Author name: Carol Ervin

I have been lucky to have three highly engaging and interesting careers--first as a teacher, then the owner of a small business, and finally as a writer. I have been blessed by great friends, family, teachers, colleagues, and students, and I have lived in interesting places. My life has also been enriched by books, music, and art. I believe in the greatness and fallibility of the human race and our need to responsibility take care of our planet.

ebook honeymoon

What I love so far about reading ebooks: Sample chapters: much better than browsing shelves and reading first paragraphs.   Review sites:  I bought my first ebook (and a Kindle) based on a review by Marion Sipe on GoodBookAlert (http://goodbookalert.blogspot.com/ ). After reading her review and sampling the book, I realized I was missing out […]

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A good "B" story

A friend told me she would not attempt to write a novel if it could not be of the highest quality.  It felt like she was criticizing me for trying.  A reader on my favorite critique site said a chapter I’d posted showed no particular literary quality.  His critique was kindly put, so I didn’t take

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Handy-dandy AutoCorrect

You can save time and avoid mis-typing difficult words like strange and unpronounceable character and place names with a feature in Microsoft Word and OneNote called AutoCorrect.  Other word processors may have a similar capability.  In Word and OneNote, the icon is a little lightning bolt.  It’s under the tools menu in OneNote, but harder

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