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  The latest book by Sula, Parish Cat at Old Mission, has just been released. It can be purchased from Amazon at retail or on discount from the MSI Press webstore (msipress.com/shop). For more posts about Sula and her books, click HERE .                                          Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Knowing how brains learn to read is both fascinating and important -- for parents, for teachers, and for publishers. Therefore, when we recently saw a very elegant explanation of what is known these days about how the brain learners to read, written in very coherent language with easy to follow diagrams, from EAB, we knew we had to share it with our followers. The link is HERE . Happy reading!

  It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic addresses what happens to a book after an author dies. We have certainly had a number of authors, alas, die over the years. Each death has special circumstances, and generally each case needs a lawyer's involvement. The following examples of situations we have dealt with are simple examples of real life (and death) in action and do not set us up as having any kind of legal expertise; rather, we seek that expertise when needed. The one thing that all authors who die have in common is that copyright continues after death; it does not die with them. The question then falls to heirs and publishers as to ...

  TL Brink, author of How to Argue with an Atheist , recently conducted a session on " How to Improve the Quality of Asynchronous Discussion " at the Innovative Educators Virtual Summit. [Book available in Kindle online. Paperback available at MSI Press webstore ; use coupon code FF25 for 25% discount.) To read more posts about TL Brink and his book, click HERE .                                  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Exceprt from It Only Hurts When I Can't Run 23. Belt in te Face By the time I was twelve, in the seventh grade, and still under Miss Taylor’s thumb, our relationship had slowly deteriorated. It wasn’t completely my fault. It began with Miss Taylor being preoccupied with her friendship with one of her church sisters, Mrs. Manor, forcing me into give-and-take with the two Manor girls my age; fortunately, I could ignore the Manor boys.       The Manor family lived in Sebring’s country outskirts. Miss Taylor would take me, Jon, and any other kids in her temporary care to the country. The county scents that changed from sweet to foul, depending on where you stood in the yard, surprised and invigorated me. Dodging snorting pigs and running after chickens (or from them, in my case, because I thought they were crazed beasts) put a lot of glee into the day. Playing in a smelly trailer hidden in the woods made it seem like we had our own personal house. Eating frie...

  Last Tuesday marked one year since Carl Leaver, co-founder of MSI Press LLC, passed from cancer. On that day, while we did a number of things to commemorate the significance of his life and the year since he left us, of some import, as I mentioned that days, was receiving a note from Science Care that they had planted another tree, a year later, in his honor in a national forest. That act brings to mind the ways that one's contributions do not end with death. They continue. Not only in the relatives and family traditions one leaves behind but in many other ways as well. Science Care, which accepts whole body donations, facilitates contribution in the areas of research and medical student training. Similarly, those who donate organs, improve the ongoing lives of people who might otherwise have died or lived impaired lives. So many financial donations are given in the names of those who pass on as a form of memorial. Those donations to very worthwhile endeavors likely would not o...

  Oops! We missed it. A while back Liz appeared on The Peaceful Parenting Podcast . Nothing like seeing and hearing an author to get a feel about the author's book(s)! To see more interviews with Liz, check out her book page on the MSI Press website. To see more posts about Liz and her books, click HERE .                                  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .