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i before e rule exceptions

The I Before E Rule: This Is Funny

I found this funny graphic on Facebook, shared by Grammarly.com and created my Simon Taylor. This is #funny. i before e except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor. The i before e rule is certainly handy but it clearly has a lot of exceptions. 21 39            

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I don't need an editor

You Need an Editor for Your Book

Here’s a SomeEcard that states the point very well: I don’t need to hire an editor. My book is perfect just the way it is. – Said no bestselling author. Ever. 1001 Ways to Market Your Books “If you want to sell 250,000,000 books like we have, read and use this book.” – Mark Victor […]

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Ray Bradbury on Writing

Ray Bradbury on Writing

Here is a wonderful quote from science fiction author Ray Bradbury on writing. If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only when you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury, science fiction author You fail only when you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury #writing #books #writers […]

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teach your children to read

Teach Your Children to Enjoy Books!

I love this photo and recommendation by Larry James: Readers of good books today will be the writers of good books tomorrow! Teach your children to enjoy books. Readers of good books are the writers of good books tomorrow! Teach your children to enjoy books. Click To Tweet 14 1            

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