You Thought an Author’s Job was to Write?
Haha. Joke’s on you. Oh, sure, authors write, but sometimes it seems that’s more of a sideline. It’s the spreadsheets you craft in your accounting job so you can get the real business of managing money...
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Things You Don’t Think About, and The Importance of Keeping a Glossary
I’ve been working on revisions for Fighting Gravity lately. My editor suggested renaming two characters. As much as I rail against other authors when they give two main characters similar names, I’d...
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National Grammar Day: A Funny
In honor of National Grammar Day, here’s a re-run of a flash piece: I’ll admit, I had a reputation. I was the Comma slut. They all knew I was easy with the Commas. Well, you live and learn, right? I...
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Confess Your Deepest, Darkest, Writerly Secrets
Because, this isn’t the internet or anything. No one will ever know. OK, so maybe I’m a little crazy. But, the point is, I know I’m not the only one who has a shameful little secret, something that, as...
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No, Mom, I’m Not Looking at Internet Porn, or The Perils of Social Media
I do love my social media, don’t get me wrong, but it’s always good to know where the things you love can come back and bite you in the butt, no? So, a lovely friend of mine sent my this message...
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Your Stupid
I finally broke down and bought the shirt I’ve been wanting for years. click for larger image I’ve refrained for so long because a) I’m cheap and the shirt isn’t b) I’m a mother and, apparently, am...
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Why All Writers are Secretly (or not so much) Schizophrenics
They’re trying to hide it, with varying levels of success, but, as you suspected, writers are all, in fact, closet schizophrenics. Let’s look at the definition of schizophrenia, from that renowned,...
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Grammatical Error Personality Type
As a follow up to last week’s wildly popular Your Punctuation Personality Type, a post Bryan Thomas Schmidt, @BryanThomasS hosted on his blog, we’ve dug through the (imaginary) research archives for...
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Your Punctuation Personality Type
In honor of National Punctuation Day, I give you the Punctuation Personality Type. This was originally a guest post on the blog of author Brian Thomas Schmidt. Find Your Punctuation Personalty Type A...
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