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Amazon Publishing has launched Amazon Original Stories, a new imprint that will release short fiction and nonfiction works that can be read in a single sitting. The essays and reported pieces, available in the Kindle Singles store, will be free to Prime and Kindle Unlimited members. The pieces will be
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This fall, staffers from the Office of Communications sat in on a number of first-year seminars to observe how Muhlenberg introduces its new students to college-level writing. Professors from a variety of disciplines design and teach the courses. Some select a topic that's closely related to their academic
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“The Humming Blade” is my first novel. It is a Kickstarter-funded, self-published labor of love. The decision to leave college and become a writer was one of the best decisions I've ever made, a decision you will never, ever see me regret. There are a few things about the publishing process, however, that
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