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Life is Funny: 5 Tips on How to Write Humor in Your Work

People like to give advice on how to try to be funny when they write. Here’s the short version of my advice: Don’t. Humor happens, so let it, don’t force it. Turn on a TV, or a video streaming site, even if only for an experiment and drink in how…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2015

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QUIZ! Which Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving?

Katie HiresOctober 19, 2015

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The Makeup Tutorials that Will Inspire Your Look For Halloween

It's that time of year again when ghosts, goblins and witches are prepping for the favorite night of the year! Yes, I'm talking about Halloween; the one night of the year when you can get as crazy as you want with face paint, makeup and clothing all to transform into…

Beth WaskoOctober 26, 2017

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7 Stupid Things to Say to Your College Professor

So if you’re going to college, or if you know someone who’s going to college, here’s a list of stuff that should never, EVER be said to an instructor. Will you get in trouble if you do? No. But asking one of these questions is a great way to grind…

Michael RuscoeAugust 29, 2015

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Café at Shakespeare and Company Means We’re Going Back to Paris

The clatter of silverware from Le Petit Châtelet next door rang in the background as I watched pure happiness sweep over my wife’s eyes. She lifted a copy of Ulysses from a display table like it was something precious, something pure. Indeed, she’d been looking forward to this moment for…

Joel HigginsSeptember 16, 2015

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Exclusive! Jeannie Morris on Clinton, Moseley Braun and the Barriers of Race and Gender

As we approach 2016, the nation turns its attention to the long, arduous path to the White House, now occupied by an African-American and sought by female candidates. Not much more than a couple of decades ago, the thought of a Barack Obama or a Hillary Clinton as president seemed…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 18, 2015

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Exclusive! Lily & Val’s Valerie McKeehan Talks the Art of Chalk Lettering

The motto on Valerie McKeehan’s website, Lily & Val, says: “Hand-drawn lovelies” and indeed they are. Her gorgeous greeting cards, thank-you notes, posters, wrapping paper and other cheery and graceful designs use a medium familiar to anyone who went to school in the 20th century—chalk on a blackboard. But even…

JeriAnn GellerSeptember 29, 2015

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Bathroom Bigotry and the Next Battle for Transgender Rights

If you want to know what some people think about transgender people, consider their comments about the bathroom. Right, the bathroom—bathroom use to be specific. Here are a couple of examples: From former Arkansas Governor, former Fox News talk show host and soon-to-be-former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee: “For those…

Joe WenkeAugust 11, 2015

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Leonardo DiCaprio: From The Basketball Diaries to Serial Killer

Like a lot of people, my introduction to the seemingly innate brilliance of Leonardo DiCaprio was in the 1995 classic The Basketball Diaries. At that point, DiCaprio was nearing two decades on this planet when he gave what is widely accepted as one of the most beautiful performances by a young…

Joel HigginsAugust 14, 2015

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Sparky Sweets, Ph.D. Drops Literary Wisdom in New Book ‘Thug Notes’

When I began teaching college-level English, I was a grad student, barely older than the students in my class. We were by and large on the same page, so to speak. We were members of the same generation. We spoke the same language. Comedian Greg Edwards Now I’m an academic…

Michael RuscoeAugust 18, 2015

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Authors Reveal Their Canine Muses for National Dog Day

Ernest Hemingway might have had his cats but here at BookTrib HQ we know the truth--dogs rule. In fact,we have two of them on our staff, acting as furry muses and occasionally distracting us with their cuteness. Lucy is our watch dog, though she will take time out to nap…

BookTrib Nerd SquadAugust 26, 2015

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14 Tips to Help You Ace College

Heading back to college (or worse, heading to college for the first time) is always something of a shock. It’s like heaping helpings of all the fun of school combined with the responsibility of adulthood—a combination that can overwhelm even those of us who spent many years trying to make…

Michael RuscoeAugust 26, 2015

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Scamming Amazon: Creating a Fake Bestseller in One Week

It’s no secret that the world of self-publishing on Amazon has been mired in controversy for years. But recently, I came across a story about an Amazon “success” that I feel perfectly illustrates the problem. The Hustle writer John Havel This is John Havel. He’s a writer for The Hustle,…

Joel HigginsJuly 24, 2015

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5 Best Word Games for Vacation Family Fun

My family is a Scrabble family. Every holiday or vacation, we bust out our board, extra trays, and our battered Scrabble dictionaries. We know how to stack words like pros, we have strange rules we’ve adapted over the years, and at least one person uses all of their letters per…

Rachel CarterAugust 17, 2015

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Ashley Madison Hack Exposes Digital Weakness

Up until a year ago, I drove a 1999 Dodge Caravan mini-van. It was dented, just starting to show rust in a couple of spots, and blemished on the interior with crayon marks from several children who had grown up riding around in it. As it turns out, it also…

Michael RuscoeJuly 28, 2015

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Secret Agent Style for your Mission Impossible Date

In another lifetime, I would have been a spy. Well, probably not—but a girl can dream, right? I can just picture myself in a slinky dress with a dark wig, sitting at a blackjack table and staring down some James Bond lookalike. OK, so maybe I only want to dress…

Rachel CarterJuly 30, 2015

Life is Funny: 5 Tips on How to Write Humor in Your Work

QUIZ! Which Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving?

The Makeup Tutorials that Will Inspire Your Look For Halloween

7 Stupid Things to Say to Your College Professor

Café at Shakespeare and Company Means We’re Going Back to Paris

Exclusive! Jeannie Morris on Clinton, Moseley Braun and the Barriers of Race and Gender

Exclusive! Lily & Val’s Valerie McKeehan Talks the Art of Chalk Lettering

Bathroom Bigotry and the Next Battle for Transgender Rights

Leonardo DiCaprio: From The Basketball Diaries to Serial Killer

Sparky Sweets, Ph.D. Drops Literary Wisdom in New Book ‘Thug Notes’

Authors Reveal Their Canine Muses for National Dog Day

14 Tips to Help You Ace College

Scamming Amazon: Creating a Fake Bestseller in One Week

5 Best Word Games for Vacation Family Fun

Ashley Madison Hack Exposes Digital Weakness

Secret Agent Style for your Mission Impossible Date

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