Susan K. Perry's Blog: Creating in Flow, page 7

6 Ways to Convince People to Do What You Want

If you want to become more influential, take the time to craft a message that's persuasive.

How to Get Anyone to Do (Almost) Anything You Want

For others to get your message, take care in shaping your persuasive efforts. What you say first, your pre-suasion, strongly influences what you say next—and what people take in.

Giving Voice to Grief in a Novel Way

A doctor imagines cloning his lost son to keep him alive in the minds of his debut novel's readers. This Q&A with the author explains the why and the how.

How It Feels to Be an Outsider Everywhere

Longing for home after an unwilling long-distance move, the protagonist of this profoundly insightful novel learns to live anywhere, or maybe nowhere.

How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Psychological tests that are trusted by one generation may be debunked by the next. A selection of tests to learn about and try, just for fun, are found in Psychobook.

The Pleasures and Perils of Writing a Revealing Memoir

A memoir can be written by anyone, yet the best ones are authored by those who have learned to dig deep and write what others might fear to.

Left Brain, Right Brain, Whole Brain: 9 Creative Tips

One of these new guides for creatives may offer you the precise bit of advice you need to engage with the work that means the world to you.

What Makes These 6 New Novels Unforgettable?

You probably don't remember every book you read. A novel sticks when characters are so real, emotions so genuine, that you experience the story as though an actual witness to it.

Clear Thinking About Decluttering: 8 Insights

Like diet books, books about how to clean out our clutter are always popular. What's the fascination, and why can't we "just do it" once and for all?

Write Better by Thinking Like a Fox

Two new novels demonstrate, by showing not telling, how to get into the mind of some unusual characters.