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Text breaks and work breaks The Hop On Newsletter Reader, When I sat down to write this newsletter, I planned to write a brief information piece about text breaks. I ended up writing 650 words! That’s too long for an email, so I put it in a blog instead. Here is an excerpt: Text breaks are a simple yet often misused technique that can change the reader’s experience of your writing. Whether you compose fiction or narrative nonfiction, you will want to master this technique. For example, when...
Events, Updates, and More The Hop On Newsletter Reader, First, happy Mother's Day to all who care for children, pets, plants, strangers, and/or our planet! Last weekend I attended the Washington Writers Conference, where I mingled with fellow writers and editors and presented a panel on self-publishing and independent presses. My presentation was followed by a book signing. With my fellow panelists, Kim Alexander (left) and Ellen Prentiss Campbell One of the best ways to sell your book,...
New memoir released from Hop On Publishing The Hop On Newsletter If you believe that democracy is not a spectator sport, that the renewal of hope in this country lies in its grassroots activists, you couldn’t read a more illuminating text than this one. —Lynn Litterine, author of River Town Girl and Indivisible Montgomery member Reader, I am pleased to announce the publication of The People United: A Memoir of Hope and Resistance During Trump’s First Term by Chris Pickett! This marks the...