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By John Brown | March 31, 2009 - 1:16 pm |March 31, 2009 On Writing

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I have found every one of Maya’s practical prescriptions to work for me.

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More info on the American Fork Arts Council Gig

By John Brown | March 30, 2009 - 3:59 pm |March 31, 2009 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc., On Writing

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Fat head alert. Not to be missed – the most useful speech on writing you will ever hear! Keynote speaker John D. Brown will present ‘Three things you MUST know to write killer stories.’ John Brown is a prize-winning short story writer and novelist. His epic fantasy novel, “Servant of a Dark God” will be →

How Inequity and Deservingness Propel Readers Through Story

By John Brown | March 20, 2009 - 2:58 pm |December 20, 2010 On Writing

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Inequity and deservingness are two of the main factors that keep readers reading. If we want to write killer stories, we need to know how they affect readers. A few years ago I wrote an essay on this and thought it probably too technical for most folks’ taste. But I passed it on to a recent attendee of the →

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Literary reading rates on the rise

By John Brown | March 11, 2009 - 5:03 am |October 23, 2009 On Teaching, On Writing

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What great news!!! Washington, D.C. — For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature, with the biggest increases →

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“$13.99 + (head) tax” by Janet Reid, literary agent

By John Brown | February 26, 2009 - 12:34 pm |January 13, 2015 On Writing

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For you writers who don’t get David Farland’s Daily Kick in the Pants, he just pointed to this must read blog entry by Janet Reid, literary agent. It relates what exactly it might mean when you get an agent rejection.

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