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May 16, 2013 - A Mother's Gift (The Gift of Reading)

May 2, 2013 - So Many Books, So Little Time

April 18, 2013 - Accuracy... It's Not Just for Nonfiction Anymore!

April 4, 2013 - Does Accuracy Matter?

March 21, 2013 - Surviving Without a Computer

March 7, 2013 - Who's In Your Corner? (Tips on Making a Good First Impression)

February 21, 2013 - The Secret of My Success?

February 7, 2013 - Promoting Your Book: Are You Doing the Right Job?

January 24, 2013 - Do You, Author, Take This Novel....?

January 10, 2013 - New Beginnings, Again

2012 - My Christmas List

2012 - Thanksgiving with a Twist

2012 - Once More, with Slightly Sharper Teeth (Copyright Infringement)

2012 - A Question of Give and Take (Copyright Infringement)

2012 - One of the 55 Percent (Adults Who Read YA)

2012 - What Do You Want on Your Tombstone?

2012 - A Pair of Handy Freebies

2012 - Some Things Never Change...

2012 - Never Too Early to Give Thanks

2012 - Is Writing an Art or a Craft?

2012 - Whether to Be Rich, Enriched, or Enriching...

2012 - A Revolution We Can't Ignore (More on the E-Book Revolution)

2012 - Brave New World... Or Not? (Two Sides to the E-Book Revolution)

2012 - The 20% Solution (How Much Do You Need to Change an Article to Make it Original?)

2012 - Spring Cleaning

2012 - Filling in on Fillers

2012 - The Dither Factor

2012 - Where Did The Year Go? (Tracking Your Writing Time)

2011 - Deck the Halls... and Clear the Decks!

2011 - The E-Book Revolution: Different Music, Same Song...

2011 - Why We Mumble (Plus Tips on Using a Ghostwriter)

2011 - The Best-Laid Plans

2011 - Grasping at Pennies

2011 - Fireworks or a Working Fire? (Or, Bestsellerdom vs. Longsellerdom)

2011 - The Secret of Success

2011 - Where Were We Then? (Musings on the Royal Wedding)

2011 - The Second Time Around: Creativity vs. Drudgery (or, Facing the Second Draft

2011 - Is It January Again? Eliminating Timewasters in 2011

2010 - Is It Always Better to Give than to Receive?

2010 - Giving Thanks - Or, Why Writers Are Still Needed

2010 - Ruminations of the Book Dinosaur

2010 - To Lit or Not to Lit?

2010 - A Letter from Nigeria, by John Conclivè

2010 - We Never Think It Will Happen... (Protecting files and photos from disaster)

2010 - What Do You Know?

2010 - The Disappearing Writer

2010 - Seeking the Muse

2010 - Bite-Size Resolutions

2009 - Permanence vs. Accessibility (or, Books vs. Web)

2009 - Grammar Matters!

2009 - Remember Summer Vacation?

2009 - Feeling Like a Dinosaur

2009 - Our Reach and Our Grasp

2009 - But First...

2009 - Stirring the Nest

2009 - Why We Do What We Do

2008 - Wish You Merry... (Happy Holidays in Not-So-Happy Times)

2006 - Are You Doing What You Love?

2006 - Prophets Without Honor

2006 - Does Your Work "Deserve" Copyright Protection? Just Ask Google!

2006 - Koziol vs. Booksurge -- Cause for Cheering... or Head-scratching?

2006 - How Do You Define Success?

2006 - Have We Changed How We Use and View the Internet?