Letters To The Editor For June 22nd
Letters will return next week.
Double Spaces After Sentences? No More!
When I was in high school I took a creative writing class. We were taught there were always to be two spaces after a period. I have noticed that is no longer the case, My blog site even adjusts my two spaces down to one. When did the rules change?
Expect the Unexpected By Diane Stark
For a few years, I’ve had a really great idea for a children’s book. It was one of those ideas that wouldn’t leave me alone. It kept me awake at night, just begging me to write it. So although I wasn’t a children’s writer, I knew this idea was too good to ignore…
Almost Finished Packing!
I’m not very popular at the “home office” right now. I told all the kids and Richard that, when we move to Florida, we are NOT moving all that food from the pantry. We are eating it before we leave. That also means no pizza delivery. Each night since then has been “fend for yourself night” at dinnertime and the pantry has gotten so depleted that we actually needed to go to the store yesterday…
Letters To The Editor For June 22nd
Letters will return next week.
Artist Grants: A Unique Source for Furthering Your Writing Career By Kathleen Krueger
When a fellow writer first encouraged me to apply for a grant from our state sponsored arts council to fund a trip to a writer’s conference, I thought she was nuts. But when she told me that she’d used artist grant funds to finance two different trips to out-of-state conferences already, I started paying attention, and asking questions…
Is That Foreign Website Giving Away My Book For Free?
In Googling myself today, I ran across a website called download-free-ebooks.net and I see that all 10 of my books are available for free as a PDF file to anyone who wants to download them. Is this legal? This strikes me as piracy. Do I have any recourse? Should I even worry about it?
Making Lemonade: Embracing the Typo By Jill Pertler
Typos happen. I make every effort to prevent them, but I can’t change the fact that I am human, making me imperfect and prone to the occasional (however seldom) typo. Cringe.
My first advice is to avoid typos whenever you can. Proof everything you write and then proof it one more time. Be diligent and meticulous in the battle. I try to be.
Despite my best efforts, however, sometimes typos creep into my copy. A well-intentioned “then” typed as “than” is left undetected by spell check as well as my ever eager eyes and a typo is born.
An error in the body of an article or column is never good news. I can only think of one thing more disastrous: a typo in a query. Can you imagine?
Mason’s First Stitches!
With a boy as adventurous and energetic as Mason, who will be 5 years old this month, it was only a matter of time before his never ending bouncing and running led to a BIG boo boo…
Topic, Common Themes, and Winners of the WritersWeekly.com Spring 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
After reading the entries for each contest, we can see how difficult it is to come up with a unique plot when working with an assigned topic. But, inevitably, a few writers do manage to successfully break away from the pack.
So, step out into the sunshine and have a conversation with an outdoor food vendor…