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"Blogging for a Good Book"

Stumped for a book? The Williamsburg Regional Library in Virginia to the rescue! The library publishes a website where "a different staff member picks favorite reviews" each week. Book reviews change daily. Check out today's selection here.
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Good Webwriting?

What kind of writing works best on the web? Crawford Kilian has the answer. The author of the blog Writing for the Web, he offers solid advice on how best to communicate on websites. Check out his entry here.
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"Don't mess with quotes"

Dallas Morning News copy editor Nicole Stockdale writes a terrific blog on grammar and writing called A Capital Idea. In a recent entry she recaps a presentation on usage that covers quotes, danglers, the "who vs. whom" conundrum, and parses variations of the sentence, "only I hit him in the eye yesterday." Hit this link to check it out.
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Career in Linguistics. You Sure?

The tongue-in-dictionary-cheek Speculative Grammarian website writes, "The siren song of linguistics is too appealing, you can't resist." So you declare it your major. What's next? Play their Choose Your Own Career in Linguistics to find out!
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A Book a Week

For 20 years! Becky, the author of A Book A Week blog, has been reading a book a week for, well, over two decades. Why? Read her captivating essays about "The Beggar Maid," "Hunting Badger," "The Last of Her Kind," and on and on, and you'll begin to understand, and maybe, catch the bug, too...
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Describing Voices

Chip Scanlan, the journalist and educator who writes the terrific Chip on Your Shoulder blog, recently talked about an NPR story that got us interested. It was about how to describe voices. How would you describe Morgan Freeman's voice? How about Patsy Cline's? Or Truman Capote's? Curious? We thought so: Please click here.
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"Weirdo Convention"

"So many news articles are the same; only the names are changed," writes the website The Morning News. Their wry solution? A tongue-in-cheek template for harried newshounds covering subculture. All you do is fill in the blanks. Check it out here.
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