teaching literacy.

i-doll: 1005; II

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i-doll:

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abetc: Left Bank Books West Village, NYC A favorite one.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:12:18 -0400

abetc:

Left Bank Books

West Village, NYC

A favorite one.

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white-water-siren: Oxford Union Library

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:16 -0400

white-water-siren:

Oxford Union Library

Books Of Interest (by Jeremy Brooks)

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:14 -0400

Books Of Interest (by Jeremy Brooks)

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patchwork-hearts

"I’d rather chase the sun than wait for it."

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“I’d rather chase the sun than wait for it.”

- Markus Zusak (I Am the Messenger)

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no3y3s

fuckyeahbookarts: Deconstructed Binding Studies by Benjamin...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:21 -0400

fuckyeahbookarts:

Deconstructed Binding Studies by Benjamin Reynaert

Selection of various exposed-spine or “deconstructed” bindings. These sewing patterns have been learned through study and many are original techniques I have developed that expose the structure of the binding and reveal all of the elements of a handmade book.

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Booksexual. Today I caressed a book more tenderly than I would a woman. I think we know where my priorities lie.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:49 -0400

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"The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:28 -0400

“The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.”

- The Daydreamer, Ian McEwan (via dreamwithin-adream)

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amandaonwriting: 10 Things Aspiring Novelists Should Know Your...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:38 -0400

amandaonwriting:

10 Things Aspiring Novelists Should Know

Your novel is not a personal journal. Consider the reader.

Writing is a business. You enter into an agreement with a reader. You agree to entertain in exchange for their money and emotion. You agree to inform for their time.

Readers don’t like charmless heroes. Just because your protagonist happens to be an anti-hero does not mean you are free to make him or her 100% unlikable.

Only experienced novelists who have successfully completed two published books should attempt to use an anti-hero as a protagonist.

Antagonists should be people, not things.

If you aren’t willing to listen to advice, if you aren’t able to learn from your mistakes, and if you aren’t prepared to let go of stories nobody wants to read, you will probably not succeed.

You have to read a lot to be able to write.

Using examples of famous authors who were published more than 30 years ago to justify long passages of description in your boring manuscript is not a good idea. Publishing has changed. Readers have changed.

Self-publishing does not mean you don’t need to pay somebody to proofread and edit your book. Readers are insulted when they find mistakes in books. It’s like serving guests dinner on dirty plates.

Always delete the first three chapters of the first draft of your first three novels. It will always be filled with backstory you don’t need.

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by Amanda Patterson

"There were movies, there were food trucks, there were friends, there was mulled wine. There was..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:39 -0400

“There were movies, there were food trucks, there were friends, there was mulled wine. There was brief consideration of a mulled-wine food truck. Above all, there was an expansion of sensations and ideas.”

- What Baratunde Thurston discovered when he unplugged for 25 days. (via fastcompany)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:08 -0400

"Only one man was brave enough—visionary enough—to see what lay before us, and that was Eddie Murphy...."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:40 -0400

“Only one man was brave enough—visionary enough—to see what lay before us, and that was Eddie Murphy. “This is historical,” he said. “For starters, I need to see if Prince can roller‑skate. I’m a comedian, and honestly, what’s funnier than that?””

- The Time I Went Roller-Skating With Prince by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson — from Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.

(via npr)