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About The Joy of Not Working - An Online Interview

Below is an online interview I did about The Joy of Not Working for A New Dawn Blog:

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on October 21, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Best Things Ever Said about Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation

Whom Says So?

Writer on Typewriter

To help you along as a writer, here are the best things ever said about spelling, grammar, and punctuation so the three are kept in proper perspective. (These quotes — "quotations" for the purists — come from a

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on August 11, 2008 at 8:12pm — 1 Comment

English and Writing Have little to Do with Each Other.

When I was enrolled in the Engineering program at the University of Alberta, I failed English three years in a row. In fact, I received the lowest mark possible on a grading curve of "1" to "9." The reason that I received a "1" three years in a row was that the University didn't offer anything lower. When people asked me how I di… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on August 7, 2008 at 3:23am — 1 Comment

My Rewards from Writing Books Are More than Just the Money

Retirement Guy

I will be the first one to admit that I am not a great writer. As I have indicated previously, by the time I realized how bad of a writer I was, I was too successful to quit.

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Added by Ernie Zelinski on July 19, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Nothing Stinks Like a Pile of Unpublished Writing - Quotes about the Writing Life

These are some inspirational quotes about the writing life that I am adding to my websites: Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. — Sylvia Plath Nice guys can't write. — Kn… Continue

Added by Ernie Zelinski on July 13, 2008 at 9:57pm — 1 Comment