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How to Support Your Writing Practice
Posted on January 15th, 2006 on
How to Support Your Writing Practice Earlier I wrote a blog about how to find a community of writers. Now I am going to write about how you can utilize your writer’s community...

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How to Find a Writing Community
Posted on January 15th, 2006 on
How to Find a Writing Community We all know that writing is a solitary craft but you can only go so far on your own. What I mean is that the act of writing, revising, and sendi...

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Working Your Way Out of Writer’s Block
Posted on January 13th, 2006 on
Working Your Way Out of Writer’s Block Writers are all too familiar with the highs and lows of writing. Sometimes the writing flows so easily and almost effortlessly. But most...

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How To Be A Decent Human Being
Posted on January 12th, 2006 on
Fat women. Small men. Amputees. The mentally retarded. The handicapped. People who walk funny. People who dress funny. People who are pregnant. People who talk wi...

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How To Clean A Computer Mouse
Posted on January 6th, 2006 on
Does it take thirty seconds and several passes to get to the “point” of point-and-click? Are you cursing your cursor? Do you have to roll your mouse in carefully-timed in...

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Finding Freelance Work
Posted on January 4th, 2006 on
One of the most intimidating things a freelance writer has to face is the difficulty of finding work. As opposed to the standard “permanent” job, where an employee is...

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What To Wear
Posted on December 21st, 2005 on
Or, How To Decipher An Invitation This is the time of year when people are most likely to receive written invitations to celebrations of everything from gallery openings to N...

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How To Say No
Posted on December 19th, 2005 on
It’s so easy to get caught up in the pace of 21st century life – we think we have to be doing something, talking to someone, or going somewhere, all the time. If yo...

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How To Be A Freelance Writer
Posted on December 17th, 2005 on
Exhaust all possibilities of things you WANT to do that you can in any way justify as things you HAVE to do before you can write; eat the leftover curry Threaten everyone ...

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How to Write a College Entrance Essay
Posted on December 13th, 2005 on
How to Write a College Entrance Essay Almost all universities and colleges ask for an essay as part of the application process. This is to see your writing style and to ge...

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