Samuel Johnson
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What They Knew #15
In honor of yesterday’s post about the great city of London… “Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” — Samuel Johnson Continue reading
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Independent Publishing: What Would Dr. Johnson Do?
Okay, let’s see. What do agents and publishers have to offer a new author? Free editing? Nope. Marketing, surely? Not much of that either. So… you edit everything yourself, before it gets to the publisher. Maybe you even hire someone to help. Then the book comes out and you are left to your own devices Continue reading
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What They Knew #9
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.” –Dr. Johnson Continue reading
