Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: halitotic…. When I read the word halitotic in a recent New York Times Book Review piece, I was pretty sure I knew what it meant. Here is […]
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If you want to become a better proofreader, here are some easy-to-use tips that will make a big difference for you… Do you clean your own gutters? Change the oil in your own car? Bake every birthday cake from scratch? I’m guessing you don’t do many — if any — of these things. And you
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a post about how to increase your willpower for writing… I’m not a big believer in using willpower for writing. It makes
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Viewing time: 4 min. 59 sec. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #43, about regular vs. self-publishing. The post first ran on Jan. 12/18. Transcript: Welcome to The Write Question.
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about several metaphors from American writer Christina Lynch…. I was filled with hope when I went to read Christina Lynch’s first novel, The Italian Party. The book had received rave reviews from
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Reading time: Les than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: fetid…. My daughter plays soccer and ultimate (she didn’t get her athleticism from me — it comes from her dad) so I understand the word fetid, all
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Reading time: About 6 minutes Fear of writing is a terrible burden. But if you can do what you fear, the fear will disappear. Here’s how to take that advice…. Emotions help us deal with important life events — without having to think. We don’t choose to feel these emotions. They just happen to us
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post on smartphones by Cal Newport….. Some time ago, my husband and I went out for dinner with another
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Viewing time: 4 min. 21 sec. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #42, about how to go about building LinkedIn connections. The post first ran on Jan. 5/18. Transcript: Welcome
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from John Boyne… I find the Irish writer John Boyne to be remarkably versatile. The first book of his I read, A History of Loneliness, tackled the difficult
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