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Six rules for better reading

Aspiring writer reads his work to Simon van Booy

Here's an article from the invaluable book trade blog shelf-awareness.com. Author Chuck Thompson gives his six tips for giving a good book reading.


http://news.shelf-awareness.com/msgget.jsp?mid=3803245

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