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Forget All The Rules

If you are in any way following my blog or have stumbled upon my latest post you are aware of the fact that I recently decided instead of wasting my time and going back to teaching full time, I would … Continue reading

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Doesn’t That Make Life A Story?

Every time I finish reading a book, I open my notebook and copy down sentences and paragraphs that I have liked and underlined. I say underlined because I am not much of a fan of using highlighters in a book; … Continue reading

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Best Of All No Rejection Letters

Self-publishing has become a remarkable phenomenon in this day and age. Whether it is articles or stories posted on blogs, or e-books, now anyone can write about anything and get “published” instantly. Often there are no boundaries and, best of … Continue reading

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The Only Thing I Don’t Worry About Is Spelling

From the moment I post an article on my blog until I post the next one I am constantly thinking and worrying. I fret about the content, about my paragraphs and sentences, about the words I have used, about structure, … Continue reading

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A Writer Should Write To Be Read

Most literary agents, editors and publishers claim that you have to be an exceptionally talented writer so that your first manuscript will be accepted for publication and will also be a success. I personally don’t think that only talent will … Continue reading

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Who Can You Trust These Days

With the advance in technology and the availability of the internet, writing opportunities leap at you left and right via e-mail and different social networks, like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google, to name just a few. There’s a service for just … Continue reading

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How Do You Promote Your Book

A writer friend told me the other day that nowadays publishing a book is the easiest part of the process of writing because of all the facilities available to writers online, digitally. But the hardest thing is the self-promotion. As … Continue reading

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We All Need A Fairy

Are you in any way like me? Do you check your blog often after posting to see if any other blogger has liked your post? Do you get excited when you read a comment, because you know that someone has … Continue reading

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Globally Connected Through Words

When I first started blogging I was kind of scared. Being from an older generation I wasn’t sure that I would be able to handle the technology part of the process. I knew the rest would be easy since I … Continue reading

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What Is There In Writing Except Language

Some say that there is a decline in the novel, while others claim that it is not the novel that is in decline but the readership. I personally think that at no time in the history of the novel has … Continue reading

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