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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Mark Scheel
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in Emporia, KS, The United States
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Hemingway, Salinger, Steinbeck, Capote.
Member Since
November 2015
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Turning a Literary Scam on its Head
As many fellow writers and readers may have recently experienced, the latest book-marketing scam targeting authors is the "Nigerian promo offer," as detailed by Victoria Strauss on the Writer Beware blog. Out of the blue a message arrives praising one's book and then offering, for a price, to give it more exposure through their expertise in social media marketing, Amazon ads, website redesign, and
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Finding Strength: During the Panic of 1893 (Emeline Book 2):
"Finding Strength is the second book in Kathy Perry’s Emeline series. This book follows Emeline in her journey back to her home and all the things that happen along the way. The characters in the book are very likable and readers will care about what "
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Finding Strength: During the Panic of 1893 (Emeline Book 2):
"This book was entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought:
Title: Finding Strength (Emeline Book 2) Author: Kathy J Perry Star Rating: 3 Stars Number of Readers: 15 Stats Editing: 6/10 Writing Style: 6/10 Content: 5/10 Cover: 5/" Read more of this review » |
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Finding Strength: During the Panic of 1893 (Emeline Book 2):
"Emeline, a teenage girl, is a strong main character. I really like how she relies on God and the counsel of trusted adults when making decisions. Since her parents died, she's had to make some big ones, and that continues in Finding Strength. In this"
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Thank you for a most perceptive analysis of Mel's adventure into adulthood. Much appreciated.
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I met Kooser once myself, at a book festival. And I attended one of his readings. A most likeable guy and talented poet.
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Mark Scheel
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A Shakespeare Sonnet Shakeup: 77 Mach Sonnets That Clarify 77 Bard Sonnets
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A NEW TWIST ON SHAKESPEARE Admittedly, it’s been a good while since I’d read Shakespeare’s sonnets. And in graduate school we studied mostly the dramas. So, getting into the swing of the bard’s sixteenth century “contorted syntax” and unique phrasings ...more |
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Dare I say it. There're too many works now forced on us written by so-called "underrepresented" writers that aren't really that good. Whitehead's The
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“War is the most complex, physically and morally demanding enterprise we undertake. No great art or music, no cathedral or temple or mosque, no intercontinental transport net or particle collider or space programme, no research for a cure for a mass-killing disease receives a fraction of the resources and effort we devote to making war. Or to recovery from war and preparations for future wars invested over years, even decades, of tentative peace.”
― The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
― The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
“The problem with the world is not that there is evil. The problem with the world is that there is evil that people think is good.”
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