Monthly Archives: August 2012

Tweeting and Posting

I’m a fan of social media, a term I wasn’t even aware of until earlier this year. Sure, I knew about some of its components like facebook, but until that fateful Saturday morning in Columbia, I was truly ignorant about just … Continue reading

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Muse Mojo

  One of the wonderful benefits of being a member of a writing group is that you learn so many useful things. If I hadn’t attended a morning meeting recently, I might never have been introduced to Judith Reeves’ A Writer’s … Continue reading

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Use Stronger Verbs

Joining a writing group is probably one of the smartest things I’ve done in the past year or so. Because of this talented, helpful, diplomatic group, I’ve learned things that I’d never have thought of on my own. Nor have … Continue reading

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Life Underground

I’m not sure why, but for some reason my book reviews on Amazon.com aren’t automatically linking to facebook and twitter, and since this is a blog about reading and writing, I decided to put them here. This review is about Leon Uris’ … Continue reading

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Positive Sandwich Technique

I’m looking forward to meeting with my writing group tonight. They’re a great a group of people, the kind you dream about knowing when you need good, solid advice and constructive criticism. Some people say there’s no such thing as constructive criticism. I say there is.

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