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Country Music Humor
In the never-ending effort to organize my iTunes music library (I have over 5,000 files in there at the moment), I went through a few of my longer playlists today and broke them down into smaller more homogenous groups. One … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, country music, does too have a place in a discussion on writing humor, humor, patricia c. wrede blog, writing
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To Write You Must Read
(Before I start – note to WordPress: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Last time I had problems logging in it was when they changed their main page to display cat photos. Very pretty, but by the time someone gets … Continue reading
Posted in General, Writing
Tagged being a writer, book recommendations, humor, John Scalzi blog, queries, Query Quagmire blog, random complaining, reading
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Random Bits to Entertain You
I’m about to start day two of my writing conference. So far, worth the money. There’ve been a few misses (and one session where I wondered if the presenter was trying to come on to the entire audience), but at … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Writing
Tagged advice on being a novelist, being a writer, Cherie Priest blog, humor, Jennifer Weiner blog, Myke Cole blog, things people who've actually been published have learned, writing
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I’m not used to setbacks (random complaining followed by some fun links as an apology)
I received an e-mail last night that pretty much ruined my day. (Fortunately, I actually read it at about ten to midnight, so it only really ruined from midnight to 2 AM when I was laying in bed unable to … Continue reading
Know Your Words
It’s time for another post on how spellcheck does not always work. Especially when you use a word that looks right but means something else. SlushPile Hell put up a good example on August 27th. Sadly, it took me looking at … Continue reading
A little random humor (and a bit of a reading challenge)
If today is anything like yesterday (the first three times I tried to think that sentence, I had it backwards – “If yesterday is anything like today. No, no…other way.”), this is the last chance I’ll have to make a blog … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, grammar, humor, Miss Snark blog, Query Quagmire blog, word choice, writing, writing errors
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A little Hayibo humor
I think it’s important to occasionally view the world from a different angle. And one of my South African friends linked to Hayibo a while back and I now stop by and read their articles every so often. Funny as hell. … Continue reading