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Sunday, January 26, 2025

How NOT To Write a Query Letter

Angela Hoy, the woman who owns and runs "BookLocker" and published my first four books posts some interesting articles. Every month, she posts some of the goofiest query letters she has gotten over the previous 30 days. This is the link to last month. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 24, 2025

An Interesting Article About "Keywords"

I have several 'writing tools' from this company, and I think they are well worth the money... but that's me. Here is a free article on "keywords." Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Here's an interesting article about getting names for a story. This is the backside of ProWritingAid user's help articles. Take a few minutes to check it out. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 17, 2025

ProWritingAide sends out several surveys a year to help them help you. The one today was most enjoyable. I think if you click on the blue link,I think you could take the survey. Plotter? Pantser? Somewhere in the middle? Hi, I’m Courtney, a Product Researcher at ProWritingAid. As a creative writer,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 11, 2025

This first statement may need some 'forgiveness' because I don't want it to seem like anything other than what it says. Although I don't get many reads of the stories I post here, there's a reason I continue to post them. I run my stories through several grammar-checking, and with this story, an AI... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

I got this email from Grammarly that gave me some stats I hadn't really remembered... But the comment they make about my use of AI is important to me. Reveal your 2024 writing personality! You're the Director When you speak, even the pixels on your screen perk up and pay attention. The Director has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 3, 2025

This company puts out some nice tools for writers. I use several of them. They charge for a few, but they also give away a lot of neat things too. This article came out this morning, and I like it. Check it out!! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Detecting AI

There's were several responses on my post on using AI for research. Amazon and others now have AI checking your material for... are ya ready for it? They are using AI to detect material that is AI generated. The irony of it all! It kind of reminds me of that old taunt kids use to say, "It takes one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 16, 2024

Bulk Pulp Fiction

I have a friend who can't afford an Amazon Prime account, so she uses mine. She 'buys' a lot of books where some author has decided to get paid by the number of pages read vs having them bought outright. Then she signs up for their newsletters (something I am looking to set up... a weekly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Replace Said/Asked

Someone in my writing group had a column about the overuse of the words, " said and asked." They are good words for occasional use, but in a conversation-heavy passage, they get old fast. She was nice enough to include a list of possible alternatives. I am running into a lot of dialogue in one of my... Sign in to see full entry.

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