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Dan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Dan Portnoy
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The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
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The Non-Profit Narrative
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Believe Me Not, An Unreliable Anthology
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Clean Water Gets Funded. This Doesn't. | Behind the Scenes, Episode 2
There's an unspoken ranking of which causes get funded. Clean water and photogenic places do well. Education and school supplies in South Sudan do not.
Not because the work matters less, but because it's harder to see.
This is Episode 2 of a behind-the-scenes series on raising $200,000 in 90 days for Alabaster International. The honest stuff: what's hard, what's working, what's at stake.
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I started reading this as a result of a recommendation from Ryan Holiday. Robert Caro’s Working is not a manual on productivity or a greatest-hits compilation of past triumphs. It’s a quiet, exacting account of responsibility—responsibility to facts, ...more |
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Stay with Me, I Want to Be Alone doesn’t dress death up in clichés. It’s raw stories from the bedside told with honesty, wit, and surprising warmth. What I love most are the moments of unexpected laughter right in the middle of heartbreak. Keith makes ...more |
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“new faster, leaner non-profits are springing up everywhere. They engage, they show momentum”
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
“Think of your communication in terms of telling a larger story.”
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
“If your organization is barely surviving, I would argue that you’ve likely lost the ability to unearth or communicate your true story.”
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
― The Non-Profit Narrative: How Telling Stories Can Change the World
“In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.”
― Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
― Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
“These circumstances are called CONFLICTS. What we do or don’t do when we face conflict is the engine of Storytelling.”
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
“So if your Story doesn’t change your lead character irrevocably from beginning to end, no one will deeply care about it.”
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
― The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
“School is one thing. Education is another. The two don’t always overlap. Whether you’re in school or not, it’s always your job to get yourself an education.”
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Southern California Events
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— last activity Sep 23, 2019 03:01PM
This groups is designed for Southern California Goodreads members to get information about local events such as Book Swaps.
Help with Book Formatting
— 165 members
— last activity Sep 15, 2020 01:47AM
I have set-up this group for writers and authors who need help with formatting their books, either for paperback or eBook.
Participant Media
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— last activity Sep 10, 2016 02:26PM
Participant believes that a good story well told can truly make a difference in how one sees the world. Whether it is a feature film, documentary or o ...more
BibleDude Press Books
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— last activity Jan 08, 2014 09:40AM
BibleDude Press (part of Fistbump Media, LLC) is publishing books from Christian authors who are part of the BibleDude.net network of writers. We're a ...more
Living in Words
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This group offers insights into books, writing, publishing, and of course exclusive access to updates about founding member Geoff Livingston's writing ...more
Books Of Your Life with Elizabeth
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— last activity Sep 02, 2025 06:41AM
This is a place to discuss the books featured in the Books Of Your Life with Elizabeth podcast. Everyone is welcome. Please share! Subscribe to the ...more
