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How to Talk About Poetry

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Let’s be honest. Reading poetry, in the greater scheme of things, is just this side of engaging in an obscenity. Poetry is meant to be spoken or sung or c...

Commentary/Poetry/Writing and Language

Western Wind

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Lisa Spangenberg / 1 Comment

Western wind, when will thou blow? The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! Anonymous; British Library Royal App...

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

50 Proofreading Tips

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Proofreading tips from here.

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

10 Tips on Writing the Living Web: A List Apart

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

10 Tips on Writing the Living Web by Mark Bernstein 1. Write for a reason 2. Write often 3. Write tight 4. Make good friends 5. Find good enemies 6. Let the sto...

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/ This guide has been created to assist my graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implemen...

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

Geek to Live: Take great notes – Lifehacker

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

ttp://lifehacker.com/software/note-taking/geek-to-live-take-great-notes-167307.php Several methods of using a form, and links to notetaking .pdf generators.

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

Concise, SCANNABLE, and Objective: How to Write for the Web

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen (1997) Abstract Studies of how users read on the Web found that they do not actually read: instead, they scan the text. A study of...

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

The Surrealist Compliment Generator

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Generates surrealist compliments, like: You are truly a wristwatch in a world of lumps.

Elsewhere/Writing and Language

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions By Patricia C. Wrede

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/

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