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One of my goals in the last two years has been to take good notes while I read. I’ve found having notes helps when I start to write reviews because I have ideas, quotes, and impressions jotted down already.
A few people have mentioned they can’t seem to take notes while they read, so I wanted to write a post with five easy tips on how to get in the habit.
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Still having some writer’s block, so here are a few more interesting links I came across over the last couple days.
Nintendo and HarperCollins announced a deal where they will make 100 classic book titles available to read on the Nintendo DS game console. Sadly, these DS books will initially only be available in the UK, [...]
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Timothy Egan wrote a great guest column in the New York Times yesterday where he bemoans the trend of publishing memoirs from people taking advantage of their 15 minutes of fame (like Joe the Plumber’s new memoir, good grief).
A quote:
Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying [...]
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Writing for Story by Jon Franklin is a book about writing and creating story. Franklin, a two-time Pulizter Prize Winner, focuses on how to write the “nonfiction short story,” basically a newspaper feature story. Franklin walks the reader through his writing process, his concept of story, and includes two articles with detailed annotations showing how [...]
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This week I haven’t done much reading because I’ve been very busy writing. As I worked, I found myself more and more annoyed with the process of constantly writing and rewriting. I thought this would subside after I turned in my group project on Friday, but this frustration has reared its ugly head again today. [...]
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For those of you that are interested, my last two stories from my summer internship at The Citizen in Hugo, MN are posted on The Citizen website. The first is “A Night Out On The Town” which is about my ride-along with the Lino Lakes Police Department for National Night Out. The second is called [...]
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This weeks Weekly Geek challenge (courtesy of Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf) is about magazines. Right now, I don’t subscribe to any magazines, mostly because I can’t afford them and my living situation is in limbo. I did subscribe to The New Yorker awhile ago, but while I was in [...]
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Comments, Categories, and Social Media — Oh My!
by Kim on March 4, 2010 · 14 comments
I’m combining three of blog-business posts into one with this, because I don’t like it when my blog gets overrun with posts not actually about books. This week, Weekly Geeks wanted to look at commenting, a topic I think is really important to think about as a blogger. The task for the Blog Improvement Project is to look into categories and tags — two administrative tools that help keep blogs organized and can help search engines find you blog. And finally, a few bloggers (My Friend Amy, Beth Fish Reads, others?) posted social media policies yesterday, which inspired me to do the same
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