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National news is important, but community news is what impacts our daily lives — Recently I explained why I have done something I never thought I’d do: I canceled my subscription to the local newspaper. Read that story here: After Four Decades, I Canceled the Orlando Sentinel Our long-term relationship has come to an endjacquelynlynn.medium.com I genuinely miss the local paper, but I don’t miss what the Orlando Sentinel has become.

My Latest Medium Roundup — I’ve gotten behind on my roundup posts. Here’s what I published the past few weeks and a few stories by others that I enjoyed: Authors and publishers can learn a lot from reading bad reviews. Why Authors and Self-Publishers Should Read the Bad Reviews of Other Books Those one- and two-star reviews tell you what NOT to dojacquelynlynn.medium.com Instead of a mass forgiveness of student loans, let’s try this:

I always thought it was an insult — but apparently not — Recently I was listening to a podcast and heard the word dope used in a context that wasn’t familiar. John Crossman was talking with Secily Wilson on his podcast, The Crossman Conversation. Answering a question about race, Secily said this about Black people: “… quite frankly, we’re pretty darn dope.” What? I’ve always understood dope (as a…

A book in Linda Stirling’s Author Income Strategies Series One of the most important and challenging parts of book marketing is getting book reviews and endorsements. It’s so important and so challenging that Linda Stirling wrote an entire book about it. How to Get Book Reviews & Endorsements is a valuable tool you’ll want in your book promotion kit. Stirling begins with a clear and concise explanation…

Our long-term relationship has come to an end — I did something this week I never thought I’d do: I canceled my subscription to the local newspaper. Getting the newspaper has been a lifelong tradition for me. I grew up reading the paper. …

My books are not part of sales funnel, but I’d still love for you to buy and read them. — “Luann” is one of my favorite comics. Recently, Luann decided that writing was an easy way to get rich. The strip (8/27/22) shows Luann talking to her father, saying that writing might be her new career. …

Did he want to ruin his life? — Sometimes you see something and you wonder, just how stupid can someone be? In Central Florida, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is known for his prostitution, child predator, and sex trafficking stings. His department regularly makes headlines operations that result in arrests numbering in the double and sometimes even triple digits. I have to believe police officers all over the country have heard…

Blaming the water crisis in Jackson, MS on the governor shows what Leonard Pitts doesn’t know — In a recent piece, Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts blamed the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, on the misplaced priorities of Gov. Tate Reeves and racism. Tell me, Mr. Pitts: In what states are governors responsible for local utilities? If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started dictating to the water and…

Can we apply those words to what’s happening today? — I don’t remember the last time I read the Declaration of Independence, but it was decades ago. Recently someone said something that made me decide to take a look at it and see what it actually said. …