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“It’s a Wonderful Life” Almost Never Happened

“It’s a Wonderful Life” Almost Never Happened

Perhaps the most beloved Christmas film of all time got its start during a morning shave. Philip Van Doren Stern, while getting ready for work one day in 1938, had an idea for a story: A stranger appears from nowhere to save a husband and father from a suicide attempt on Christmas Eve, restoring his…
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17 Fascinating Hobbies to Start Over the Holidays

17 Fascinating Hobbies to Start Over the Holidays

New hobbies for over the holidays. Looking for a new interest? Here are 17 unusual hobbies.
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Six Authors Who Changed the English Language Forever

Six Authors Who Changed the English Language Forever

Much of our modern language didn’t exist more than a few hundred years ago. So who changed it? Who made up all these words and phrases?
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IT THINKS FOR YOU

IT THINKS FOR YOU

Artificial Intelligence is here and it’s more sophisticated than you think. Open AI has created ChatGPT. Basically, you ask it a question and it will reply. It’s not like Siri or Alexa; it thinks for you!
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How to Make An Audiobook

How to Make An Audiobook

How does a self-published author get their book onto Audible or iTunes? What steps are involved and how complicated is it to publish an audiobook?
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Why Would You Want to Publish Through IngramSpark?

Why Would You Want to Publish Through IngramSpark?

Why Would You Want to Use IngramSpark? The simple answer is for its distribution channels.
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ReaderScout

ReaderScout

Save yourself from an Amazon scam! According to Dave Chesson, monitoring your book’s prices on Amazon, can stop 95% of the scams.
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Create Content Easily with AI

Create Content Easily with AI

DALL-E is an artificial intelligence-generated software that can turn text into unique, original imagery. It is now “open source” tech – free to the public – thanks to its developer, OpenAI.
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101 Things Your iPhone Has Replaced

101 Things Your iPhone Has Replaced

We all know that the iPhone has replaced the need for quite a few items that people used to have. From calendars to landlines, MP3 players to cameras, Apple’s smartphone has become the “do it all” device we can’t leave home without.
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101 Most Common SAT Words

101 Most Common SAT Words

With the older SAT format, studying and memorizing vocabulary words was a big part of test prep. However, according to the College Board, “you don’t need to learn a lot of unusual or difficult vocabulary words to succeed on the SAT.” In fact, the newer test was designed to be less focused on vocabulary questions….
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Speak in Palindromes

Speak in Palindromes

The next time you have to go to a boring event, challenge yourself to speak in palindromes!
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Misspelled English Words

Misspelled English Words

Take a look at Google Trends data, and there’s a variety of words popping up with the search phrase “how to spell.”  Learn some tricks to help with your spelling.
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Oxymorons

Oxymorons

Despite the name, an oxymoron isn’t an insult — it’s a figure of speech that uses opposing words for emphasis.
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Banned Books Week 2022

Banned Books Week 2022

Every year the American Library Association sponsors a Banned Book Week to celebrate the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.
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Everyday Sayings Explained

Everyday Sayings Explained

50 common phrases and their origins. Includes authors, meanings and stories behind some of the most commonplace sayings.
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Metadata: What The Heck is that?

Metadata: What The Heck is that?

There is one thing that many indie authors forget that is critical to their marketing and sales success, and that is book metadata. Book metadata… what the heck is that?
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9 Words That Aren’t Pronounced As They’re Spelled

9 Words That Aren’t Pronounced As They’re Spelled

Some words are not pronounced the way they’re spelled. Here are nine examples.
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Music While You Write?

Music While You Write?

There has been a lot of discussion on whether writers should listen to music when they write. And the answer is a definite “maybe.” There are authors who need complete silence when working. The noise of the neighbor’s lawnmower can drive them into a frenzy. Others, like the teenager who can only study if the…
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And The Winners Are

And The Winners Are

Five Hallard Press authors won medals at the FAPAcon2022 Conference in Orlando. Ann Marie Acacio, Barbara Rein, John Prince, Margaret Edwards, and Marsha Shearer.
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IngramSpark’s Global eBook Network

IngramSpark’s Global eBook Network

Recently, I attended IngramSpark Academy’s Ebooks 101 and found that IngramSpark has global distribution for eBooks. I always thought that IngramSpark’s eBook network was limited and that we should upload eBooks to another platform to get wider distribution, but that’s not true.
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