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I hate when an ad takes a negative approach. Also, I'd change "value" to "opportunity"; I just like the sound of that better.

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ALSO FOUND ONLINE: Uranus is the smallest of the gas giants in the outer solar system.

There are no gas giants in the inner solar system. The four outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are all gas giants. The four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) are regular planets.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: Trash-talking can be a very effective tool to get inside the heads of your opponents. 

A lot of people love "very," but I don't. Take out very here, and the sentence means the same thing.

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• J-school: Go out and learn

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•  Editor with no experience

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• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

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• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

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• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

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• ... said the spider to ...

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• The Dog Diary (2014)

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• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

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• Wayne Auton: A life in racing