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Vacationing
Dear Readers,After nearly 4.5 years of almost nonstop daily blogging, I'm taking a break to work on some special writing and editing projects. Please use the website search box to find articles on your topics of interest, or browse the archives for past posts -- there are 1670 of them. All the...
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Mini Review: I Am Not a Cop!
"Get ready for more Munch, Detective Munch, that is, played by the real-life character of author Richard Belzer" begins my review of the funnyman's debut novel. Read the entire Book Review: I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer with Michael Black at BlogCritics.© 2008 Georganna Hancock. Contact at...
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I Love to Write Day
Founded in 2002 by Delaware author John Riddle, I Love to Write Day is celebrated every November 15th by asking everyone to spend some time writing -- a poem, a letter, an essay, a greeting card. Does keyboarding count or are we after penmanship?If you slip over to I Love to Write Day and sign...
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Find Alternative Search Engines
Alternative Search Engines covers the cutting-edge of specialized search engines, and is edited by Charles Knight, who bills himself as a "reformed SEO from Charlottesville, Virginia."The intent of the service is to expand coverage of search engines to include over 1,000 alternative and niche...
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Published a month ago

Welcome from AOL to Blogger
AOL recently decided to eliminate its Journals service. To help AOL users continue to share their thoughts online, Blogger has built a simple migration tool to move an AOL Journal to Blogger. I hope all the AOL journalists linked to A Writer's Edge choose to move in with me. Well, not literally!...
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Writing Complaints
Taking potshots from behind rocks worked well in the Revolutionary War. In civil discourse, it's not such a good idea. Here are some of the problems:the complaint loses credibility, if it ever had any veracitythe recipient might get vengefulyou may lose job opportunitiesyou kiss away any hope...
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Freelance Writing Fees
One of the most difficult aspects of operating a freelance writing business is fielding the cold phone caller who immediately asks, "What do you charge for [fill in the blank]?" Just the other day, the phone rang. I go (to use the vernacular), "Hello!" with a smile to make my voice bright,...
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Halloween Humor
What did the zombie say to his ghoul?"I really dig you, Baby!"What? You say I have no future in funny? I'll have you know I used to write jokes for Robert Orben!© 2008 Georganna Hancock. Contact at Writers.Edge [AT] gmail.com for writing help, ghostwriting, editing or custom writing services.
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Writing, Rewriting, & Research
When I babbled on yesterday about organizing research, I neglected to reveal my problem with using the Internet -- distractibility. Ooh, look: a shiny new Forum at Maria's blog, a new resource to explore, etc. Before you know it, I've spent 30 minutes exploring a website on, say, psychiatric...
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Writer's Block Book: Organizing
Researching a proposed book is currently both easier and more complex, thanks to the Internet.The last time I organized large-scale research was for my master's thesis published in 1993. Using the Internet for finding information was still pretty rudimentary. I could search indexes of journals...
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Writing Services
Tripping through the fields on the Web, these tricks treats services caught my writer's eyes:Kelley Sonora over at MatchaCollege.com just alerted me to a great resource on this page of free courses for writers. What a useful listing of free classes you can take to improve your hobby or craft. I...
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Message for the Day
Hi, Georganna, May this be your best birthday ever!© 2008 Georganna Hancock. Contact at Writers.Edge [AT] gmail.com for writing help, ghostwriting, editing or custom writing services.
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