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To everyone who told me to write a book – I’ve done it.
2020-09-20
By JP Maney
But it’s not about independent bookstores, interesting people or any of the other topics I’ve talked about in this space over the years. It’s a self-help book that encourages us all to practice non-action. [At this point you’ll …

Not proofreading your work? It’s like farting in church.
2020-07-19
By JP Maney
It makes it awfully hard for people to pay attention to what you want to say. A while back I wrote a piece on sloppy usage and poor proofreading. Since I wrote about writers using style instead of …

Tell me a good story. And please, please, tell it well.
2020-07-05
By JP Maney
Good storytellers may not be good writers. Good writers may not be good storytellers. They’re brilliantly boring stylists. But when I find a book that tells me a good story, telling it well without calling attention to its …