3 Safe Steps to Acting Like an Author

I remember the first time I noticed the back flap of a book jacket as a kid forced to do a little summer
reading. I saw the author's black and white photo. Read the blurb and immediately took another book off the shelf and another to study the faces of total strangers.

I don't recall who they were or anything about them, but I do remember the distinct impression that they were not like me. I would never be a writer. My English teachers seemed to make sure I knew that with every swipe of their...