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A profile of comic editor Jason Rodriguez discussing his graphic novel, Postcards, goes postcard hunting, and discusses his follow-up project.A profile of comic editor Jason Rodriguez discussing his graphic novel, Postcards,... more
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Arcamax.com will send a chapter a day from a classic book to your inbox, although, if you're looking for newer titles, you may want to hit the library or a bookstore. The avaliable titles from this service are all public domain and old.
Set up your computer to read your email aloud with a text-to-speech app, and you've got a book on tape of sorts. A very creepy, lifeless book on tape.
Hey! Did I mention that it's free?Arcamax.com will send a chapter a day from a classic book to your inbox, although, if... more
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Even though it was first published in 1918, The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr., still is considered by many to be the bedrock upon which all proper writing is created. The fine folks at bartleby.com, a great resource for all of you writers out there, have it on their site--for free. It's short, sweet, and to the point, like all good writing.
Still, the number one rule in my book is to write in a way that will make sense to your audience. Clarity trumps the rules. Take Winston Churchill's legendary response to being called out for ending a sentence with a preposition. As one version goes, he wrote, "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."
I couldn't have said it better--or worse--if I tried.Even though it was first published in 1918, The Elements of Style, by William Strunk,... more
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Ding dong! Hi, we're you're neighbors and were hoping you could maybe move your house out of the neighborhood?
Hemingway's Idaho home, the one where he ended his life, is being restored and reviled all at the same time. Seems the local McMansionites want it carted off or forgotten. Ding dong! Hi, we're you're neighbors and were hoping you could maybe move... more
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You might not have read her work in a while, but chances are that you picked up her classic, "A Wrinkle in Time" when you were a kid.You might not have read her work in a while, but chances are that you picked up her... more
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