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Wordsplosion

February 17, 2011

Wordsplosion – brings you the best of the worst of the world of grammatical errors, punctuation gaffes, misspellings, typography etc. We call this family of textual catastrophes “wordsplosions.” This kind of thing is interesting when it doesn’t feel they are just picking on others to make themselves feel holier than thou. When it’s just fun [...]

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The Positive Posters

February 14, 2011

The Positive Posters is an idea with optimistic intentions born in cloudy times. The Positive Posters are sentences, sayings and quotes of free interpretation, but with a big desire of generating a smile, an optimistic thought or a positive moment. we want you to make whatever you want with each message.

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A Quote from Mae West

February 8, 2011

“Don’t cry for a man who’s left you, the next one may fall for your smile.” – Mae West.

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Write Up

January 21, 2011

“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am I? What right do I have to speak? Who will listen if I do? You’re a human being, with a unique story to tell, and you have every right. If you speak with [...]

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Dance your Way Across

January 20, 2011

“If you’re going to traverse thin ice, you might as well dance your way across.” – Mercedes Lackey. Found on Jade Walker’s site.

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A Little Insecure

January 18, 2011

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”  - Marilyn Monroe

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Yahoo Contributor Network

January 12, 2011

The Yahoo! Contributor Network allows writers, photographers, and videographers to share their knowledge and passion with hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Find your audience and earn money by publishing your unique perspectives on Associated Content and other Yahoo! sites.

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Better Writing Habits Starts January, 2011

December 10, 2010

Write it Sideways and Procrastinating Writers Blog are doing a 31 day writing make over challenge/ workshop for writers, staring January 1, 2011. Join Better Writing Habits and be ready to get to work in the New Year!

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10K Writing Days for December

December 10, 2010

Will you try the 10K Day from Fear of Writing this month? Two days to choose from, December 15th or the 18th.

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The Web is of Us

November 26, 2010

“Everyone has something to contribute to the World Wide Web. Why? Because the Web is of us. Whatever we are as humans is now manifest in the Web: Our beauty, hatred, fragility and ferocity; our kindness, cruelty, confusion and clarity. Our wars. Our peace.” – Molly E. Holzschlag

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Remembering Enid Blyton

October 29, 2010

Today I noticed a couple of Enid Blyton books at the thrift store. I decided not to buy them. Mostly because I have enough to read. I did tuck her name away in my brain and plan to look her up online tonight. I wanted to know she really was and what is said about [...]

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Writing for Your Thoughts

October 13, 2010

“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.” – William Faulkner

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A Noble Soul

October 13, 2010

“If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Bloggy Moms Writers Workshop

October 13, 2010
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Creative Women Share Social Media Tips

October 1, 2010

The series of posts are originally called 9 Creative Women Share Secrets to Succeeding with Social Media. But, the part about it being a secret seems a bit too silly to me. So I am skipping it and posting it here to share the “secret” too.

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Your Own Twitter Newspaper

September 20, 2010

Paper.li – organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag.

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Twittascope

September 14, 2010

Twittascope – Get your horoscope on Twitter. Sign up and have it posted or just read it yourself in secret.

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September 6, 2010

From Advice to Writers on Twitter. Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White.

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New: My Blog Guest

September 4, 2010

My Blog Guest (site blog). A new thing in the guest blog trend, a site where you sign up, add your social media links (get rated on them), add your blog and then begin to have offers for guest posts to your blog. You can also offer your own guest posts for other blogs. Free, [...]

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