Magical Memoir Moments

Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project: A Review

By Shirley Showalter | November 24, 2010

On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you? Honestly. Right now. Most people rate themselves as happy–as 7’s. In a 2006 survey 84 percent of Americans ranked themselves as ‘very happy’ or ‘pretty happy.’” If your number is anything lower than 10, you can benefit from reading The Happiness Project. And even if it…

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The New Publishing Rules: Seth Godin's Fascinating Talk to Publishers

By Shirley Showalter | October 5, 2009

If you are an author or hoping to become one, you are entering a field in great flux. Maybe chaotic is not too strong a word to describe the world of publishing right now. In such a time, a good guide makes all the difference.  Seth Godin, who has written ten bestsellers, using totally new…

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