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Commercial Grade Advertisements
Have you ever noticed how poor the quality of advertisements catered to the elderly are? Case in point, the Rascal commercial, that one for Life Alert, AARP Supplemental Medical Insurance, the list...
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Cynical Twist
Hey, FreeCreditScore.com! Your boys went from a broken down car to mansions, painted self-portraits, and country clubs. Good thing that having good credit translates into financial intelligence or they...
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Criticism And The Human Condition
Why does the slightest criticism when it comes to writing make us cringe. Not so much with an essay, letter to an editor, or a check at the grocery story. But, for some reason, criticism for a work of...
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Writing Tip: Use Dense Words
A dense word is a word that crowds a lot of meaning into a small space. The fewer words you use to express an idea, the more impact that idea will have. When you revise, look for opportunities to cross...
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Book Review: Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can...
I have read a number of books, most of them quite helpful, on the subject of fiction writing and editing. This book is the best I’ve read to date. The author breaks down the daunting editorial tasks...
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Writing Tip: Use Active Voice…Most Of The Time
Thank you to everyone who read, liked and/or are following my blog since the first posting I did entitled, Writing Tip: When To Use Passive Voice. Due to the popularity of that post, I can only assume...
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10 Things Girls Should Know About Guys
1. We are going to hate everyone who hates you and every guy who likes you too much. Sorry, that’s just the way it is. 2. Jealous is what we are. In the same way a lion acts around another lion. We may...
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Capturing Accents and Speech Patterns Appropriately
In fiction writing, capturing colloquial accents can add color–although note that overdoing it might make things a bit challenging for the reader, if the dialect is a strong one. I departed to renew my...
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Organizing Information Appropriately
Organization is critical. Sentences may be crafted perfectly on an individual level, but if they are ordered in a way that is confusing or inconsistent, the will not convey their messages clearly. The...
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. –Ernest Hemingway
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Home Inspection
When people hear that you are getting licensed for foster care, there are really only three questions they ask: Why are you doing this? That’s a fair question, the answer to which can be found in my...
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As is sometime the case in life, things fall into place in a way which oddly mirrors your version of “Best Case Scenario”. Far more rare, are the instances where circumstance exceed your wildest...
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I wouldn’t necessarily say that this has been ‘about what I’d expected.’ I can say emphatically that it has been a steep learning curve. For starters, they are twins…identical in virtually every visual...
View ArticleThe Joys Of Parenting
I am titling this post, ‘The Joys Of Parenting’, because, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, has apparently already been taken. I guess this Timothy Burton fella has twin boys also. Crazy coincidence....
View ArticleToddler Facts!
While it is widely believed that toddlers are best equipped to survive when in captivity, conventional wisdom suggests that they rarely remain subservient to their captors. When scientists observed a...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Gift
Since I began this journey, I have written posts born out of emotions such as frustration, anger, regret, sadness, etc. But the other night I got to experience something I hadn’t before, and it broke...
View ArticleFor My Boys
First and foremost, you need to know that I love you. Everything else pales in comparison to the joy of having you in my life. Second, you need to know that Gladiator is the best movie ever created....
View ArticleLike A Boss
I believe that a man should manage his life in much the same way he would manage a business; more specifically, a corporation. Gone are the days when a man’s life was run like a ship captain on the...
View ArticleEasy Silence
This morning, after cleaning pancake syrup from the various nooks and crannies of a pair of highchairs, of which there are many, I moved to the bathroom and worked up a lather of shaving soap and began...
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