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*I first wrote this over a decade ago, and aside from a questionably provocative title, the advice still stands.

It’s the day –that day—that you agreed to step in front of your reading public to promote your book. Maybe it’s a book fair. Maybe it’s a signing. Maybe it’s a table by the checkout line at the grocery store. Whatever/wherever it is, one thing is for sure. Where you’re going is like another dimension to the writer, it’s the polar opposite of sitting in a chair not speaking,...

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Football season is back. I enjoy football more now than I ever did in the past, and some of that is because I get inspired by the game, the players, and the mindset of athletes in general. I don't get too down when my team loses, especially early in the season, because those losses are like guide rails that indicate...