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Monthly Archives: January 2012
I’m on a Korean website.
Purple Prose
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If you are thinking of publishing an eBook, read this first:
http://ht.ly/8HUAe I think there are better ways. Contact me if you want to learn about another option.
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Tagged ebooks, writing
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That word doesn’t mean what you think it means
From an op-ed article on winter – After the sledding, we went to the kitchen to rustle up some combustibles. I don’t know what they were eating, but I’m glad I wasn’t there to witness it.
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That word doesn’t mean what you think it means
From a restaurant ad – Try gathering in the comfy seating around a coffee table and filling it with small plates from the lounge menu while coifing generous pours of thoughtful wine. Unless that wine comes with hair extensions, I … Continue reading
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Breaking News
A conference for readers and writers coming to Akron in September – more info to come.
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Deception Point by Dan Brown
Deception Point by Dan Brown You might like it, if you are as dumb as the heroine. To buy into this story you have to believe the heroine, who works in DC distilling intelligence reports into briefs, is so dumb … Continue reading
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
~The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury Mr. Khoury – Stick with Screenwriting Putting aside the basic premise of the book and the Templar mystery, this book is poorly written and annoying. I wanted my red pencil as I was reading … Continue reading
RIP Me
RIP Singular First Person Objective Pronoun. Apparently Me has passed on, overcome by misuse of Singular First Person Subjective Pronoun. Witness “between you and I”, “to my friend and I” and “from John and I”. Me was predeceased by Adjectives … Continue reading