Punctuation matters. Way more than you think. Bad punctuation can be devastating.

Don't believe me?

Alright, then gather around, children, because I'm going to tell you a short true story about how not understanding ONE punctuation mark once cost a company millions of dollars in a lawsuit.

I love this idea! www.npr.org/2024/12/22/n...

Writing Tip:
Your submission might be great, but if the person you're submitting it to isn't wowed by your pitch they might not even read it. Mastering your elevator pitch (pitching the plot of your story in a sentence or two) is an important tool for success.
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

I'm not religious but damn do I love a christian carol. "O Holy Night"? It is if someone's singing that song. "Fall on your knees" ??!! Already down here, buddy. You've knocked me out

Being a writer with serious anxiety is so hard. Every good email could be followed by a bad one. Every day could be a day that my life changes forever. Every bit of progress I make could pale to the horrible, unseeing machinations of an uncaring universe.

But still I persist!!!

I refuse to let the incoming President be the main character in my day-to-day life. 2016-2020 was exhausting for many reasons, but chiefly b/c of him. I oppose everything he’ll try to do. I’ll do all I can to advocate for the vulnerable communities he’ll target. But I won’t give his ego oxygen.

Omg I just dropped a copy of the book Oliver Twist on my foot.

Hurts like the Dickens

Today in 1993: Nirvana’s iconic “Unplugged” concert airs on MTV.

“.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became."

#RIP

Wife: So you went to the party all by yourself?
Me: Yes
Wife: And you stayed three whole hours?
Me: Yes
Wife: Even though I wasn’t there to make you stay?
Me: Yes
Wife: And now you don’t want to talk to other people until?
Me: March-ish