http://freelancewritersexchange.com Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:07:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most people understand what quotation marks are for. Unfortunately, many do not. It is those people that seem to be featured on The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. If you haven't checked it out, you are a writer and want a good laugh - go, go now! http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2008/01/12/way-too-many-quotation-marks/ I find passive aggressive people quite funny, actually. However, I do know that sometimes I can be like that too. I found this website called Passive Aggressive Notes - I found the grammar and some other things just as funny as the passive aggressive behavior. :D http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2008/01/09/passive-agressive-notes/ I have decided to reveal the name of the company I had a problem with at Christmas. I am also posting this on all of my blogs for the simple fact that she needs to be stopped. I feel I was lied to, and that is why I am posting ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2008/01/02/dont-shop-at-3drose/ It drives me nuts when websites need a writer, but they cannot get their "Help Wanted" right. Why would I want to work for you then? http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/28/enough-said/ http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/25/merry-christmas-to-all-my-writing-friends/ Dear Santa, I've been really good this year. I don't really want a lot for Christmas. But if you could keep it in your mind that 2008 would be the perfect year to give me the book contract I so much desire. I sure would appreciate it. And I would maybe ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/24/dear-santa/ Interestingly this thought has crossed my mind before. How do you go about writing in Christmas in your current manuscript/book? And if I do, do I alienate certain readers? What I mean is, what about those that celebrate other holidays - Hanukkah, Ramadan or simply not at all. Doubtful actually. ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/20/writing-in-christmas/ This time of year gets so busy not just in our everyday lives, but for a freelance writer it seems deadlines creep up faster and there aren't enough hours in a day. I've been so busy with my three projects that I have had no time to do much about my ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/12/working-hard-or-hardly-working/ Yep, it's that time of year again. Time to start thinking about gift giving, present buying and major shopping excursions to find the writer on your list an amazingly perfect goodie to help them in their quest for the perfect words. Written in the Thursday Thirteen format, thirteen amazing Christmas ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/06/thursday-thirteen-6-thirteen-of-the-best-christmas-gifts-for-writers/ During National Novel Writing Month I tried to quiet the internal editor I have that screams at me constantly to fix this or that. For the most part I did a pretty good job. I edited a tiny bit  here and there, and I  had to switch some things around, ... http://freelancewritersexchange.com/2007/12/02/more-words-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/