The secret of success and tips for writers by British novelist Amelia Barr. She speaks of inspiration, work ethics and more. Brain Pickings happens to be one of my favorite websites because it's creative and fresh. It's content is always fun to read.

"It was after at least forty-five years of conscious labor that I reached the object of my hope. Many a time my head failed me, my hands failed me, my feet failed me, but, thank God, my heart never failed me."

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Despite the creation of an App that lets you read all the long form stories from various news and magazine sources, this article in the Columbia Journalism Review talks about the decline of long form articles in the most prominent newspapers.

"When it comes to stories longer than 3,000 words, the three papers showed even sharper declines. The WSJ’s total is down 70 percent to 25 stories, from 87 a decade ago, and the LA Times down fully 90 percent to 34 from 368. The New York Times’s record was more mixed. It published 25 percent fewer stories over 2,000 words from a decade ago, but 32 percent more stories over 3,000 words."

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