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Monday Classroom: Just a few little thoughts on punctuation; I’m spring forward sleepy
I love “Springing Forward” in the evenings. Oh, but I do! It’s lighter outside longer. It means spring is on the way soon soon soon. However, it takes me a few days, week, weeks, to adjust to the earlier mornings. Lawdy. My brain ain’t quite absorbed the strong black coffee I’m slurping down. Today’s Monday… Continue reading
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Does the marriage between writer-character & reader-writer come between a real-life marriage?
“Only in books can you be married to them all.” –James Salter At a party, a woman tells me how she has decided my husband is a saint, and I’d better never ever complain about him. I say, “Huh? What do you mean by that?” “He puts up with your craziness; he cooks you dinner.” She sniffs. “And,… Continue reading
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Rejection Does Not Mean You Suck…
If you’ve ever watched reality television shows like American Idol, those dance shows, Bravo’s Top Chef, or Next Food Network Star, you will have a glimpse of what it is like to be an editor for a magazine or online journal when hard decisions have to be made on who will be the Winner and… Continue reading
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Hello? helloooooo? Where am I? . . . I’m right over there!
Gosh, yesterday when I said I would be back “tomorrow” with a post about dangling participles (I love that ‘dangling participles,’ teehee)…I meant tomorrow as in Tuesday, not Monday…and when I said I would be blog walking yesterday, I missed a few blogs, so will be around this evening. (Update on Maggie! – she is… Continue reading
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Presenting: Diane Buccheri of OCEAN Magazine
I first met Diane Buccheri when I submitted a short story to her magazine. She emailed me back a nice note: she didn’t need the short story, but if I had any nonfiction prose, she would look at it. I sent in an essay comparing my misty mountains to an underwater experience, and she accepted… Continue reading
About Kathryn Magendie
Author of 5 published novels & other this and that novellas and stories, Editor, Edge of Arlington Content Editor.