Category: Writing
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Thumbtack – an experiment in doing business
I’m trying a new way to serve writers with my proofreading and copy editing. It’s called Thumbtack, a venue for uniting service professionals with potential clients. UPDATE: My Proofreading and Copyediting business is no longer serving clients. I started a profile on Thumbtack.com, and within an hour I had a request for a proofreader in…
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Never Forget Wisdom – Proverbs 3
This might sound like an infomercial, but guess the answer to this anyway. What brings blessing, more profit than silver, better returns than gold, is more precious than rubies and comes with long life, riches, honor, pleasant ways and peaceful paths? Wisdom. And understanding. Proverbs 3:13-18 NIV. I love Proverbs 3. It’s one of my favorites. The chapter starts with…
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Why I Love my Critique Group
My friends cluster around me at the coffee shop every Thursday morning. They lean their heads in close and wait for me to say something, anything, as though I’m harboring golden nuggets of insight for their lives (or hiding chocolate in my pocket). A sweet component is that we’ve circulated in the same community for…
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After the Election
I’m sure there are many bloggers blogging their bloggiest (and posting their postiest, tweeting their tweetiest, pinning their pinningest) about the election a few days ago. How strange that I cannot find words to express my thoughts or feelings about it. Maybe I have nothing to add to what’s already being said. Maybe I just have no…
