Tag Archive: Writing

Blowing Off Some Grammar Steam


A couple of weeks ago I received an assignment to rewrite a couple dozen blog articles. I always find it a bit fascinating to read blog articles that I’ve been asked to rewrite. At first, I wonder why it is that they need to be rewritten. I mean, how did they come to be accepted [...]

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Meeting an Online Friend


Hi folks. Took a week or so off to recharge the ol’ batts. Didja miss me? Next week will mark two years that Tumblemoose has been around the blogosphere. I have no idea where the time went. It seems like I just wrote my one year anniversary post. In the two years that I’ve been [...]

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Precision Writing


I’m sorry to say that Alaska has the worst drivers in the world.  Truly.  I lived in SoCal for a number of years and I would take the LA drivers all day long over the Alaska ones.  What’s the problem with Alaska drivers?  They lack precision.  How is this related to writing?  Lack of precision [...]

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Entertain The Write Idea


Whenever I sit down to write something, I’m often uncertain where it is going to lead.  This is certainly true with any fiction piece (including flash fiction) and more and more it seems to be true for any blog posts that I write.  I’ve been blessed with a sharp titling sense (IMHO) so a lot [...]

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I Don’t Know What I’m Writing About


Seriously. I don’t. But that’s okay. You know why? Because I don’t need to. Such is the life of a freelance writer and long-tail key words. So much for “Write what you know.” If that was the case I’d be sunk. Thank goodness I fake it pretty good. Really, some of the most fascinating assignments [...]

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