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Monday, January 22, 2024

Writing When Under the Weather: A Covid Post.

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Things had started off so well. Last Tuesday, I wrote about 1500 words in my new WIP (Work In Progress). Listen to me using fancy terms to...
Friday, January 5, 2024

The twelve posts of Christmas...day twelve.

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The Twelve Days are 25 December – 5 January, with the last day being Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), and this is the final post of this series...

The twelve posts of Christmas...day eleven. Em dash, en dash or hyphen?

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On Twitter X yesterday, someone mentioned the use of em dash in their writing, I wondered what it was. I had to look it up. A dash is long...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The twelve posts of Christmas...day ten. The Original Twelve Days of Christmas.

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Monday, January 1, 2024

The twelve posts of Christmas...day nine. When you get the writing itch, you have to scratch it, part two.

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I didn't mean for there to be a part two to the writing itch post.  I hadn't planned it, but maybe it is something to do with the ti...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The twelve posts of Christmas...day eight. There is no boxing on Boxing Day.

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When I was a lad, I would wonder why Boxing Day was called Boxing Day?  No one in my family had an answer to it.  I came to what I thought w...
Monday, December 25, 2023

The twelve posts of Christmas...day seven. When you get the writing itch, you have to scratch it.

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So, it's Christmas Day, and I'm writing a blog post.  It will just be a quick one today, because if you feel the urge to write, then...
Friday, December 22, 2023

The Twelve Posts of Christmas: Day Six. Working For the Man.

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My first job, other than doing errands and helping out at home for pocket money, was a paper round. That's not me in the picture, but I ...