If you are an author, having published one or more books, especially if you are an independent publisher, you probably suffer from A.A.S. or Author-Anxiety-Syndrome . It’s not an official title - and certainly the mental health field hasn’t dreamed it up yet as a way of prescribing drugs, but I think that many authors, like myself, wake up in the morning, wondering if our book(s) have sold and checking our Amazon author page to see if that is the case. A.A.S. - I know, it so

Photo from www.thethinkacademy.com The following article was posted at  International Writers Inspiring Change , which is excerpted from  www.thethinkacademy.com  (including the above image) - an excellent article about  Literacy and Democracy  and what we as authors face as a challenge to restore deep-reading (of books) in order to protect critical-thinking and freedom of thought. Read the article  HERE . Réal Laplaine Author of high-concept thrillers www.reallaplaine.com

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