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Review: The Story Cure: A Book Doctor’s Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir Dinty W. Moore Ten Speed Press 2017 I wish I had had this book a long time ago!   Not only is this one easy to read, it’s helpful too.   The author is the director of the MA and PhD in Creative Writing programs at Ohio University.   And he’s published in normal magazines that people like me read from time to time.   And he works with beginners. This is a back to basics book on how to finish your novel, and if you have read a few of the books that cover basics you will find he covers the same territory.   It’s the basics.   Basics are basic and don’t change.   It’s the way he does it that makes this book worth your money.   He has examples!   Lots of them.   And that is the way I learn.   He’s used the show don’t tell to teach.   Much of what I have read lacked that, and after reading them I still had no c...

Review: The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers Karen Newcomb Ten Speed Press 2015 Attention, container and small space gardeners or those that are thinking of giving it try.   This book contains loads of good information for us.   The nice part of this book is that it isn’t all facts and charts.   The author has made it fun to read too.   Yes, I do recommend this book.   It does not contain all there is to know, but I think it’ll give a good start for your gardening efforts. This is a completely revised version of previous editions according to the cover information and I’ve not seen the older versions so I can’t tell you what has changed. Newcomb starts from the ground up with helpful ideas and suggestions for your planning phase.   Size, location, and soil preparation instructions get the garden off to a good start.   Discussions of various fertilizers an...