by Susan Gabriel | Oct 7, 2014 | Books and Reading, Fearless Writing for Women, Writers and writing
At least once during my six week Fearless Writing Workshops, I say to the women attending: Comparison is the key to unhappiness. And while I know this is absolutely true, I still do it. If I want to take a fast train to feeling miserable, all I have to do is compare...
by Susan Gabriel | Sep 9, 2014 | Books and Reading, My Books!
Bloopers. We love them. They give us a laugh. Why? Because we’re all human. We all make mistakes. But here is a kind of non-traditional blooper real. Recording an audiobook is a long and arduous process. (I’ve done four now, and I speak from experience.)...
by Susan Gabriel | Sep 4, 2014 | Books and Reading, My Books!
(This blog post is a copy of a newsletter I sent out recently. You can also register to win free audio books by making a comment on this blog.) Audio books bring a novel to life and let fiction lovers enjoy a great story while driving, riding the subway, exercising,...
by Susan Gabriel | Aug 12, 2014 | Books and Reading
Why are we always in search of a good book, especially a good novel? Why read novels at all? If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that every now and again I love to come up with a list. 77 Things to Do When Stressed or Uninspired was one of...
by Susan Gabriel | Jul 8, 2014 | Books and Reading
Between June and October of 1938, John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath, a book some of us had to read in our high school English literature classes. During those four months of creating what some would call his greatest work, Steinbeck kept a journal....
by Susan Gabriel | Jul 1, 2014 | Books and Reading
I’ve had a couple of faithful readers, a.k.a. friends for life, ask me about how to write a book review on Amazon for one of my books, so I thought I would devote a blog post to it. Caution: This post reveals the cowardice of the author, and how writers think...
