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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
A Ballad for Baghdad—which I had the privilege of editing—is one of the most powerful books you'll ever read.
Ali Turner, an ex-hippie-chick Viet Nam War protester who describes herself as a "recovered socialista/feminista," tells of the personal transformation that led her to spend 3 years in Baghdad supporting the soldiers ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
One of the wonderful benefits of owning your own business is that your future is in YOUR hands and not resting at the mercy of a large corporation or the stock market.
Given all the bad economic news lately, wouldn't it be nice to be the one in control of your ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
One of my editing clients wrote about the Lake Superior State University 2008 List of Banished Words to a Yahoo group for writers and publishers to which we both contribute. He commented, "I'd expect Mary Jo Tate to come up with this."
Here's my reply:
Now, Jay, don't throw me UNDER ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Marti Pieper commented on "What makes a book great?":
"If a book lacks excellent writing–if the writing is so poor that it causes the reader to miss the flow of thought or focus on the mistakes rather than the message–it will never become a great book."
Very well put! Even a poorly ...
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