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Month: February 2022

Baby Boomer Tales

https://babyboomertales.podbean.com/e/ep-159-the-tractor/ A great reminder to Never stop trying: At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA.At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.At age 27, Vincent …

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Leave a Comment on Baby Boomer TalesFebruary 16, 2022February 16, 2022 By rrdraudx

Answers worthy of an A

Thought you’d get a kick out of this. I did. Students in an advanced Biology class were taking their mid-term exam. The last question was, ‘Name seven advantages of Mother’s Milk.’ The question was worth 70 points or none at all. One student, in particular, …

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Leave a Comment on Answers worthy of an AFebruary 9, 2022January 13, 2022 By rrdraudx

Do You Need an Editor?

I’m constantly amazed at writers who come to our writers group or any group with a story they’ve written to have it critiqued. From the first it’s easy to tell whether they’ve really serious about having others opinions or they just there to have their egos stroked. They sit …

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Leave a Comment on Do You Need an Editor?February 4, 2022January 13, 2022 By rrdraudx

The Adverb Crutch.

Amateur writers wind up succumbing to at least one major pitfall, the use of adverbs in dialogue tags.  Adverbs are those pesky –ly words that modify verbs. For example: happily replied. said angrily. quickly asked. pensively said. In fiction, adverbs tend to weaken your writing. …

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