Friday, January 31, 2014

They didn't NAME him!

I always hate it when a headline says Notre Dame (or another university) names Joe Blow.

The university didn't NAME Mr. Blow; it hired him, and I wish the editor would say that. It's probably a small thing, but it's nice to be accurate.



EDITORIAL GROUP: If you're a writer, editor or general freelancer, you might check out my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo! We've been really active lately, and I think we've become useful to each other.

WRITERS' GUIDELINES: If you want to write for magazines (or book publishers), check out the writers' guidelines on my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo!

CHECK IT OUT: You might look at Funds for Writers, which specializes in grants for writers.

CONTACT:
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(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Test your eye site

Forwarded in an email: Just a little something to test your eye site

It's eyesight, not eye site. Spellcheck can't catch it, because those are real words.


EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com.


Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie


Entries from The Dog Blog

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)