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Name A State That Borders Mexico

June 20, 2011 Me

CANT No, wait, I can! It’s an mnemonic to remind me of the answer to that question — a question that I was asked this morning on my Citizenship test for the US. (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, in case you’re wondering. Thanks, Kev!). This morning I woke up stretched out across a king-sized bed [...]

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Welcome To America

May 18, 2011 Blethers

I have a question for everyone on my list who is not American but has traveled here (or lived here). Imagine you have a friend who is traveling to the US for the first time. Previously they’ve only ever taken package holidays to beach resorts but now they’re branching out to a couple of weeks [...]

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In Praise of Lynne – An Open Letter To US Airways

May 6, 2011 Rant

Dear US Airways, We need to talk about your customer service. I lost something on one of your flights two weeks ago. Trying to report it, never mind find out if it was found has been a torturous process that has left me in tears no less than three times. Your phone system repeatedly routed [...]

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How To Publish Your Blog For Kindle

February 8, 2011 kindle

Kindles aren’t just for books. People also subscribe to blogs on their Kindles. It usually costs around $1.99 a month (the price is set by Amazon) and is a great way to offer your content to all those people who woke up to find Kindles under the Christmas Tree/Menorah/Festivus Pole. When they subscribe, every new [...]

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Loan Kindle Books? Yes You Can!

January 6, 2011 kindle

So, One of the frustrations about the Kindle has been that you can’t share books with your friends and family. Now, Amazon has at last announced that you can lend Kindle editions of ebooks Usual caveat: Publishers have to allow this feature and most of the big ones won’t. Yet. 1 Loan Your Kindle Books [...]

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Making Time For Warm-Up Writing

January 4, 2011 Development

In my last post I talked about the importance of warm-up writing. It’s magic. It gets you past the creaky, just-woken-up feeling in your writing and straight into the part where you remember why you love to do this. But doesn’t it seem like warm-up writing will steal time from your ‘real’ projects? Making Time [...]

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The Very First Thing A Writer Should Do Each Day

January 3, 2011 Development

It’s hard enough to find time to write. Then, when you finally do, you face the paralysis of the blank page/blinking cursor. The most useful tool I have discovered for getting past that frozen moment of potential is to do some warm-up writing. Morning Pages And The Truth Point I first discovered this technique in [...]

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Looking for Wool To Finish a Knitting Project?

January 2, 2011 Knit

Knitters, crocheters, yarn-fans everywhere, this one is for you: You’re working on a project. You’re proud that you’ve almost finished but then, the unthinkable happens. You run out of wool! What to do? You know you’ll never find the right colour or dyelot at your local yarn store, because this project has been on the [...]

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Happy New Year – A Short, Short Story

January 1, 2011 Fiction

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!” Someone shouted. Colors exploded overhead. She picked up her gun and ran.

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NaNoWriMo Wrap Up

December 15, 2010 Development

Things I learned from NaNoWriMo Outlining doesn’t have to kill creativity (In fact, it can free you to be more creative.) I read a great article about a month before NaNoWriMo

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