Tag Archives: reading

Books… And More Books… And Still More Books…

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

by Janis Patterson Books are most definitely a leitmotif in my life. I have always loved to read. Even in my toddler days I would on an almost daily basis pull every book I could reach off the shelves and … Continue reading →

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Writing

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

You may have heard of this phenomenon, but if you haven’t, here’s the short version: studies by Dunning and Kruger found that competence and confidence don’t always go together. Being a professor, I’ll give an academic example. Students who have … Continue reading →

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Fiction Keeps Me Sane

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

A day without fiction is like a day without food, sleep or exercise. At times, I may be so busy I can only write for twenty minutes or can only devote fifteen minutes to reading a novel, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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