Writing Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 209: Serial Commas
September 3, 2010 Issue 208: Lay vs. Lie
August 27, 2010 Issue 207: Separation of Church and State (Tips)
August 20, 2010 Issue 206: Principal vs. Principle
August 13, 2010 Issue 205: Ensure, Insure, Assure
August 6, 2010 Issue 204: Flammable vs. Inflammable
July 30, 2010 Issue 203: Using Commas With Phrases
July 23, 2010 Issue 202: Introductory Requests & Commands
July 16, 2010 Issue 201: Introductory Adverbs & Phrases, Part I
July 9, 2010 Issue 200: Answering User Questions: Tip Value
July 2, 2010 Issue 199: Gender Unknown
June 25, 2010 Issue 198: Writer Memo: May 22, 2006
June 18, 2010 Issue 197: Hyphenated Names
June 11, 2010 Issue 196: Hyphenated Names
June 4, 2010 Issue 195: New Gigs
May 28, 2010 Issue 194: Guru Gigs
May 21, 2010 Issue 193: Writer Memo: April 17, 2006
May 14, 2010 Issue 192: Public Service Gigs
May 7, 2010 Issue 191: Example: Not-So Good Tip
April 30, 2010 Issue 190: Comma Splices
April 23, 2010 Issue 189: LifeTips writers "Rules of the Road"
April 16, 2010 Issue 188: Deadines and due dates for writers
April 9, 2010 Issue 187: Make My Payday!
April 2, 2010 Issue 186: How to Maneuver Your Way Through the Writer's Admin Tool
March 26, 2010 Issue 185: Letter from the Editor
March 19, 2010 Issue 184: Grading Tips
March 12, 2010 Issue 183: Answering User Questions
March 5, 2010 Issue 182: Looking For Reviews?
February 26, 2010 Issue 181: Can't Think Of An Idea?
February 19, 2010 Issue 180: Creating A Character
February 5, 2010 Issue 179: Fragments
January 29, 2010 Issue 178: Writing (Communication): Persuade by example
January 22, 2010 Issue 177: Writing (Communications): Avoid exclamation points.
January 15, 2010 Issue 176: Writing (Communications): Avoid expletives.
January 8, 2010 Issue 175: How to build your portfolio or "clip file"
January 1, 2010 Issue 174: Writing Articles for the Internet
December 25, 2009 Issue 173: Creating a Well-written Press Release
December 18, 2009 Issue 172: The Little Word That Packs a Big Punch
December 11, 2009 Issue 171: Using "That" or "Which?"
December 4, 2009 Issue 170: There, Their, and They're
November 27, 2009 Issue 169: Understanding Your Writing Career Options
November 20, 2009 Issue 168: Where to Find Freelance Writing Jobs
November 13, 2009 Issue 167: What is freelance writing?
November 6, 2009 Issue 166: Write Your Freelance Writing Business Plan
October 30, 2009 Issue 165: Start a Blog or Website to Showcase Your Writing
October 23, 2009 Issue 164: Why Do You Love Writing?
October 16, 2009 Issue 163: Writers Need to Read!
