Self-published authors have a dizzying variety of tasks to complete. As a self-publisher, you're responsible not only for writing your book but also promoting it and building a long-term author platform for yourself. Given that few of us are naturally blessed with all of the skills needed to successfully self-publish, one of the best ways to make your life easier is to … [Read more...]
Basic Writing Tools – Dictionaries
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The Elements of Style
I don’t even know how long I’ve been sitting at this computer, or the computers before this one, or the typewriter before the first computer, or the legal pad before that. I was the only member of the Creative Writing Club in my high school to have a new story every single week. In college and graduate school, I kept writing. Mostly term papers, of course. I still have all my … [Read more...]