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Tag: From The Editor’s Desk

March 18, 2022 Friday Fun / From The Editor's Desk / Pens & Notebooks

Pens… Pencils… Notebooks… Pads… Oh My

If you didn’t know, I’m a pen-a-holic. I’m also a notebook and pad hoarder. If I find something I like,

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March 16, 2022 From The Editor's Desk

Long Time No Blog…

Welcome back … how has it been 10 months since I’ve written on you. I guess it’s the blur of

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April 26, 2021 Books / From The Editor's Desk

A little revamp, part 2

From the “not on the plan” page today — went to update the bookshelf (portfolio) page on here and it

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September 25, 2018 Did You Know ? / From The Editor's Desk / Language / Words

Language: Alumnus, Alumni, Alumna, and Alumnae

Today’s Lunchbox Lesson: ALUMNUS, ALUMNI, ALUMNA, and ALUMNAE These words all describe attending or graduating from a particular school, but

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July 19, 2018 Did You Know ? / From The Editor's Desk

Flitch Day: Food History Today, July 19

In 1104, in the village of Little Dunmow, England a tradition started called Flitch Day. Today the event is celebrated

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June 10, 2018 From The Editor's Desk / Literature / Writing

Favorite Closing Lines in Literature

Some books just stay with you. They haunt you. You dream of the characters, and of what would be if

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May 6, 2018 Did You Know ? / Editor's Toolkit / From The Editor's Desk / Writing

Master Outlining & Tracking for your novel

I just finished editing the second novel in the Bayou Talents series for Edward Branley, Trusted Talents.  As I am

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January 9, 2018 From The Editor's Desk / Grammar / Writing

Choosing the Right Point of View for Your Story

Point of View The Narrator’s personality and perspective helps shape the reader’s perspective, and how the story unfolds. The reader

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December 2, 2017 From The Editor's Desk / Science

Bonus: “Maunder Minimum”, Cartography, and Hevelius

Earlier this evening, I blogged about Cartography and the Moon, 1647 and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). While doing the research, I came across

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November 27, 2017 From The Editor's Desk

Vintage Typewriters

I love interesting images that I can use for the featured photo on the blog pages. I love vintage typewriters,

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October 12, 2017 Editor Notes / Language / Word Wednesday / Words

Thursday Word of the Day: Lemma

lemma [lem-uh] noun In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, dictionary form, or

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October 3, 2017 Editor Notes / From The Editor's Desk

When the Editor has Editor’s Block…

With a little bit of help from Winnie the Pooh…   …and Jack Skellington

October 2, 2017 From The Editor's Desk

“The Appointment”: A Comic Strip

Comic courtesy of cartoonist Tom Gauld Find Tom Gauld on Twitter : https://twitter.com/tomgauld Tom Gauld is a Cartoonist and Illustrator of

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September 25, 2017 Book Launch / From The Editor's Desk

Release day for Krauss: The New Orleans Value Store by Edward J. Branley

I’m very excited to announce that today is Release Day for the latest book by Edward J. Branley —  Krauss: The

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February 10, 2017 Friday Fun / From The Editor's Desk

When direct quotes go bad…

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