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Power in Doing and Writing Well
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Those words from Benjamin Franklin still carry weight, not because …

HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
PART XVI Oceania, continued: New Zealand: How to speak British beyond England (continued), course 308 Norfolk and Pitcairn Island dialects …

AI Shift Shaking Publishing — and What Smart Authors Do Next
The rules for being discovered are changing, and not in the authors’ favor. For years, writers leaned on the quiet, …

The Brew They Tried to Ban
If you’ve ever cradled a warm mug in the morning and felt civilization start to make sense, you might be …

Why Giving Your All Matters More Than You Think
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well.” These words …

The Subject Line Secret: Opening Doors to More Readers
A great email is useless if no one opens it. Hours can be poured into crafting every sentence, polishing every …

Learning To Make Do With Plenty
Dr. Peter Wilsonhulme had something more than altruism in mind when he approached Rachel Carmichael to take her son, Garven, …

Hotels, and Holy Heists
Of all the things I expected to learn while browsing trivia, this one stopped me cold: The Bible is the …

The Matter of the Ambulatory Light Poles
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was stuck in traffic. It was not your usual traffic …

The Alligator in the Apple Orchard
I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember it so well because I was there and I wasn’t a …

The Matter of the Parmesan Flake Flight
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was savoring an Italian meal in a restaurant in Manteo …

The Matter of the Unsalable Salables
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was not having a good day. It was not a …
