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Author Archives: Allison Keeton
Adverbs Are for Never
Time for another Writing Tip Wednesday. I’m sure you all have missed a grammatical post. Today, we’re going to talk about adverbs. What is an adverb? To me, an adverb modifies the action. Technically, it can modify a verb, an … Continue reading
GUEST BLOGGER, ELIZABETH DEWOLFE – The Accidental Crime Writer
The Accidental Crime Writer By Elizabeth DeWolfe I hadn’t intended to write about crime. A graduate school class on Women and the Law was as close as I got to nineteenth-century disorder. And while the subject of my first book, … Continue reading
Good Enough
I often hear my father’s voice in my head: “Good Enough.” It was one of his well-known sayings. When I was younger, I thought of it as not caring about the end result or being too tired to try harder. … Continue reading
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Where’d That Word Come From?
Writers love words, and the English language is a rich challenge. Like the United States, the English language is a melting pot. In my undergraduate years at UConn, despite being a Business major (to please my father by pursuing a … Continue reading
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“Writing Tip Wednesday”
Welcome to Writing Tip Wednesday! I’m still on a grammar kick. I was beginning to think I was “old-fashioned” in being a stickler for where the period or the comma went when using quotation marks, especially in seeing modern pieces … Continue reading
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Don’t Take Your Grammar For Granted
I’ve always prided myself on my good grammar, even calling myself a Grammar Nerd as a kid. I excelled in English classes throughout my school years, and I’ve always enjoyed editing as much as creative writing. So, when my first … Continue reading
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For the Love of Layers
I’m forbidden from bringing any more rocks into the house. It’s a difficult promise to keep. Living on the Maine coast, surrounded by 400-500 million-year-old metamorphic rock, I am constantly coming across a beautiful loose stone on the beach, at … Continue reading
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In Defense of Being Nosy
Being nosy has a bad wrap, even from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, which says: NOSY. 1. As in curious, interested in what is not one’s own business2. As in busy, thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited I’d like … Continue reading
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Using the Feelings of a Memory
Last month, when I saw photographer April Morrison’s beautiful photograph of milkweed pods in snow, I was instantly brought back to my childhood. One fall, my mother, along with my sisters and me, collected dozens of dried out pods. She … Continue reading
