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June 20, 2016 From The Editor's Desk

Where in the World is the Editor?

I’m going to be traveling this week, so the usual Monday Musings and Word Wednesday posts may be delayed. (I

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June 13, 2016 From The Editor's Desk

#Pray For Orlando

No words. #PrayforOrlando

June 6, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Literary Arts Series / Monday Musings / Quote / Writing

Mark Twain on Writing: “Kill your adjectives”

Mark Twain, who read widely, was passionately interested in the problems of style; the mark of the strictest literary sensibility

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April 29, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Language / Shakespeare

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.” (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2)

Taking a page (see what I did there? ) from the earlier blog post this week on Shakespeare, and bringing

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April 27, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Language / Word Wednesday

Guinness World Records Words

Guinness World Records Words   Note From the Editor’s Desk: I enjoyed researching this so much that I decided to give

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April 11, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / punctuation

Punctilious Punctuation: Single or Double Quotation Marks

I wear many hats when I’m editing, including switching between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE), depending on what

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April 7, 2016 book lists / From The Editor's Desk

What’s On Your Bookshelf?

With yet another book arriving in the mailbox this week, I was thinking …  What are your indispensable “go-to” books

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