Tag: writing
member name: Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin
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June 29, 2007 02:31 PM EDT --
The Interrobang WTF Is That
I was innocently eating watermelon while listening the NPR one afternoon earlier this month when Says You! informed me that there is a punctuation mark for grammatical situations . . .
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July 15, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
One of the most useful mnemonic devices in my life is the "I Before E" rule. I often have trouble with transposed letters, and sometimes neither "ei" nor "ie" looks right . . .
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July 23, 2007 05:29 PM EDT --
I received this gathermail today:
Hey J,
I just wanted to let all promising writers know about the writers contest. You seem like you would really appreciate a contest like this. So here it is:
ANNOUNCING . . .
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July 14, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Their, There, They're, Little Writer
They're over there with their homophones on, little writer, and they can't hear you pounding the keys over here. No, I know how frustrating it is to have . . .
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
The Kevin Hemingsway Journals: The Woman
"She was a fine pony, a strong pony. She was wild and unbroken. She was a fine strong blond pony. She made me think of a woman. Her flank felt like a fine . . .
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March 20, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Early this morning a mother in Hometown, USA, confessed that she was ready for her children to return to school after only one day of Spring Break.
A neighbor overheard a conversation between the mother . . .
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September 03, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
from the Kevin Hemingsway Journals
Today it was hot. I was sweaty, and it was good.
I spent the morning planning how to poison the pigeons. When I am old, I will shoot the pigeons, or I will poison . . .
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February 28, 2007 07:39 AM EST --
Today while I was researching markets for scholarly type writing, I came across this statement as part of a foundation's requirements for submission to their journal:
"The article should be sent . . .
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August 21, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
Today on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Lynn Neary covered the "First Chapters" contest put on by Gather.Com & Borders Books. After a brief overview of the publishing . . .
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February 23, 2007 11:26 PM EST --
Money goes FROM the publisher TO you, and never the other way around.
I can't say that often enough. Real publishers make their money from producing and selling quality books, not from charging "reading . . .
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July 24, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
I've done some more research on Bookwise, and decided to look for information from people who are with the Bookwise company:
The Blue xB (blog) . . .
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February 26, 2007 06:15 PM EST --
One of the best, most recommended tools for writers is reading. Reading other writer's published work not only familiarizes you with the quality expected if you want to be published, but also inspires . . .
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May 29, 2007 02:50 AM EDT --
I have 23 people as of this morning and I think that I should celebrate this achievement by a little numerical exhibition. The number 23 is pretty special, being a prime number and an important part of . . .
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July 14, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
A few years back I wrote an literary criticism of "Violent Cases" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean called Pay Attention: There May Or May Not Be A Man Behind The Curtain. My essay appears in . . .
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