Category: Guides & Advice
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Your Word Processor Is Irrelevant
There seems to be a consensus that you can only write a publishable, profit piece of writing if you do it with the right software. However, as any logical mind can conclude, what you write your text with is largely irrelevant. If you don’t believe me, then here’s why your choice of word processing software…
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Saving Accounts: A Great Way to Fund Your Reading Habits
Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored by any company, bank, or other organisation. I am sure many of us, especially students or those struggling to make ends meet, have eyed up a particular thing and then been very disheartened by the price tag. For those of working-class positions or backgrounds, this is an all too…
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Advice Before Starting a Book Blog
Blogging is a very satisfying, fun, and potentially profitable venture. For that reason, a lot of people (including myself), jump right into it before really understanding what they should be doing. Basically, diving in head first before actually considering what you’re getting into, and how you’re going to navigate this new passion. As of June…
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Many Books Are a Waste of Time
Every day, without fail, there are dozens of books being published, especially when you include translations of existing works. According to the first few results that come up on Google, there are roughly three or four million books published each year (including self-published titles). That is a lot of books and, as readers, it puts…
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What to Do After Reading a Book
Simple logic dictates that the more you read a book, the closer you get to finishing it. So what should you do after you wrap up that last chapter, close the cover, and find yourself with a finished experience in your hands? Here is my advice. Reflect on It Good books are very impactful, and…
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Buying Novels Based on Length
If you keep a particularly tight budget, or simply like getting your money’s worth out of books, then you probably shop around for the ones that are a bit thicker than others. Personally, I don’t consider length too much of a problem unless a novel is incredibly short or stupidly long. Me aside, here is…
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Set Quality Standards for Your Blog
How high do you set your own bar? That’s a question you’re going to have to ask yourself whenever it comes to writing for a blog—your blog. Ideally, you should be setting your standards somewhere between what you want to achieve and what is comfortable and practical for yourself. I’m all for quality, but you…
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The Best Device for Blog Writing
To run a blog means that you have to have at least one computer in your possession (as doing it entirely from a phone sounds like some form of divine punishment), but what type of setup should you strive for? And what sort of device suits your needs? In this post, I’m going to use…
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Tips for Your Yearly Reading
Readers, especially in the age of social media, like to place a large emphasis on their yearly reading goals and habits. Personally, I actually quite like this, which is why I want to offer some tips and suggestions to help spice up your year of reading. I hope you’ll consider some of these, even if…
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Getting Through & Avoiding Bad Books
Assuming you won’t take the advice to just set a bad book aside, here are some things that might help you get through a particularly boring or bad read. Hopefully you’ll never have to use much of this advice, but we will all encounter a bad book that fails to engage us at least a…