The Challenge of Finding -- and Giving -- Honest Feedback
Finding honest feedback is hard. You have to find readers who are willing to read. They’re capable of language skills. They're honest.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
Changing the Stereotype of Tea-Drinkers
Tea companies are winning new converts, increasing sales, and expanding their brand by overturning the previous stereotypes.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 30, 2020
- 5 min
What Does It Really Mean to Be Literate in America?
The literacy rate in America is 95%, but that's misleading because much of the population doesn't read at proficient levels.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 25, 2020
- 6 min
What Writers Can Learn from Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci was the greatest genius of all time, someone who gave advice that writers today can use to nurture their own creative genius.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 22, 2020
- 6 min
Can Reading Literary Fiction Make You a Better Person?
The study of how reading affects our personality is in its infancy and have found that people who read literary fiction have more empathy.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
"Dune" Will Come Again
Frank Herbert's science fiction Classic, Dune, is being remade into a new full-length feature film to be released in December 2020.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky provides a look at how WWII impacted the citizens of Italy and the true story of one boy who becomes a spy and a hero.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Ramsey's Gold: An Escape Adventure Just for Fun
Treasure-hunting novels like Ramsey's Gold remind me that reading doesn't have to be serious. It's can be a fun escape into adventure.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
“We must love another or die”
It’s eerie how W. H. Auden’s poem, “September 1, 1939,” written more than 80 years ago, dovetailed so precisely with September 11, 2011.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 11, 2020
- 5 min
TODAY Is the Day to Celebrate Mary Oliver
I'm celebrating Mary Oliver on her birthday, September 10th, because she gave the world a gift of her poetry.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
The Post Office Mural Project in the Novel "Big Lies in a Small Town"
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain uses the Post Office Mural Project as the basis for a compelling story of art and compassion.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 8, 2020
- 5 min
The Vietnamese Immigrant Experience: A Mother-Daughter Tale of Angst
A Family in Six Tones is brutally honest, mother-daughter account of coming to America when Saigon fell and the lifelong effects on both.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Marketing "Mulan" and the Future of Movies
If Disney can be profitable with Mulan, more films will be released for streaming at home. Theaters might be a thing of the past.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 2, 2020
- 2 min
Ray Bradbury and the Electrified Sword
Ray Bradbury got started with a daily writing habit after he was touched by an electrified sword in 1932.
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Melissa Gouty
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Skinny-Dipping in the Aegean Sea
Female friendhip frees you and encourages you to be yourself at any time, in any place in the world, in any circumstance - even naked.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
See the World in Vibrant Color with The Rainbow Atlas
The Rainbow Atlas shows the world and all its peoples in brilliant living color in both natural and created settings.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 28, 2020
- 7 min
The Overlooked German Perspective of WWII
The Women in the Castle presents the German perspective during Hitler's time, attempting to answer the question, "How Did This Happen?
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 27, 2020
- 6 min
Thomas Edison's Nasty Marketing Tactics
To win the "Current Wars, Thomas Edison resorted to dirty marketing. He used Westinghouse's current in the electric chair.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 26, 2020
- 4 min
We Need a Veracity Scale for Historical Fiction
Wouldn’t it be nice if when you bought historical fiction, you'd know how much is fact and how much is fiction? We need a veracity scale.
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Melissa Gouty
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5 min
3 Books About Wartime Women Who Rocked the World
Three recent books tell the important stories of women whose impact is still felt today: a codebreaker, an actress, and an amputee spy.
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