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Word Puzzle
July 19th, 2008 |Stumped me. What do these words have in common other than double letters (my answer)? Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Assess To see the answer, click and drag your mouse over the below to [...]
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Links: 2008-07-18
July 18th, 2008 |Merriam-Webster releases new words to its Collegiate Dictionary including… Air quotes: My brother makes fun of me whenever I do this — which ain’t often. Edamame: What took so long? Fanboy Malware: Yuck, but at least we all know [...]
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Links: 2008-06-20
June 20th, 2008 |In memory of Tim Russert. Joan Stewart points to this Slate article that shows how interviewers can prepare for interviews. 13 Emotion-based Headlines That Work Digg for Tech Communicators 100 Web Sites You Should Know and Use from TED. I accidentally found [...]
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How To Add Colour To A Grey Day
June 9th, 2008 |The winner of Ted Demopoulos: Secrets of a Successful Blogging System digital audiobook with What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting (in which Meryl appears) from Write Funny: 3 Timeless Rules of Comedy That Every Writer Should Learn entry as selected by Random.org… {eDrum roll}… comment #1! Congratulations, Mathew Patterson! This entry’s prize comes [...]
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Elephants and Our English Language
June 6th, 2008 |My mom sent me this joke (have yet to see proof this is a true story) and it’s making its way around inboxes everywhere. Regardless, it makes me laugh. Some five-year old students are learning to read. Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, “Look at this! It’s a [...]
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Links: 2008-06-06
June 6th, 2008 |Add Spark to Your Writing with These 3 Simple Tweaks: I shy away from sentences where I use repeating words even though a comma separates them. This convinced me otherwise. So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Four part article with advice from the pros. [...]
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Write Funny: 3 Timeless Rules of Comedy That Every Writer Should Learn
June 3rd, 2008 |The prize of the day is from Ted Demopoulos: Secrets of a Successful Blogging System digital audiobook with What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting (in which Meryl appears). Leave a comment with at least 30 words (to ensure they provide value) by June 7 and you’ll get an entry to win [...]
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Links: 2008-05-30
May 30th, 2008 |Stay out of the Recession with Email Marketing A New Game! What happens when self-published books skip the editing process. [Link: Lori Cates] 70 Million Definitions of “Blog” and Counting: I love an intelligent discussion and this is one. Friday Word Fun: [...]
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WSJ’s Confusing Email Subscription Page
May 28th, 2008 |< p style=”float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 8pt; width: 160px”> The suspect: The confusing WSJ subscription page. Click to view larger. Wall Street Journal meant well when its staff created the email center page. I like that it has all the e-mail subscriptions on for managing. When a resource has multiple e-mail newsletters, listing all of [...]
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Links: 2008-05-16
May 16th, 2008 |Small Business Administration Free Online Courses Language Is a Virus: Cures for writer’s block, poetry generator, character name generator, and many more cool tools for writers. 11 Irresistible Reasons to Write Everyday SOBCon08 recaps: Long list of entries related to SOBCon, event [...]
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