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Latest blog posts from A Writer's Edge

Basic Books for Writers
Reading is an integral part of becoming a writer.  I advocate constant alert reading--that is noticing new items, differences from similar products, and differences from previous versions.  And I do mean read everything, not just  your writing format or genre.  Also read cereal boxes, food...
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Published 18 hours ago

Advice and Advise
Educated, literate writers still confuse advice and advise. The former is a noun; the latter, a verb. When you advise, you dispense advice. How much more simple can it be? We don't even need to explore the meanings of the words.The error is usually substituting advise for advice. To wit: "In...
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Published 2 days ago

Haitians Needs Our Help
The human children, women and men in Haiti who are without shelter from the flies, heat and winter storms, without enough food, even without water -- they still need our help.  The best way to help is by donating dollars.  We gave generously  after the recent devastating earthquake in one of...
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Published 2 days ago

What a Picture is Worth
It's silly Saturday at the Hancock Hacienda.The same could be said of lemons (except for the price):Not bad. Not bad at all, and certainly not as bad as my Cancer Bananas!Copyright 2010 G.L. Hancock
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Published 3 days ago

The Book Haven Blog
Cynthia Haven launched "The Book Haven" a blog all about the written word last November. She's a humanities writer at Stanford University.Every year, books pour out of Stanford University by the scores, if not by the hundreds. From biography to poetry, science and public affairs, it is a river of...
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Published 4 days ago

Is the Blog Era Over?
I'm having a very bad month, so far. What with the confusing brouhaha with Amazon, iBooks from Apple, Macmillan and other publishers over the price of e-books, Blogger.com forcing us to quit using FTP to upload posts, a summons for jury duty the same day contest judging is due, taxes looming ......
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Published 5 days ago

Blogger Threatens FTP Blogs
Blogger is eliminating FTP blogs. That includes A Writer's Edge, unless I can duplicate myself to have time to comprehend what they want us to do. To wit:...we are announcing today that we will no longer support FTP publishing in Blogger after March 26, 2010. We realize that this will not...
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Published 7 days ago

Do You Spraddle?
I saw 'spraddle' in a message and thought, now there's someone speaking from southern roots. The only time I've heard that word used is in the phrase, "jump up all spraddle-legged." My mother claimed her hillbilly boyfriend said it (to her disgust). I must admit, I know what's meant--startled,...
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Published a week ago

Amazon Drops Macmillan
Another shot fired in the eBook price war! Amazon drops Macmillan's listings. The Bits Blog of NYTimes.com Technology section rounds up rumors over why Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement. In the short, Brad Stone wrote, "Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon...
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Published a week ago

Platform for Publishing
PLATFORM is currently one of the most confusing words in publishing. It's like POD. Both words refer to two different but related dimensions. The two dimensions of platform are (1) processes for copying and distributing information (electronic and paper media and networks) and (2) extras an...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Kindle for PC
When I uploaded my first article to the Kindle Store, I noticed a little box in the far right column stating I could get a preview of the article with Kindle for PC. So I downloaded and installed the program, just to get another view of my material, and it was nice. Since then I've been telling...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Top 100 Blogs for Writers
How could I have missed this? Top 100 Blogs to Improve Your Writing in 2010 includes A Writer's Edge. The Universities and Colleges organization issued the new list at the beginning of this week. My apologies to Scott Johnson, who wrote:Thanks for creating such great content, and we look forward...
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Published 2 weeks ago