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I was 6 years old when I read my first novel. My mother was annoyed with me that fateful day, and she frustratedly pointed at the bookshelf and said “Find a book and read it – it will keep you occupied while I finish this job”. In those days, my mother worked from home and a fidgety 6 year old does not make a particularly productive day.

I remember walking up to the bookcase and skimming titles until I came to “Nancy Drew and The Quest of the Missing Map”. I don’t recall the story in it’s entirety – which has proven both a blessing and a curse for me – but I from what I do recall, there was a old man and a guest house with a map hidden in a wall…. I really don’t remember much else. The blessing here is that when I do find “The Quest of the Missing Map” again, I will be able to enjoy it with as much gusto as I did when I first read it. The curse is that I can’t tell you [ more ]

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This week, eBookEnvy.com interviews Jacobo Schifter, author of Hitler in America and Love And Lust: American Men In Costa Rica.

eBookEnvy: Tell us a little about you, your writing, your passions.

Jacobo Schifter: I like writing and writing saved my life when I was a kid. I was born Jewish and Gay in a Catholic, homophobic society and I could not have my own voice as whatever I wanted to say was forbidden. When I left Costa Rica to pursue my University education in the States, I found myself in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, the struggle against the Viet Nam War, and the emergence of the feminist and gay movements. I don´t know how, but I got involved in all of them. This was enough to make some changes in my head!!! But coming out of the closet as a writer was even more difficult. My first books were historical books and “conventional”. The subjects I loved were forbidden subjects in Costa Rica. I could not write about them and [ more ]

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When you’re focused on your passion or mission time seems to stop.  Before you know it you look up and find it’s dark out and way later than you thought!

Make the most of your efforts by getting free advertising and spread the word about your thoughts, your fictional works, and your message by using resources like Ezine Articles.  Here is their recently published Top Ten List for making the most of those Late Nights spent writing and using free resources like theirs ….

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#10. It’s a website that thrives on member feedback, listens to what users have to say and learns from it in order to adapt and become better.

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#7. They provide users with a highly interactive Author’s Area that comes complete with everything one needs to be successful in writing articles, [ more ]

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