Written by Karen D. Swim A twitter conversation with Rosa Say has resulted in my first guest post for Joyful Jubilant Learning. Joyful Jubiliant Learning is a group blog fueled by an optimistic community of contributors. The theme at JJL this month is Blunderrifix – mistakes, lapses of judgment, screw-ups that have been fixed with [...]
Welcome Back Joanna Young!
August 25, 2008 By 13 Comments
Written by Karen D. Swim Joanna Young has been offline for two weeks. After moving her blog from TypePad to WordPress, she had to go offline for a house move. Needless to say, not two things I would want to tackle in a single month! When Brad Shorr came up with the idea of a [...]
5 Tips on How to Look Good Naked
July 28, 2008 By 18 Comments
Written by Karen D. Swim How to Look Good Naked is a television program which first aired on British TV and now has a USA version. The premise of the show is helping ordinary women to rebuild their self-esteem through a series of confidence boosting exercises culminating in a nude photo. The lesson of every [...]
Business Writing Bad
May 6, 2008 By 12 Comments
by Branden R. Williams, CISSP, CISM © David Smith | Dreamstime.com Have you noticed that most of the business writing you read is hard to understand? Or that the author did not run a simple grammar or spelling check? Complain if you must about Microsoft Word reminding you to use active voice and pointing out [...]
The Mysteries of Michigan
March 24, 2008 By 3 Comments
by Karen D. Swim “Try to find forms of literature out in the world and see how they work in fiction. Letters to the editor, recipes in cookbooks, lists. Look in different places for language and characters, and you’ll get inspired by writing not usually considered literary.” -J. Robert Lennon I have only lived in [...]
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