Writing
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Stephen King says, “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” I believe this to be true. I can’t help but notice the voices in my head respond differently depending upon what I’m reading. A well-written book nourishes my mind, stimulates my ideas…
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“Time” has been a recurring theme of late. From the STEM event at NIU where guest author, Mike Mullins, said people always ask him when he has time to write, to which he replies- do you have a television? The average American, he says, watches approximately 35 hours of TV a week. Go home, he suggested,…
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Eager to stay true to the In Print ABC Blog Challenge, I didn’t want to cheat and use a word like eXcitement or eXtreme or eXsanguination. I wanted to find a good, solid, and accurate X word. News flash—there aren’t any. Referring to the Ulojee blog, I resume my argument that X, although a fun letter,…
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An addendum to last week’s blog lends itself perfectly to this week’s letter of the In Print ABC Blog Post Challenge: My rant about the ass, you, and me of “obviously” stemmed from news coverage I caught the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. Even though at that point in the day very little actual…
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