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Welcome to Date with a Book

Date with a Book celebrates the writing process and discusses how to publish a book. It doesn't matter whether you've written a children's book or biography, publishing a book can be a difficult process.

Whether you're opting for traditional publishers or new media book publishers, you'll find the resources you need here.

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How to Write Fiction

Fiction books have always been extremely popular, and always will be. Everyone loves a good yarn, and books seem to be the perfect thing to take people places where they couldn’t have gone otherwise. If you have a great idea to write about, there is nothing stopping you. Anybody can write a novel. For some people it comes naturally and little to no revisions are needed. Some people need to rework sentences over and over to find the perfect phrasing. But with the right amount of work, anyone can produce a work of fiction. You just have to start somewhere and stick with it to the end.

The Event Planning Checklist

Are you planning on publicizing your book with an event or party? If you have ever been responsible for planning a very large event then most likely you already know most of the stressful feelings that come along with it. Indeed, there is much to be stressful about when event planning for several hundred people, but chances are that you probably already knew about the event a great deal of time before it was actually here. This is the case in many situations, though, as large events will usually be scheduled weeks, months, if not years ahead of the scheduled date.

History

I love books and always will. Books give you access to the world through someone else's eyes and a view that you might ordinarily not have. I have the greatest respect for all artists, and writers are among my favorites.

Think of the influence that JK Rowling has had on an entire generation of children and although they may not admit it, their parents.

Denise Long

The first book I ever received was Bullfinch's Mythology, unillustrated. I was six years old and I think my Mother was desperate, since I'd already read the Bible several times and the library was a little too far away for us to go to daily.

Exposing me to the mythology of several cultures was one of the best things I ever experienced. The book taught me to accept different people in a time when the country was very polarized.