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Mama Needs A Book Contract: Forget Celebrating Strunk & White
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Monday, April 13, 2009. Forget Celebrating Strunk and White. Posted by Linda Sherwood. April 16 is the 50th anniversary of that little grammar guide, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. But should writers celebrate? One writer and professor, Geoffrey K. Pullum ,. The Chronicle of Higher Ed's web site is a subscription-based site, but here is the link to Pullum's article titled, " 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice. By Jan Freeman titled, " Frankenstrunk. Strong words: "idiosyncratic bumblers! S&W di...
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: It's Here! It's Here!
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Thursday, July 2, 2009. Finally, finally, finally. I'm holding it in my hand. my first. In case you are wondering. I sold this book in October 2007. That's a 20 month gestation period. July 2, 2009 at 7:07 PM. July 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM. I dont get why people refer to books as babies though (I can see the hard work part, but once the book is written, isnt that it - no more nuture and shaping, unless the world around it evolves? Might be a good topic of discussion for the blog? July 6, 2009 at 3:48 AM. There...
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Growing into my very geeky job. When this blog first started I'd *just* been accepted into a University course in Creative writing and Criminology. I dropped the 'criminology' part, and focussed, instead, on Psychology for the five 'spare slots' that I had. That was just under two years ago - and last year, around this time, I finally worked out what I wanted to do when I graduated. How's your summer looking? The writer in me. The writing I love. Thursday, July 2, 2009. Is a freel...
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: Birthin' a Book & Lessons Learned
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Saturday, August 1, 2009. Birthin' a Book and Lessons Learned. A few weeks ago Kai and I were discussing "having a baby" and "writing/publishing a book". She asked about why I made the analogy about birthing a baby and a book. So here is a little more discussion on that topic. Let's see how we make a baby. (Sorry, no videos for this one! Girl meets Boy and They Fall In Love. They Get Married (hey, its my analogy so we're going down the traditional path! They have a honeymoon and love each other A LOT.
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Things to know about Muslims and Arabs: November 2007
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Things to know about Muslims and Arabs. Information you always wanted to know about Muslims and Arabs, but never had the chance to. Thursday, November 29, 2007. Help Needed for Muslim Daughters in New York. This is a good deed for Muslims in New York. I received this email via one of my yahoogroups. Normally, we are not allowed to disperse information beyond the circle but this is an obvious exception. Asalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatu. Here is some information about the family: The father, Ras...
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: Touch Typing Typical?
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Monday, March 2, 2009. Posted by Linda Sherwood. I am a touch typist, which means I can type without looking at the keyboard. It has been years since my typing skills have been timed, but I suspect that I am well over 100 words per minute for typing, and pretty close to that when I compose as well. But I wonder if I am the norm among writers? Are most writers touch typists? Or am I strange? And am I *really* a touch typist? I know it wasn't that long ago that I read a post by Jenny Crusie. I am a Writer.
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: procrastwitter
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Monday, May 18, 2009. Let it be known that I'm the first to use this word. :). Verb: the act of procrastinating via twitter. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mama Needs A Book Contract. We are a group of writing mothers who have come together to write about being writing mothers! There's no age limit, no required number of kids and no one way to be a writing mother, please join in the discussion! Beware. no topic is OT. Internal and External Editor problems? So *exactly* who are we? Is a freelance non...
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: Optimism
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Sunday, May 10, 2009. Just finished watching a documentary with Michael J Fox and his take on optimism. It was quite inspiring because he's simply an uplifting, beautiful person. I'm sure he has his dark moments, but overall, this is a guy who has taken what many might see as a death sentence and turn it into something to work towards. I recently purchased his book, Always Looking Up, but I haven't had the chance to read it just yet.). Do we keep pitching book proposals despite the lack of response?
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Mama Needs A Book Contract: Interview: Christina Katz
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Monday, June 15, 2009. Today I'm featuring a Guest Post by author Christina Katz. I have been inspired and encouraged by Christina's writing for many years now and love her writing! Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform. Is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform. T and writing nonfiction for publication. Writer’s Digest Books). Q: What is a platform? Explains in plain English, without buzzwords,...
