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WA_Publishers

  1. Today is the birthday of #MichaelChabon author of #TheMysteriesofPittsburgh. He is considered the most celebrated authors of his generation.
  2. Today is the birthday of best-selling author #MitchAlbom, the journalist who first made it big with his memoir, #TuesdayswithMorrie.
  3. Today's Author Birthday is #SirArthurConanDoyle! He is most known #SherlockHolmes. He also wrote science fiction, plays, and romances.
  4. Today is the birthday of Tina Fey! Her autobiography, Bossypants, has been a best-seller since it’s release last spring.
  5. Todays Author Birthday is #LouisTrekel! He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for #TheGoodWar
  6. Today's Author Birthday is #L.FrankBaum! He was an American author of children's books, best known for writing #TheWonderfulWizardOfOz.
  7. We will miss you #MauriceSendak! He is considered the best children’s book writer of today. #WhereTheWildThingsAre is his most famous book.
  8. Today is the birthday of poet #RobertBrowning! “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be…”
  9. Writing Tip! Two words to avoid or to use sparingly—So and Very. Avoid, in #writing, the use of so or very as an intensifier. Less is more!
  10. Studies show that fiction readers prefer #mystery, #thriller, or #crime. Fiction is now the preferred read after years of being number 2!
  11. Todays is the birthday of Doctor #BenjaminSpock, author of Baby and Child Care, one of the #best-selling books of all time.
  12. We have a new #militarybook coming out soon, entitled Downtown Saudi Arabia. More about this fascinating #memoir soon!
  13. Todays Author Birthday is of #JosephHeller! He wrote the famed World War II novel, #Catch22.
  14. Near Pittsburgh?—visit the Festival of Mystery today. Meet C. William Davis III, and Dennis Marsili! Doors @ 4 bit.ly/KqjMKv
  15. Happy Birthday to Pittsburgh native #AnnieDillard! She won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction for her book, “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.”
  16. #WritingTip of the Day! A sentence should contain no unnecessary words for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines.
  17. We congratulate #ChicagoLawyer and child safety advocate, Ken Levinson on the release of his book, “Protecting Our Children,”!
  18. If you are an #AmazonPrime Member, you can get our book "Be the Lawyer Who Wrote the Book On It" Kindle version for free!
  19. If you're a baseball fan like us, you gotta love "Bob Tatrn's Sports Minutes" book. 20% off @ our online bookstore, wordassociation.com/sports%20book%…
  20. #WritingTip, "Just between your and I" is incorrext. It should be "Just between your and me"!