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Spokane Thru Seattle, a Pensioner's Snowy Misadventures
Snow, ice, and shortsightedness got him into dire predicaments, and kind strangers helped him. Good Samaritans keep us humans going on the road of life.
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How to Price Used Books as a Dealer
A nearly daily task for a used book dealer is pricing books purchased for resale. Here are pricing guidelines and factors to consider.
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How to Brainstorm and Organize Writing With Workflowy and Mind Maps
Learn all about the Web-based program WorkFlowy and how it can be a useful tool for fiction and nonfiction writing projects.
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How to Get Story Ideas for Fiction Writing: a Memories Graph
While my wife and I were living in Marquette, Michigan in the early 2000s, I took a creative writing class in the Arts and Culture Center in the public library. In one class, the instructor taught us this memories graph writing prompt technique.
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Using the Enneagram to Help Create Fictional Characters
The enneagram of personality is a handy tool when writing a story. It can help an author make choices regarding a character's attitudes, reactions, and inner motivations.
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Where Did the Enneagram Come From? 6 Trailblazers and Innovators
There are many online articles on the origins of the enneagram of personality, but most have a school of thought bias. Focusing on six pivotal innovators, I've aimed to provide an evenhanded overview of the early history.
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How to Host a Monthly Poetry Wine and Chocolate Party
Some years ago in a previous location I often participated in a monthly poetry party. Here is what I learned by observation about hosting such a gathering.
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Why People Love Marquette, Michigan
Marquette is a small city, but the largest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a university town, a Great Lakes port, and a regional hub of commerce, culture, and recreation.
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Move to and Live in Kalamazoo, Michigan? I'm Glad I Did
Many Kalamazooians experience satisfying work, enjoyable and meaningful activities, and a good life on modest incomes. My wife and I did, as did and do many acquaintances.
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How to Describe the Condition of a Used Book (With Glossary)
Novice book collectors and sellers want to learn the meanings of the jargon antiquarian booksellers use in their quotes and catalogs to describe the physical condition of books. Here is a glossary.