May 18, 2007 Issue 162: When to Use "Me," I," and "Myself"
May 11, 2007 Issue 161: "Obligated" versus "Obliged"
May 4, 2007 Issue 160: Guru FAQs
April 27, 2007 Issue 159: Proper Address to a Foreign Ambassador
April 20, 2007 Issue 158: The Writer's Job Board
April 13, 2007 Issue 157: Deadines and Due Dates
April 6, 2007 Issue 156: Answering User Questions
March 30, 2007 Issue 155: Affect vs. Effect
March 23, 2007 Issue 154: Nicknames
March 16, 2007 Issue 153: Common Nouns
March 9, 2007 Issue 152: General Directions
March 2, 2007 Issue 151: Acronyms
February 23, 2007 Issue 150: Telephone Numbers
February 16, 2007 Issue 149: Replacing Traditional Masculine Bias
February 9, 2007 Issue 148: Becoming an Expert
February 2, 2007 Issue 147: Infinitive
January 26, 2007 Issue 146: Noun Phrase
January 19, 2007 Issue 145: Participle
January 12, 2007 Issue 144: Pronoun
January 5, 2007 Issue 143: Self Pronouns
December 29, 2006 Issue 142: Pronoun Agreement
December 22, 2006 Issue 141: Correct & Incorrect Words
December 15, 2006 Issue 140: Asking For Help
December 8, 2006 Issue 139: Avoiding You/Your Errors
December 1, 2006 Issue 138: Miscellaneous Possessives
November 24, 2006 Issue 137: Possessives
November 17, 2006 Issue 136: Parentheses
October 27, 2006 Issue 135: Spacing After Periods
October 20, 2006 Issue 134: A.P. Style Book
October 13, 2006 Issue 133: Commas and States/Zip Codes
October 6, 2006 Issue 132: Commas for Special Emphasis
September 29, 2006 Issue 131: Compound Sentences vs. Compound Predicates
September 22, 2006 Issue 130: Error Messages in Job Board
September 15, 2006 Issue 129: Serial Commas
September 8, 2006 Issue 128: Lay vs. Lie
September 1, 2006 Issue 127: Separation of Church and State (Tips)
August 25, 2006 Issue 126: Principal vs. Principle
August 18, 2006 Issue 125: Ensure, Insure, Assure
August 4, 2006 Issue 123: Using Commas With Phrases
July 21, 2006 Issue 122: Introductory Requests & Commands
July 14, 2006 Issue 121: Introductory Adverbs & Phrases, Part I
July 7, 2006 Issue 120: Answering User Questions: Tip Value
June 30, 2006 Issue 119: Writer Memo: June 19 -What Makes a Good Tip
June 23, 2006 Issue 118: Gender Unknown
June 16, 2006 Issue 117: Writer Memo: May 8, 2006
June 9, 2006 Issue 116: Writer Memo: May 22, 2006
June 2, 2006 Issue 115: Hyphenated Names
May 26, 2006 Issue 114: Hyphenated Names
May 19, 2006 Issue 113: New Gigs
May 12, 2006 Issue 112: Writer Memo: May 1, 2006
May 5, 2006 Issue 111: Guru Gigs
April 28, 2006 Issue 110: Writer Memo: April 24, 2006
April 21, 2006 Issue 109: Writer Memo: April 17, 2006
April 14, 2006 Issue 108: Public Service Gigs
April 7, 2006 Issue 107: Example: Good Tip
March 31, 2006 Issue 106: Example: Not-So Good Tip
March 17, 2006 Issue 105: Comma Splices
March 10, 2006 Issue 104: Lifetips writers "Rules of the Road"
March 3, 2006 Issue 103: Deadines and due dates for writers
February 24, 2006 Issue 102: Make My Payday!
February 17, 2006 Issue 101: How to Maneuver Your Way Through the Writer's Admin Tool
February 10, 2006 Issue 100: Letter from the Editor
February 3, 2006 Issue 99: Grading Tips
January 27, 2006 Issue 98: Answering User Questions
March 7, 2003 Issue 97: Donīt Trust Spell Check
February 28, 2003 Issue 96: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
February 21, 2003 Issue 95: Donīt Trust Spell Check
February 14, 2003 Issue 94: Donīt Trust Spell Check
January 24, 2003 Issue 93: Question Within a Sentence
January 17, 2003 Issue 92: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
December 20, 2002 Issue 89: The last day of the year!
