The ultimate secret to writing amazing blog posts
I’m gonna tell you a secret. The reason why you clicked or tapped the headline of this post and the reason why you’re reading this right now if you’re not…
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You only have today to get value out of it
If what you write about is only relevant today, you only have today to get value out of it Josh Spector In my idea of stealing tips from the internet…
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Five short paragraphs about hating a book
Hey there, On Instagram today, I talked about the likely chance of people hating our book of the month. So here are five short paragraphs about hating a book. We…
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let’s take a walk
→ Let’s take a walk. So, before Quarantine-21, I was walking every day after dropping my kids at school. I realized that walking is my favorite exercise. The best 30…
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What do to while walking when you’re a writer
Hey Reader, This morning on Instagram, I posted a few things you can do in a 30-minute walk. I think it’s a perfect exercise. At least I prefer that to…
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five short tips about pronunciation
Hey there, I wanna try to post some language content here. Adding that topic as part of my writing and the things I share on this blog is something I’ve…
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I’m gonna tell you the secret to raise bookworms.
…and, with that, to raise better humans for the future. I have two kids. They’re 7 and 5. They both already love books and stories, but there’s a long way…
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Three months of blogging
Dear reader, You know, there were times that I thought I was going to quit again and other times that I messed with my post schedule on purpose, but I…
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end of march, reading list, what was your best read this month?
•• end of March. reading list. what was your best read this month? Here’s what I’ve read: Can’t Buy Me Love, by Jonathan Gould The Miracle Morning for Writers, by…
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if the book you’re reading right now were the last…
•• if the book you’re reading right now were the last book you’d ever read, would you be happy with it? Relax, I don’t have an answer to that either. I…
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crime and punishment – the end
“But here a new story begins: the story of a man’s gradual renewal and gradual rebirth, of his gradual crossing from one world to another, of his acquaintance with a…
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The whole world is an enigma
“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it…
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about reading nonfiction
“In a world of endless entertainment, we often opt for guilty pleasures instead of educating ourselves. But how much of real value are those activities actually providing?” Michael Benninger @blinkist…
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Why read the classics?
A classic does not necessarily teach us something that we did not know already; sometimes, we discover in classic something which we had always known (or had always thought we…
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the next books to read
• when all the next books you have to read are great, and you can’t decide which one you want to start reading, or the paradox of choice. READING UPDATE:…
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crime and punishment – part 3
Oh no, one more week… I mean… of reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. I’m sad it’s ending. Last week, Raskolnikov had a nightmare with the pawnbroker he killed, and…
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How do you find the right words?
I received a question the other day about how to find the best words to describe something, a person, feelings, anything. While that question made me think I should explore…
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hey, Fall
In Brazil, the March equinox means the beginning of Fall. This means nothing, but it’s crazy if you’re reading me from the North Hemisphere. Yep… 😅 so… #ontheblog today, I…
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Macunaíma, the hero of our people
It’s said that Mario de Andrade wrote Macunaíma in six days in Araraquara (a city in the countryside near São Paulo), lying on a hammock, like the hero of his…
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to survive, you must tell stories
“To survive, you must tell stories.” Umberto Eco, in THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE This week, because I’m reading FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM, I asked in my stories if you knew…
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