National Pencil Day is March 30th in honor of a tool that made writing possible for the common man. Here are fun facts about pencils.
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Melissa Gouty
- Mar 30, 2021
- 5 min
How Beloved Writer, Thoreau, Carved His Words Into the American Psyche
People know Henry David Thoreau for his words, but most don't know that he was a great businessman and driver of the Thoreau Pencil Company.
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