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Much has been written about multi tasking. Women seem particularly good at it, but wisdom lately seems to point to the folly of seeing just how much one can balance in a single day . The ability to multi task demands a combination of personality and circumstances. For some, the more things they have…
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Grammarian Castle was going on-line. Or, as they told everyone, they were going dot-net The knight-errant had spent the previous weeks installing a wireless Internet connection for the castle. Late into the evening, the lights burned as tour writers, Lady Bea and Lady Kay, toiled over the copy for their website. They hit an…
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It was a dark and stormy night. Through the fog there rode a tall, knight on a large horse. The strange visitor knocked three times on the castle. “Who is it?” the mysterious Lady asked, peaking through a small crack in the large, wooden door. “It is I”, the voices answered back. “You mean,”…
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We are in love with capital letters. One of the most consistent style problem I encounter is the tendency to capitalize anything that the writer believes is important. These important words are no longer just proper names or countries. They include words like Internet, Email and terms like Strategic Planning and Gross Profits. Im…
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Relax. Reach for the stars. Find balance in your life. Get online, anywhere and anytime. We are bombarded daily not just with messages and instructions, but also with contradictory demands and ideas. I was instructed when setting up a BLOG that I must continue to populate my BLOG collection. I cant take a break…
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I was embarrassed. The book police should hunt me down. I hadn’t been in our public library for several years. I’m an author with a book on library shelves but I’m so busy writing that I don’t get a chance to read. And to make things worse, none of my kids turned out to…
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Walla and other mysterious non words There are many professions you cannot practice without a license. Writing isnt one of them. Anyone can put words on a page and they do without any regard as to whether or not the meaning, let alone the metaphors, actually make any sense. I was reading a proposal…