No, literally I'm out of town.   We're back in Kentucky at our alma mater, Asbury University (formerly Asbury College).  Our oldest is now a film student here and we're back for the Highbridge Film Festival. Pausing for a commercial, we got a brief tour of the state-of-the-art communications arts building and ...

In politics, there are lots of poor word choices.  One should never, ever use the term unzip when referring to a politician. “Well, you know, I guess we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out, because he is not!” Ann Romney told Baltimore radio station WBAL, according to ...

From Lousy Writer: You can improve your ability to write effective sentences by studying and reviewing the important principles of sentence structure in this ebook. Follow our advice and review our many examples. By the time you have finished our ebook, you will notice an immediate improvement in how you construct, ...

Doing a little blog redecorating/rearranging.  Things might look at little wonky for a while.

Paul Dorset points out that the common rule of thumb is that it takes 10,000 hours of doing something to become an expert.  Then he applies it to writing. 10,000 is a lot of hours. It's about 5 years of working an 8 hour, 5 day week with a few vacations ...

A successful writer wears more than one hat...darn it.

From Dave Ramsey: Since today is February 29—leap day—a day that only comes around once every four years, we thought we’d give you 29 ways to LEAP out of debt. Now is the time! Read on to see the  29 Ways To Leap Out of Debt - daveramsey.com.

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