Blogs about: Writing Basics
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On Commas, Spaces, and Find and Replace
So, in some circles I’m referred to as the comma queen. That is because I love commas. I put them in way too much. I love the terminal comma–but I blame that on my upbringing. I was a chil… more →
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The Big Editing Services Scam
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wrote 4 days ago: This morning I decided to do a little fun research about the cost of hiring an editor. Now this is … more →
Voyage and Return: A Classic Plot
wrote 1 week ago: The vogage and return is a very common storytelling structure. It fits classic epic poems as well as … more →
Where is the creativity?
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Now that self publishing has become the norm, everybody and their uncle are writing books. It … more →
Making a World
wrote 1 month ago: I don’t know how all authors start new ideas. The truth is, I just finished writing a big-big- … more →
Intro to journalism 3/25/13
wrote 1 month ago: Today we started by listening to NPR’s hourly news. Next we took notes on journalism writing b … more →
Relax & Read: How to Write a Sentence
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wrote 2 months ago: As told in my Back to School post, my NonFiction Writing I class assigned Stanley Fish’s How-T … more →
Is Technology Killing Your Grammar?
wrote 3 months ago: Text messages, Facebook statuses, Tweets — if you write any of these, you probably resort to t … more →
So You Want To Be A Writer...
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wrote 3 months ago: …or an Author, to be more exact. First of all I’d like to point out that this is not a W … more →
On Clear and Effective Writing: Think first, then write.
wrote 6 months ago: The part that gets in paper or published in a blog post is small compared to the part that goes on i … more →
On Clear and Effective Writing: Writing for Clear Reading
wrote 6 months ago: Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? (I … more →
News Writing Basics
wrote 7 months ago: News writing is dissimilar from many types of composition, in that it comes with a very exact set of … more →
What Every Writer Should Remember from Freshmen English
wrote 8 months ago: By My Web Writers Photo courtesy of SingleMomFinance.com If your high school textbooks are gathering … more →
Random thoughts...
wrote 9 months ago: It’s getting kind of late and I’m just sitting in the kitchen with a little lamp on, b … more →
6 Steps to Publishing on a Shoestring
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wrote 11 months ago: A while ago I did a article about 14 Tips to Marketing and Promoting on a Shoestring, I thought to c … more →
Basic Story Outline
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wrote 11 months ago: by Elizabeth Huff Many authors are split on if they like to use an outline or not. For me it’s … more →
PC vs Mac
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wrote 1 year ago: Apple (Just because this PC vs Mac blog post seems PC focused) (Photo credit: Guillermo Esteves) PC … more →
Cool Ways to Stay Green & Save Green
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wrote 1 year ago: Laser Like Precise Will Keep You Green & Save Green Too! (Photo credit: FastLizard4) Temperature … more →
3 Steps for Picking a Science Topic
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wrote 1 year ago: Topic wrapper (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is hard to pick a science topic, with so much going on in … more →
SIMPLICITY
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wrote 1 year ago: I was checking out some new blogs from the WordPress listings earlier, and found myself bemused by t … more →
