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Read more about the article My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Roxane Gay

My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Roxane Gay

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:May 14, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists/My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books

Roxane Gay was sitting outside Hugo House one night when I went to a reading. My friend Jessica and I chatted with her about student loan debt. When we said…

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Read more about the article My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: George Saunders

My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: George Saunders

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:May 9, 2019
  • Post category:Blog

George Saunders is an uber-favorite: kind, brilliant, hard-working. I've never met anyone who said a bad word about him, and he was very generous when I met him outside a…

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Read more about the article Tools to Write Without Distraction

Tools to Write Without Distraction

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 24, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Writers' Gear

You know that feeling like you want to just head out to a cabin in the woods and just write? Well you can get a little bit of that with…

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Read more about the article The Next Books I’m Buying for My Writing Business

The Next Books I’m Buying for My Writing Business

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 22, 2019
  • Post category:Blog

The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone Ask by Ryan Levesque Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port Getting Things Done by David Allen

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Read more about the article Read This to Learn That: Free Indirect Discourse in “A Changed Man”

Read This to Learn That: Free Indirect Discourse in “A Changed Man”

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 18, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Read This to Learn That/Uncategorized

There's a style of third-person in fiction that frees up your narrator to let the characters indirectly share their thoughts, without all the clunkiness of “she thought” or “he imagined.”…

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Read more about the article Show Your Work: How I Finally Got Published in McSweeney’s

Show Your Work: How I Finally Got Published in McSweeney’s

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 17, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Show Your Work

Here’s how I got into McSweeney’s: 1. I submitted about 10 pieces over the last 10 years. 2. I joined a group of comedy writers and saw other people getting…

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Read more about the article 10 of My Favorite Seattle Writers

10 of My Favorite Seattle Writers

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 16, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

When you get live in a certain place, you get to know the writers who aren't necessarily the biggest names (though some are). Here are 10 writers I would love…

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Read more about the article My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Susan Orlean

My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Susan Orlean

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 15, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists/Books & Tools

Susan Orlean is a force. The author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and Rin Tin Tin. I once got to sit near Susan Orlean, after an event at…

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Most Helpful Kitchen Items

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 15, 2019
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Little suction cup hooks!

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10 Tools Writers Need for a Healthy Workspace

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 11, 2019
  • Post category:Uncategorized

If you want to be a writer, you want to be writing for the rest of your life. As someone who's had to wear a wrist brace and endure the…

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Read more about the article 10 Books of Poetry for People Who Aren’t “Poetry People”

10 Books of Poetry for People Who Aren’t “Poetry People”

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:April 3, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

When you think of poetry, you probably think of the things that come up when I looked for stock images for "poetry." Feather quills. Roses. Soft focus dreamscapes. I like…

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10 Books George Saunders Loves

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:March 26, 2019
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I'm so mad I just found this list. I was thinking about how people should search out the favorite books of their favorite authors. I realized I'd never done this…

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Read more about the article The 10 Greatest Books of All Time

The 10 Greatest Books of All Time

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:March 21, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

Have you ever wondered what the best books ever are? I found out! There's a whole website dedicated to it, TheGreatestBooks.org. They took more than 100 best book lists, weighted…

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Read more about the article The 10 Most Hilarious Books I’ve Ever Read

The 10 Most Hilarious Books I’ve Ever Read

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:March 14, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

Do not listen to David Sedaris on a bus. I tried to enjoy The Drama Bug, and nearly convulsed as he described picking up Elizabethan English. I twisted toward the…

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Read more about the article 10 Books That Have Legit Changed My Life
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10 Books That Have Legit Changed My Life

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:March 8, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

Here are 10 books that have shaped who I am today: Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a…

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Read more about the article 10 of The Best Books in First Person

10 of The Best Books in First Person

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:March 5, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

First person can be a tricky road, but when it's done well, we are along for the ride, no questions asked. You've probably read a few first-person classics in school,…

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Read more about the article 10 Books to Make You a Hustling Artist

10 Books to Make You a Hustling Artist

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 25, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

  These books helped me increase my earnings or lower my costs, making the writing life more feasible: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Ugh,…

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Read more about the article 10 of The Best Books to Inspire Your Creative Life

10 of The Best Books to Inspire Your Creative Life

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 22, 2019
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If you ever feel lost, these authors will help you find your way and remind you that you’re not alone in your struggles. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. This…

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Read more about the article A Year of Craft – 12 Wonder Craft Books

A Year of Craft – 12 Wonder Craft Books

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 20, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

  Craft books are an essential part of any writer's reading regime. Don't let your ego get you all excited about "being self-taught." There are instructions. Read them. Here are…

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Read more about the article The Best Literary Magazines

The Best Literary Magazines

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 15, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

The good people at Every Writer’s Resource rank the best literary magazines in the country using twenty data points, including how long the publication has been around and how often…

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Read more about the article Book Recommendation: The Future is Feminist

Book Recommendation: The Future is Feminist

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 11, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Books & Tools

Who gets to tell the story has an immense effect on what story gets told. In this stunningly designed book, which I was so lucky to be invited to be…

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Read more about the article My Favorite Writer Toys (and Gifts!)

My Favorite Writer Toys (and Gifts!)

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:February 8, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Writers' Gear

In my book, I talk about how there's no need to go nuts buying fancy writerly accoutrements. By fancy, I mean expensive. I do not mean this ridiculous feather pen I…

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Read more about the article 20 Books I Think You’ll Like
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20 Books I Think You’ll Like

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:January 31, 2019
  • Post category:Blog/Book Lists

I picked out some books I thought you might like.

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Read more about the article How to Finally Finish Your NonFiction Book

How to Finally Finish Your NonFiction Book

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:December 12, 2018
  • Post category:Blog

I feel so lucky to have been included in this story in The New York Times about how to finally finish your non-fiction book. Of course, they could only use a…

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Read more about the article 5 Books to Give You an Edge as a Freelancer
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5 Books to Give You an Edge as a Freelancer

  • Post author:Paulette Perhach
  • Post published:October 3, 2018
  • Post category:Blog

If there's one thing I know about being a freelancer, it's that the C players are not going to make it. You can be a C player in a corporate…

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