by Susan Gabriel | Feb 1, 2012 | Books and Reading
What is the purpose of reading fiction? Is it to educate? To have fun? According to Laura Miller, Senior writer at Salon.com, it is the Puritan work ethic of American readers that takes all the fun out of reading fiction. She says: [It] boils down to the belief that...
by Susan Gabriel | Jun 23, 2010 | To Inspire, Writers and writing
Self published books. They are a blessing and curse to the book business. In a recent article by Laura Miller, senior writer at Salon.com, Ms. Miller writes about the changes going on in the publishing and self-publishing worlds and how this will effect readers. The...