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10 Positive Mantras for Your Writing
Some days are just harder to write than others. Some days you’d rather be lazy and some days you’d rather sulk. Is that what a successful writer does? Even after five years of blogging, I’ve…
3 Ways to Use Ellipses . . . Correctly
If punctuation had personality, the period would be the logical one, the comma calculated, the semi-colon the rambler and the colon attention-grabbing. And the ellipsis? That’s our mysterious one. What is the ellipsis holding back?…
5 Ways to Get Back Into Reading
It’s easy to fall out of reading. Almost too easy. Perhaps life got in the way. Perhaps you put your reading on pause to accommodate a major event. Perhaps your schedule shifted and you don’t…
7 Ways to Stay Positive While You Write
The beauty of writing is that a story can explore a rainbow of emotions, from fear and contempt to grief and rage. However, the emotions we conjure up in our writing have a way of…
When Do You Capitalize After a Colon?
If you ask two writers this question, you probably wouldn’t receive the same response. There isn’t a straightforward answer when it comes to figuring out when to capitalize after a colon. While often used like…
5 Post-Holiday Marketing Ideas for the Winter Slump
My friends at Overnight Prints recently challenged me to write this blog post. And like the stubborn competitor I am, I accepted. But this topic wasn’t easy. Just do a simple Internet search on this…