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Author of WICKER PARK WISHES, a novel, published by Eckhartz Press "It's like 'Hi Fidelity' from a woman's perspective. A 90s book about relationships." - John Siuntres, WordBalloon. Language discussion and expression, a view from the city: "A fascinating and enlightening look at language and other important matters" - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune "...definitely an interesting voice!" - Languagehat.com "...a great site!" - Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement

5.27.2020

Before I was situationally socially distanced; now it's a choice

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As I've suggested and even explicitly stated previously throughout the years, I've not had the most exciting social life, which matt...
5.07.2020

How I'm still motivated to write even though no one cares

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Like a lot of other people, including those lucky ones who've been published or have an agent or editor waiting for their work, I was ha...
5.01.2020

MasterClass isn't a "class"

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Towards the end of last year, someone asked if I wanted to be gifted an "all-access" pass to MasterClass . They had a deal where i...
4.25.2020

Things I'm grateful for during the virus lockdown

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This has been a strange time, and for a lot of people, a very difficult time due to job loss, anxiety, taking care of and educating kids, su...
2.19.2020

My uncle died suddenly and this is what I have to say

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I just found out a couple of days ago that my uncle died suddenly, and today would have been his birthday. He wasn't a young man, but it...
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1.16.2020

I fell into the "what's the point" kind of thinking

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A while ago, I was hired as a writer somewhere, and I stupidly didn't tell people my experience, so that when my writing wasn't stel...
12.30.2019

I hate books that are written like the spoken word

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I just finished a book that is a New York Times bestseller, has probably made the person millions of dollars, and gets great reviews online....
12.17.2019

Translation of a Polish student's personal creative essay

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I've been teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) for several years, and one of my students from this past semester gave me a transl...
12.04.2019

I did Nanowrimo again...but this is it!

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Even though I told myself I would not do Nanowrimo again, I did it this year, and finished in time. I can't believe I wrote so intensel...
10.30.2019

I have a business, okay?

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I've been wanting to write this post for a while, and started it, then stopped, because I don't want to seem too whiny or self-promo...
10.09.2019

That didn't last long

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Over the summer, I wrote about how it's harder to write while you're more on the inside than outside, and that's where I was fo...
9.18.2019

The school with a run-on

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I often walk by an elementary school in the Gold Coast, which is a nice neighborhood with money and education and clean sidewalks and nice d...
9.15.2019

Better to underestimate and over-deliver than promise something you can't do

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I almost had this post done, when I decided to delete what I wrote and start over, because it sounded like I was being way too critical of: ...
9.01.2019

I got a free book but didn't like it

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I was contacted by a major publisher about a book that I might be interested in reading (and reviewing) because it was language-oriented, an...
8.25.2019

I hate self-serving posts that are cheap teases for nothing

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Sometimes I see someone's interesting blog post on LinkedIn or wherever (I don't know if LinkedIn would want them called "blog...
8.18.2019

I had the best day at work yesterday

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Initially, I wrote about this in my Keel's Simple Diary, but I felt like I needed to elaborate publicly, though waited a day to see if ...
7.12.2019

My favorite TV show is Japanese

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A long time ago, when I was still listed on Languagehat's blog list, someone complained that this blog wasn't totally language-orie...
7.09.2019

If you work with jerks, read this book!

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I read the excellent book The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt a while ago, but I was so afraid of b...
6.27.2019

Working alone is a luxury

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When I started this blog, I was working alone a lot at home, and I really started to hate it. I couldn't find many people online who we...
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