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“Slaying Leviathan” Revision Finished
I’m happy to let you all know that I have completed the revision of Slaying Leviathan and sent it off to my publisher. Regular blogging will resume after I’ve caught my breath.
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Writing Well: People, Places, Ideas
This post in my series on writing well covers how to use nouns and pronouns. As we all should remember from grammar school, a noun stands for a person, place, idea, or other thing. A pronoun stands for a noun. A noun, or pronoun, can fill any of eight functions in a sentence: Subject: performs… Read More Writing Well: People, Places, Ideas
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How to Use Twitter to Promote Your Blog, with a Note of Caution
My SamSphere friend Chad Everson has posted a thorough step-by-step guide to using twitter for blog promotion. Personally, I find twitter fun and useful for many reasons, some of which have nothing to do with blog promotion. It’s a social networking site, which means that its core purpose is connecting people with other people. If… Read More How to Use Twitter to Promote Your Blog, with a Note of Caution
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Writing Well: Action!
Good writing is active, and verbs are the primary words that convey action, making the verb(s) the most important word(s) in almost any sentence. Without at least one verb, a group of words is merely a phrase; it cannot be a sentence. A single verb can form a complete sentence, although its subject you is… Read More Writing Well: Action!