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My #$@&* Bad Words

I’ve been searching for bad words in my manuscript, one at a time. It’s exhausting work, because there are a lot, and I must decide which can stay and which must go. Hint: they’re all verbs. Sometimes I decide the word is right for the situation, and sometimes I see its phrase or sentence adds nothing and can be struck. […]

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Remembering America’s one and only Emperor…

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Talking Back to House and Garden TV

I confess–my favorite television is HGTV (House and Garden), though I don’t believe all I see there. It’s supposedly Reality TV, but If you watch “Love it or List it” enough you’ll soon have the script by heart. REAL ESTATE AGENT, SHOWING HOUSE: “And here you have your open-concept living, dining, and kitchen area.” Then, “What do

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