A Step in the Write Direction
April 14,
2014
Update: Are your taxes done?
(Remember, I have a list of tax deductions for writers. Just email me at: dgood648@aol.com.)
I used to have a tax business with over 200 clients. Now just have 15 or 20, so
have 3 to finish today….Last week was an especially good week: Found a large sum
of money I lost…A publisher found 5 of my Rhyme-Time Bible Stories for Little Ones
that had been lost (I couldn’t believe I didn’t have them on my computer OR a
hard copy)…The editor said they’re also interested in a puzzle book I sent…Found
a folder for a client I had mislaid (the folder, not the client!)…Have a new
proofreading client (a TV evangelist who has sent me 4 jobs so far)…And sold an
exercise bike I had for sale….BUT the best news is that I had the best week I’ve
had in almost a year healthwise. Had the church pray for my COPD a week ago
Sunday. Up until that time I was having 2 or 3 coughing spells a day—sometimes
as long as 1-1½ hours. Have only had a few since then, and one was at a baseball
game in windy weather. Thank You, Lord!
Thought for Today: “There’s
a tendency to...make God a cosmic Santa Claus, always jolly, perennially upbeat,
never displeased, never angry, But (sometimes) I am not in the mood for a
laughing Santa Claus. I need a God bigger than that, someone who can understand
my pain....”
—Rick Hamlin, 10
Prayers You Can’t Live Without, 128.
Song for Today:
When we have exhausted our
store of endurance,
When our strength has
failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of
our hoarded resources,
Our Father’s full giving is
only begun.
Annie Johnson Flint, “He Giveth More
Grace”
Laugh for Today: The wealthy man's will was being read and the
relatives all listened expectantly, especially his playboy nephew. Finally the lawyer said, "And to my nephew,
Charlie, whom I promised to remember in my will, 'Hi there,
Charlie.'"
Writer’s Tips:
Avoid
Beginning Sentences or Paragraphs in a Row with Same Word
You
can find examples of this every morning in the obituary section. Try your hand
at rewriting the following paragraph (see sample at end of blog):
She
was born in Jackson, Michigan. She moved to Arizona in 1969. She was a
proofreader for the Arizona State House of Representatives. She was a former
associate editor for a trade magazine. She was on the advisory board of American
Christian Writers.
Try
Not to End Sentences in a Row with the Same Word
When
I worked for a newspaper, the editor had a rule that we couldn't begin or end
more than two sentences in a row with the same word. This is a good rule to
follow.
(Rewritten
paragraph): A native of Jackson, Michigan, she moved to Arizona in 1969 where
she was a proofreader for the Arizona State House of Representatives. She was
also a former associate editor for a trade magazine, and served on the advisory
board of American Christian Writers.
Note: All the writer’s tips I
include every week can be found in my book A Step in the Write Direction which is now on sale for $15
plus $3 s&h (normally $24.95) as I have a new publisher and am combining it
with the Student Edition. See more on my web site.
Have a good
week spreading the
gospel through
the printed page.
Donna Clark
Goodrich
dgood648@aol.com
www.thewritersfriend.net
http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com
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