Author: Lloyd Lofthouse

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    Word counts and other distractions

    Originally posted on Griffin Paul Jackson: I’ve wasted hours upon hours looking up word counts. Finally, I made a list. I want to share what I’ve found so that you won’t waste time looking yourself. Here are the numbers on highly-praised literary fiction, fantasy and science fiction. Now you won’t need to scour the web to find them again. Literary…

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    Giving away a Concubine 38,892 times in 16 days—Was it worth it?

    Do you think giving away almost 40,000 FREE copies and paying more than $300 for the BookBub ad was worth it?

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    Bombshell Report from Common Cause: Privatizers Flood New York Politicians with Cash

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Please read this report and send it to everyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States. Send it to your friends, your school board, your legislators, your editorial boards, and to anyone else who needs to know about the money that is committed to demolishing public schools and turning…

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    The Hostile Corporate Takeover of Democracy

    If Klein is right, the hostile takeover of America’s republic and democracy by the 1% will continue until most U.S. citizens have lost many of the freedoms they take for granted.

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    What the FACTS Reveal about Teacher Retirement Programs—Part 1 of 6

    Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: View as Single Page Rolling Stone reported that all across American, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers. The legal theft of public pensions started in Road Island in 2011 as a test case.  “In state after state, politicians are following the Rhode Island playbook, using scare tactics and lavishly…

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    The Real American Success Story

    Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: In the early 1990s after we had moved into our first stand-alone home (having lived in an owned townhouse a few years), my wife and I bought a Honda Accord—a typically American milestone of having finally risen above our station as Honda Civic owners. As I was dong the paperwork for this car, I…

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    Author Solutions and Friends: The Inside Story

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    Is it wrong to pay an entry fee to a literary contest?

    Many legitimate literary contests charge a fee to cover processing expenses and to pay for the prize.

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    Twitter Hash Tag Magic for Authors and Bloggers—You Decide

    The results show that on those three hash tag days, on average, there were more blog views and more book sales on the three Twitter hash tag days.

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    The Propaganda War against Labor Unions—Part 3 of 3

    It is arguable that there are not enough union workers in the United States to be a factor that would lead to higher unemployment rates or real estate values.