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When is Rewriting Writing?
Of course rewriting is writing, but is the real writing in the rewrites? In a long work, maybe or maybe not so much. I'm one who writes an article in my head before I commit it to paper or bits. Granted, I couldn't do this with a book-length piece. However, I learned long ago in watercolor...
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Published 53 minutes ago

Book Review of UNFORGIVABLE
Just noticed my review of Philippe Djian's Unforgivable is an editor's pick today on the Books page at Blogcritics.org. The review itself begins there, but the whole article starts here.  This was one of those smallish books I didn't know was going to arrive. That always irritates me, and...
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Published 3 days ago

Mein Fuhrer, Blogger & FTP
This is about how I feel towards Blogger these days. Little by little they are nibbling away services. Rinky-dink little aggravations like slow uploads, no more deleting spam comments (or any for that matter), glitchy image uploads. I could go on and on. Oh, and the "edit post" button has...
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Published 4 days ago

Women's Day - International
Tune your browser channel to http://bit.ly/9L5Wj8 for the Google live feed of material appearing on the Internet about today, National Women's Day. The topic is so popular that I can't slip through any openings in the movement's official website.Rather than waxing poetic about the women who have...
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Published 4 days ago

More Caturday!
Bringing back Silly Saturday because this is definitely how I feel:Copyright 2010 G.L. Hancock
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Published 6 days ago

Get Fuzzy Potty SM Chat
I could tweet all day about last night. Thanks first to Melodie Tao a.k.a. @MyMelodie on Twitter. She arrived at the SDbloggers Meetup bearing gifts. As soon as I hear the words, "Who wants...?" My hand shoots up, in this case, to grab the "Get Fuzzy" desktop daily calendar Melodie gave away. I...
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Published 7 days ago

Why Editors Say No
Ring! Ring! "Hello, editing central.""I can't find your rates anywhere on your website!""That's because it depends on the work, the complexity and length, and the kind of editing services desired."I convinced the caller at the other end of the country to email her "short story" for me to look...
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Published a week ago

Humor in Writing
I have a headache. Can't think. You'll have to amuse yourselves today with my storehouse of humor resources:Sites Tagged 'Silly'Oddly SpecificBitstrips: Living with ShakespeareAction Figures, Play Sets & Nodders - Archie McPheeAndertoons Cartoons About WriterCat BoxesLOLcats and other...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Christie Mystery Character
I couldn't resist sharing this Christie mystery character:Copyright 2010 G.L. Hancock
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Published 2 weeks ago

Write a Best Blog
What to do while writing. More writing! But this more writing is for marketing and promotion purposes. If writing is a lonely task, then why do we find many top writers engaging in Social Media (SM) activities? They are promoting themselves, building platform and marketing their products. Don't...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Twitter Mystery Solved, Maybe
Solved: the mystery of DEBBY BUCHANAN a.k.a. "DangerousDeb" a.k.a. "DeadlyDeb" a.k.a. DEBBY HALL of Las Vegas. It was a twisted trail that lead to unraveling and discovering the apparent identity of the person who invited me to join Twitter about a year ago. I'm still unsure of the degree of...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Grammar & Style
Let's say you're writing or editing. If you're not, why are you reading this? It's a summation of handy resources about styles and grammar goofs. I've mined some of these sites for individual post topics, as Constant Readers will notice.If you just like learning about grammar (who doesn't?)...
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Published 2 weeks ago