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Category Archives: Reading
Falling to the Darkside
I fought it for the longest time. Many tried to convert me, but I held off as long as I possibly could. I tried everything to avoid the final fall, but I fell anyway. You might say I was resistant … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 6.5 Mobile OS, a very slippery slope, Apple shortcuts and software, Apps, cell phones, Falling to the Darkside, I Pads, IBM, It was Microsoft’s fault!, keystrokes, Macs and Apples, Mac’s, MicroSoft, PC’s, shortcuts
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E. B. White
I had to come into my office to restart the computer when our network went down. As I was waiting for it to come back online, I looked down to my right and saw my copy of The Elements of … Continue reading
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Tagged a “little” book, aspiring writer, Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, journalism students, reading, research, self-published pamphlets, Stuart Little, The Elements of Style, The New Yorker, the University of Florida, William Strunk Jr., writer, writing
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Bear’s Books
As we wrapped up 2011, one of the goals I missed was completing production on the third book of The Bear’s trilogy, The Owl Hoot Trail. I wanted so much to complete the last book, Book Three, The Turning of … Continue reading
By the Mark of the Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born when Haley’s Comet passed by the earth on November 30, 1835, became one of America’s most prolific, political, and funny writers of the late 1800s. He made fortunes, and lost them. He traveled extensively and wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, America’s most prolific, and funny writer, By the Mark of the Twain, Haley’s Comet, Horace Bixby, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Nikola Tesla, political, public libraries, riverboat pilot, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, science fiction writers, steamboat pilots, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Thomas Edison, “By the mark of the twain”
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Another Grand Experiment
To quote from a couple of great songs from long ago, “Help, I need somebody!” and “I get by with a little help from my friends.” You may have noticed a couple of changes in the blog. I moved my … Continue reading
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In Search of Perfection–Drat!
OK, this weekend was a rough one regarding writing and publishing the blog. I literally wrote the blog at the last moment while Ardis drove home late at night from her granddaughter’s baptism. Additionally, I was tired because I did … Continue reading
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Tagged a critical place, a perfectionist, catching all the mistakes before publishing, discipline, do your best, granddaughter’s baptism, In Search of Perfection--Drat!, it is really bad to make a mistake as a pilot, making it perfect, my most ardent proofreader--Holly, not sleeping well, publishers, rough weekend, Saturday night, taking pride in writing, the probability of making mistakes, unforgivable, working hard and fast, working tired, writers, writing and publishing the blog
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