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Writers, Editors, Self-Publishing, and English Grammar
I’m a stickler for English grammar. I’m almost a down-right jerk about it—“Hey, where’s the period?”—but there’s a reason: I’m an English speaker. It’s my first and only language. I excelled at...
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Commanding the English Language: Common Mistakes
My students here in Japan can’t form basic sentences without skipping a few verbs and nouns. It’s something I’ve learned to tolerate since they are learning English as a second language. When it comes...
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6 Days
Official launch is on September 30th, 2012! Why September 30th? Why not, say, September 29th? Or the 28th? Well, September happens to be the month with the most births–New Year’s birthdays, I say. (I...
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How to do a Book Review Request (and the Hidden Etiquette)
It seems easy to just email a blurb about your book to any reviewer with a blog, but there’s an unspoken etiquette that surrounds the “Send” button at the bottom of your email. Picking the Right...
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100 years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Reblogged from blubberisland: I have discovered a writer who didn't write a story with words, but wove a mysterious living thing from strands of his soul. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel...
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Books for Self-Published Authors
As Stephen King writes, “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Writing Technique and Style William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White’s The Elements...
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The Prince and the Singularity – A Circular Tale
I’ll admit it: books about metaphysics are boring. They’re so abstract and non-committal, I feel like I’m ending a relationship rather than putting a book back on the shelf. Thank goodness there are...
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Winner of Writing Contests
I’m one step closer to accomplishing my goal as an aspiring writer. My story, “The Loaner”, won the grand prize for the A.B. Betancourt Short Story Science Fiction Writing Contest. Another story, “The...
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