John was having tea with his
great-grand-mother.
“So tell me John,” she asked, “what is
this course you’re taking?”
“Psychology, Granny,” replied John, “I’m
a writer, and psychology is very useful for building strong characters.”
“Psycho what?” asked Granny. “
“Psychology. Psychologists
try to understand men and women’s brain functions and also their behaviors,
such as perception, attention, emotion, motivation, personality, and
interpersonal relationships. They do this so that they can better understand
how someone acts; why he says what he says; and why he does what he does.”
“Oh, I understand,” said Granny. “Why,
when I was a young girl growing up, my parents called it common sense.”
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On
e-readers:
Authors
Who Insist On ‘Traditional Publishing’ Risk Becoming Invisible
Every author who cares about
their sales should pay very close attention to what’s happening to children’s
eBook sales – and understand what this means for the future of all
books.
According to Digital Book World’s
latest report ‘The ABCs of Kids and eBooks’, over half of all U.S. children aged
two-to-thirteen are not only reading, but 85% of them are using eReaders, with
tablets being the preferred choice.
This is more than double the number
of U.S. adults e-reading, according to
the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
…If children are the future, then
ebooks are the future of the publishing industry.”
P.S. I want a margaretta to drown my disappointment that good ole paper, smell good, feel good, snuggly books are being replaced with electronic versions. And speaking of margarettas, last week in San Diego celebrating my birthday, daughter and I had a Prickly Pear Margaretta with sugar on the rim--Yum!
P.S. I want a margaretta to drown my disappointment that good ole paper, smell good, feel good, snuggly books are being replaced with electronic versions. And speaking of margarettas, last week in San Diego celebrating my birthday, daughter and I had a Prickly Pear Margaretta with sugar on the rim--Yum!
