The Super-Obvious “The brighter the sunlight, the darker the shadows” Or for an all caps, italicized, bolder approach, line 1: make the b a B, the s an S. Line 2: make first d a D and the first s an S. Bottom line: I’ve never heard anybody say this before I heard myself say […]
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A Harsh Truth About Writing
From about age sixteen, I wanted to be a writer; although, not so much to actually have to write. In fact, I flunked H.S. freshman English with all its chattering about punctuation, spelling, gerunds, and dangling participles. I even had to attend summer school where I managed a C-.
My Books as Study Guides for Teachers: Who would have thought?
I’m a braggart. I wish I wasn’t one, but I know that I am. On the plus side, nobody would have ever heard of me if I hadn’t tooted my own horn; a favorite cliché of my martini-drinking mom— “If you don’t toot your own horn, who’s gonna toot it for you?” I miss her.