MARK D SWARTZ

Exploring Controversial Ideas For Common Ground

MARK D SWARTZ
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How do you launch a nonfiction book to become a bestseller?

  • 21. Dec. 2018
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Saw the above question on Quora this morning. Here’s my reply to this general inquiry. The answer to this question depends on all sorts of variables. For example… Which audiences do you intend to reach? Are they large (e.g. the general public), or smaller and specific (e.g. biochemists working on genomics)....
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  • BestSeller, Book Marketing, NonFiction

Briefly Meeting Camilla Gibb 20 Years Ago – Part 1

  • 26. May. 2017
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I was visiting GoodReads the other day, updating my profile as I prepare to pre-market myself as a novelist-in-process. On a whim I checked out the page of a writer whose oeuvre, and reputation, has soared over the past two decades. It turns out her debut novel (Mouthing The Words)...
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  • inspirations, jealousy, meeting authors, memories

About – In Brief

Mark D Swartz

Author of best-selling non-fiction. Former contributing columnist with a leading North American newspaper. Currently writing provocative debut novel. It explores the potential extinction of Down Syndrome due to real-life medical advancements. The book also offers points of common ground that bridge our wrenching political polarization.

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Mark 's GoodReads Bookshelf

The Catcher in the Rye
5 of 5 stars
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5 of 5 stars
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
A Clockwork Orange
4 of 5 stars
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
1984
5 of 5 stars
1984
by George Orwell

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Categories – My Posts

  • Commentary 19
    • CoFictions 1
    • General 15
    • Rights and Freedoms 1
  • Down Syndrome 4
  • Intersex NOT Hermaphrodite 3
  • Mark Reviews Books 5
  • Mark's Writing Journey 2
  • Work In Genetics 2

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