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The act of typing

I never took typing class, so I didn’t learn properly. Yet, I have been typing a long time. I don’t look at the keys. My typing follows my thoughts very quickly. I have been through all sorts of typewriting...

Time to change priorities: having a way with words

I don’t pretend to be a good writer, because I don’t think I am. I can tell stories sometimes when I am engaged in the subject. I enjoy writing about things I like, and I don’t like writing about things I...

New Journalists: Get the exposure and experience you seek

Are you an aspiring journalist who is seeking to gain writing experience? Are you self-motivated? Can you work under deadlines? Are you an engaging/evocative and great writer? Do you seek to help critically inform the diverse public through your writing? Do you have an...

Sammy Greene returns to The Lit Chick Show

Sammy Greene is busy solving murders or trying to stop catastrophic events, and her reputation is gathering momentum with the release of "Devil Wind". In this edition of the show, Sylvia Massara, host of...

The Lit Chick Show looks at Depression Cookies

In this edition of the show, novelist and host, Sylvia Massara, features a mother and daughter writing team, and their book Depression Cookies.Abby is buckling under the weight of a husband who is climbing the...

Things to do - on strike

I write and paint. Sometimes, I fish. I don’t want to do anything else. Now, I only spend a couple of hours a day with NowPublic, posting about five stories a day. People inquire via our message service: 1) are...

For Readers Only

God knows I need an editor I am an American word slinger; can’t say that is a writer. My critics will climb aboard to whack at my stuff. They correct me all of time, for which I am grateful. As a former magazine...

The Lit Chick Show in outer space

It had to happen sooner or later--that is, taking the show into outer space with guest author, Eric B. Thomasma. Eric is a sci-fi author, with two books published and two more that he is working on. In...

Afraid of public speaking or writing? Ask Abraham Lincoln

The Lit Chick Show presents: The Gettysburg Approach to Writing and Speaking like a Professional  bridges the gap between effective writing and effective public speaking.Have you ever noticed that books...

When news is about speech form not substance

Does somebody need to give somebody a break? CNN analysts report that the President’s remarks were over the heads of many in the audience who are not yet up to 10th grade in understanding and comprehension....

10 years after The Business of Books by Andre Schiffrin

I did not read The Business of Books by Andre Schiffrin until this week, 10 years after its publication. I remember seeing interviews and reading articles about it, but failed to sink my eyes into the pages of...

Bad news gets good readership

The problem is that some times news stories a hyped to gain readership, I wonder why readers love doom and gloom, especially within a recession that’s recovering.   Human being tend to think the worst there...

My Morning Pages

When you discover or rediscover what your passion is and immerse yourself in it sometimes it can take awhile to get your creative juices flowing freely again. Tara Cronica is my passion.  Writing content to fill the pages is a process that I have been working on for...

Our Lady Peace: Burn Burn: Live Interview/Review Raine Maida

In 2009, Our Lady Peace produced their seventh album, Burn Burn, released on Warner Music's Independent Label Group. The 10 tracks will be available on July 21st, 2009. This album is their first since 2005,...

Education chief hopes stimulus will push standards

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is offering federal cash incentives to achieve one of his priorities: developing national standards for reading and math to replace a current hodgepodge of benchmarks in the states. Duncan said Sunday that the...

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