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Nov

Why My Friend Deserves a Kindle

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in E-Books, Fun, Inspiration, Technology, Writing

If I’ve ever spoken to you in person, you probably know I want a Kindle. I have a very good friend who also wants one and so we send each other links to different contests to win them. There’s one particular contest from the Bibliofreakblog, that is doing their contest a little differently. You can [...]

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Tags: Fun, Kindle, Sheep

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24

Nov

Interview with Author Cormac McCarthy

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Inspiration, Interview, Writing

Not my interview with him, although I wish! It’s a very entertaining interview, and I want to give a big thank you to my friend Ann for sending it along. In the interview, Cormac, author of “No Country For Old Men,”  talks about the apocalypse, love and his new book, “The Road.” Here’s just a [...]

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Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Interview, Writing

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20

Nov

Word Nerd Playground

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Editing, Fun, Writing

TGIF. Seriously. So we had fun with the Word of the Year, but here’s another fun thing, because it’s Friday. Wahoo! Did I mention I’m glad it’s Friday? Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus. <–Click and play! (free trial) Basically,  it creates a visual map for the words you search for, which you can then click on and [...]

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Tags: Editing, thesaurus, Writing

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17

Nov

Ladies and Gentlemen…The Word of the Year.

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Fun, Writing

What’s bigger than the Oscars, Grammys and Emmys combined? The Oxford American Dictionary’s pick  for Word of the Year! (Insert wild applause here) Exaggerating, you say? Probably. I’m a writer. That’s what I do. In making its annual decision, the staff at Oxford American Dictionary strive to find a word that is both “current yet [...]

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13

Nov

Editing

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Editing, Fun, Writing

Editing is not my favorite part of the writing process although I’m learning to enjoy it. Somewhat. I enjoy it a touch more than trying to trim the claws of my polydactyl cat, which is  a step up from how I felt last year. Baby steps. At any rate, I found this picture for fun [...]

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10

Nov

Tools of the Trade

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Technology, Writing

We all need tools to do our jobs. For a writer, that could mean paper and pen, typewriter (yes, there are still some out there) or a computer of some kind. I do my writing primarily on random slips of paper and my Netbook. It’s an Acer Inspire One, which my husband introduced me to [...]

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Tags: netbooks, Technology

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6

Nov

I Saw Two Kittens Riding a Goat.

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Fun, Writing

Yes, I did. But what does it have to do with writing? It’s an example on a fun site that explains how to use an apostrophe…in a fun graphic way, instead of the boring Strunk and White way. (No offense to Strunk and White or their fans!) Click here to check out how to use [...]

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Tags: Grammar, punctuation

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4

Nov

And They’re Off!!!

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Fun, Shaping Fate, Writing

November 1 marked the start of NaNoWriMo. This quirky acronym stands for National Novel Writing Month and for the uninitiated, it’s a “fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.” I participated a few years back and have to say, it was loads of [...]

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