November 8, 2002 Issue 87: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
July 26, 2002 Issue 86: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
July 19, 2002 Issue 85: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
July 12, 2002 Issue 84: Donīt Trust Spell Check
July 5, 2002 Issue 83: Becoming an Expert
June 28, 2002 Issue 82: Question Within a Sentence
June 21, 2002 Issue 81: Donīt Trust Spell Check
June 14, 2002 Issue 80: Becoming an Expert
June 7, 2002 Issue 79: Asking For Help
May 31, 2002 Issue 78: Semicolons and Internal Clauses
May 24, 2002 Issue 77: Becoming an Expert
May 17, 2002 Issue 76: Proofreading Help
May 10, 2002 Issue 75: Don`t Trust Spell Check
April 26, 2002 Issue 73: Proofreading Tips
April 19, 2002 Issue 72: Proofreading Tips
April 12, 2002 Issue 71: Proofreading Tips
April 5, 2002 Issue 70: Proofreading Tips
March 29, 2002 Issue 69: Proofreading Tips
March 22, 2002 Issue 68: Commonly Confused Words
March 15, 2002 Issue 67: Commonly Confused Words
March 8, 2002 Issue 66: Commonly Confused Words
March 1, 2002 Issue 65: Commonly Confused Words
February 22, 2002 Issue 64: Salutations for Business Letters
February 15, 2002 Issue 63: Salutations for Business Letters
February 8, 2002 Issue 62: Salutations for Business Letters
February 1, 2002 Issue 61: Salutations for Business Letters
January 25, 2002 Issue 60: Salutations for Business Letters
January 18, 2002 Issue 59: Salutations for Business Letters
January 11, 2002 Issue 58: Salutations for Business Letters
November 23, 2001 Issue 57: Singular Pronouns
November 16, 2001 Issue 56: Pronoun Agreement
October 26, 2001 Issue 54: Common Grammar Errors & How to Avoid Them
September 21, 2001 Issue 53: Commonly Confused Words
September 14, 2001 Issue 52: Commonly Confused Words
September 7, 2001 Issue 51: Commonly Confused Words
August 31, 2001 Issue 50: Commonly Confused Words
August 3, 2001 Issue 49: Compound Sentences vs. Compound Predicates
July 27, 2001 Issue 48: Punctuation With Abbreviations
July 20, 2001 Issue 47: Punctuation With Abbreviations
July 13, 2001 Issue 46: Punctuation With Abbreviations
July 6, 2001 Issue 45: Commonly Misused Words & Phrases
June 29, 2001 Issue 44: Commonly Misused Words & Phrases
June 22, 2001 Issue 43: Commonly Misused Words & Phrases
June 15, 2001 Issue 42: Commonly Misused Words & Phrases
May 25, 2001 Issue 39: Punctuation: Commas With Introductory Phrases
May 18, 2001 Issue 38: Punctuation: Commas With Introductory Phrases
May 11, 2001 Issue 37: Punctuation: Commas With Introductory Phrases
May 4, 2001 Issue 36: Punctuation: Commas With Introductory Phrases
April 27, 2001 Issue 35: Proofreading: Asking for help
April 20, 2001 Issue 34: Proofreading: Spell Check
April 13, 2001 Issue 33: Proofreading: Paired Punctuation
April 6, 2001 Issue 32: Proofreading Tips
March 30, 2001 Issue 31: ePublisher Catalogs
March 23, 2001 Issue 30: Submitting Your Manuscript
March 16, 2001 Issue 29: ePublishing Contracts
March 9, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 27, Evaluating ePublishers
March 2, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 26, Locating an ePublisher
February 23, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 25, Project Journals for Holiday Celebrations
February 16, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 24, Keeping a Project Journal
February 9, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 23, Keeping vs. Discarding Your Journals
February 2, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 22, Keeping Your Journal Private
January 26, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 21, Length of a Copyright
January 19, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 20, Registering A Copyright
January 12, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 19, Getting A Copyright
January 5, 2001 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 18, What A Copyright Covers
December 22, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 16, Tools for Keeping a Journal
December 15, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 15, Rules for Journal Writing
December 8, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 14, The Decision to Keep a Journal
December 1, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 13, Timed Writing Exercises for Journal Writing
November 24, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 12: More Internet Research Tips
November 17, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 11: Finding expert assistance
November 10, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 10: Internet Research Tools
November 3, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 9: Library Reference Desk
October 27, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 8: Punctuation with Quotation Marks
October 20, 2000 Issue 8: Writing Tips Newsletter, Issue 7: Dashes
October 13, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 6: Comma Splices
October 6, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 5: Semicolons
September 29, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 4: Affect vs. Effect
September 22, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 3: Pronoun Agreement
September 15, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 2: Different From
September 1, 2000 Writing-tips Newsletter, Issue 1: Subject/Verb Agreement
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