Monthly Archives: November 2012

Chain Letter Madness

Remember chain letters? You’d receive one in the mail, unsolicited, and it would request that you make ten copies of it and mail them to people you knew. There were incentives for doing so, some positive and some negative. If … Continue reading

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Writing Tip: Do You Overuse Parentheses?

You know parentheses? (Those little crescent-shaped thingies?) Well, sometimes they drive me crazy (overuse, lack of clarity, fuzzy writing). I have nothing against parentheses in themselves. I’m just not so fond of them that I crave a steady supply. Used … Continue reading

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