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Some Writing and Editing Tips

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(-Picture by Sybren A. Stüvel via Flickr) Here’s a post I found on Problogger with some tips on writing by Shannon Paul- “Six very Official Ways to Improve Your Writing”: 1. Stop Trying to Sound Intelligent 2. Give yourself permission to write garbage 3. Be a Ruthless Editor 4. Use MIGHTY verbs 5. Read aloud [...]

New WordPress Plugin: PicApp for Pictures

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Here is a new WP Plugin for adding pictures and images to your blog. PicApp has 1,000′s of pictures available in their library for immediate use. From their website: “The images are fully licensed, come from the most prestigious content partners such as Getty Images, Splash News, Corbis and alike, these are full size images [...]

Updating or Changing Posts?

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(Post Work via Wikipedia) Have you ever read a post on your blog a couple of days later (after publishing) and found words or spelling that needed to be changed? I just make the changes and usually go on down the road unless my mistake has been pointed out in a reader’s comment. Mostly these [...]

The Problem of Speaking Christianese

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(Picture of a Church by cdw9 via Flickr) Here’s a post from Reaching The Online Generation: “Do You Speak Christian? That May Be The Problem“. Paul D. Watson points out the problem of using Christian words and speech when trying to reach out to non-Christians: “Christians speak a different cultural language than non-Christians.  Unfortunately this [...]

Book Review: “Clear Blogging:”

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"How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them" By Bob Walsh (Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2007, 351 pages) An excellent book on why one should blog and how to get started. Bob suggests that one starts by reading lots of blogs and become initially engaged in the blogoshere by leaving comments. [...]

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