Literacy is important. Without readers, authors have no audience. With the explosion of visual media all around us, reading runs the risk of going out of style. Those with learning disabilities are especially prone to not liking to read. How many kids these days prefer playing a video game to reading a book? Since literacy has a very strong bearing on a person’s success and independence there are strong economic and societal implications as well. What can you do as an author to encourage literacy?

Check out my previous blog on this important subject here.