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Well, 10 installments ain't bad. A 3-month run. But today the Writers' Postbox must be laid to rest. Somehow it's managed to curb my posting tendencies and stiffen my attitude. Definitely not what I was going for. So... we move on. I imagine I might still write about writing. Randomly. Another in-flight adjustment is made,... Continue Reading →
Give Thanks! Peace, KJ
Book Review: The Canon I wrote a quick review of my latest read, but I wanted to expand a little more about the actual writing of the book for this week's Postbox. Here is the original review, from Goodreads: The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier My rating:... Continue Reading →
It's NaNoWriMo? Are you writing yet? For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, or NOVEMBER. Millions of people join together in the common goal of completing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Sounds impossible? Not so, my friend. Some years ago, friends talked me into giving NaNo a whack. I mostly did... Continue Reading →
I've got to be honest: the writerly juices just haven't been flowing into the valley of personal gratification lately. I've been spending so much time writing for others that I haven't given more than a drop's thought to my own creative streams. I guess that is why I started the Postbox; to jam the wellhead in... Continue Reading →
Comma Drama Commas. Indecisive little buggers. Commas in numbers, commas in names, quotational commas, commas before conjunctions, parenthetical commas, commas after interjections, commas in series, restrictive commas, adjective commas, comma faults (!). Commas, commas everywhere. I took a little editing test last night, and as I poured over each and every comma placement, I thought there... Continue Reading →
Off to the North Shore, so no words of writerly wisdom this week or next. Stay Tuned for Episode 6 in a few weeks! If you need me, I'll be around the fire, KJ
A Book Review I have never enjoyed reading grammar rules before, so this week, Writers' Postbox gets a little Goodreads book review: Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty My rating: 5 of 5 stars For years I have frequented Grammar Girl's website when confronted with grammatical confusions of all... Continue Reading →
Darlings I was looking for something in my journal and came across this flash of an entry. It was inspiring, even though I only wrote it two months ago. July 2016 I wrote today. It was draining. I have been plugging along, giving the thing a once over with an ear for all my notes,... Continue Reading →
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