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I’m back in the saddle again

Like a good many others I was stung by my last publisher. They billed themselves as an avowedly Christian publishing enterprise, ranked...

We covet your prayers in faith for the next and subsequent moves in my career as a Christian writer. As is somewhat common with books...

People-Watching as an Art for Authors – Pt.12 Part Twelve: The Principle of Salience and the Other Side of Stereotypy Principle of...

Part Eleven: The Observer – Stereotypes and Cues for the Observer The Observer If the observer is naive, he will rely entirely on his...

Part Nine: Nervous or Symbolic Use of Body Parts, Gestures and Handshake Nervous or Symbolic Use of Body Parts. Body movements often...

Part Eight: Pose and Posture Pose. By definition, pose is a deliberately studied attitude assumed for effect. One “strikes a pose,” that...

Part Seven: Expressive Movements and Facial Expressions Expressive Movements. Moving closer to our target, we come to a most significant...

Part Six: General Health, Eating Habits and Dress General Health. Observations on the status of a target personality's health are at best...

Part Five: Observing Behavior In any individual, an infinite number of behaviors are observable. When it comes to drawing inferences...

Part Four: Rapport Rapport is “a comfortable and unconstrained relationship of mutual confidence between two or more persons.” At times,...