http://www.book-in-a-week.com Where Writers Write Together Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2010/10/getting-high-on-books/#comment-2735 Michele Brouder Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:40:25 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=819#comment-2735 Thank You! Like you, I'm a wide reader as well- I love to be transported to new worlds and meet new people. Your thought about wanting to learn from what you have read reminds me of something that I just read about Abraham Lincoln. He left school at nine and his father was illiterate but it was his step mother who taught him how to read and write, from then on he was never without a book and despite his lack of education, went on to become one of the great minds of politics in the 19th century :) Thank You! Like you, I’m a wide reader as well- I love to be transported to new worlds and meet new people. Your thought about wanting to learn from what you have read reminds me of something that I just read about Abraham Lincoln. He left school at nine and his father was illiterate but it was his step mother who taught him how to read and write, from then on he was never without a book and despite his lack of education, went on to become one of the great minds of politics in the 19th century

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2010/10/getting-high-on-books/#comment-2734 javen21 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:08:28 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=819#comment-2734 Hi Michelle, I love your blog here. They say I'm a wide reader, I told them that this is the way to enhance my knowledge about everything. Anything goes for me, from books to magazines to reading blogs. I love reading and I want to learn from what I have read. Hi Michelle,
I love your blog here. They say I’m a wide reader, I told them that this is the way to enhance my knowledge about everything. Anything goes for me, from books to magazines to reading blogs. I love reading and I want to learn from what I have read.
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]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/02/10-ways-to-suck-up-to-your-editor/#comment-2716 Michele Brouder Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=1482#comment-2716 Don't forget sharpening her pencils and trimming her toe nails ;) Don’t forget sharpening her pencils and trimming her toe nails
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]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/02/a-week-of-prompts/#comment-2695 Josefine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:23 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=1937#comment-2695 I love this "week" prompts. Thanks Moe! I love this “week” prompts. Thanks Moe!

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2685 Michele Brouder Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:10 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2685 I over use dashes (-) too! I write like I talk. That's probably not a good thing ;) I over use dashes (-) too! I write like I talk. That’s probably not a good thing

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2684 Cheryl J Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:04:57 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2684 I am not sure what my crutch word(s) are, but I was told I overuse semicolons. I've tried to work on that. :-) Sometimes we're too close to our own writing and can't see things like that. I am not sure what my crutch word(s) are, but I was told I overuse semicolons. I’ve tried to work on that. Sometimes we’re too close to our own writing and can’t see things like that.

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2623 Michele Brouder Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:04:07 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2623 Thanks for this- will check it out! Thanks for this- will check it out!

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2622 Michele Brouder Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:01:30 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2622 Glad to help! Glad to help!

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2620 Traci Loudin Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:14:36 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2620 Quick way to spot your own crutch words? Use Wordle.net. Check out the most-used words on my website for an example: http://www.traciloudin.com/2012/01/wordle-word-density.html Quick way to spot your own crutch words? Use Wordle.net. Check out the most-used words on my website for an example: http://www.traciloudin.com/2012/01/wordle-word-density.html

]]> http://www.book-in-a-week.com/2012/01/crutch-words/#comment-2603 Lis Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:45:47 +0000 http://www.book-in-a-week.com/?p=2103#comment-2603 I also noticed that I use 'and' and 'but' a lot when I write (I'm not a professional writer, though :D) on my journal. Thanks to you, I now have a label for them - crutch words. I also noticed that I use ‘and’ and ‘but’ a lot when I write (I’m not a professional writer, though ) on my journal. Thanks to you, I now have a label for them – crutch words.
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