January 26th, 2010

My Internet Expands

Funny how you can begin to think you feel at home on the internet when suddenly you stumble into new territory — and then you remember just how big the world is.

I have really been enjoying my new work blogging at NCRegister.com.

But the commenters over there? These are not my usual peeps. Did you see the way the Matt Archbold’s post about atheism exploded, for example?

And pro-life

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January 11th, 2010

I’m Blogging at NCRegister

Have you seen the all-new, awesome-looking NCRegister.com yet? No? Well, get on over there and check it out!

I am thrilled to be a part of the new NCRegister blogging team, among such greats as Mark Shea, Jimmy Akin, Matt and Pat Archbold, Matthew Warner, and Tom Hoopes.

As the only female, though, I am feeling just a little bit lonely there. Please come visit me, leave me some

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November 17th, 2009

We’re All Copy Cats

The internet makes plagiarism and copyright infringement astonishingly easy to accomplish and terrifically difficult to keep track of.

I sometimes stumble upon something as brazen as my words published with someone else’s name attached. I usually address that kind of thing.

But then there’s the subtler stuff —

a blog post or article of mine copied in its entirety without a link or permission a chapter from one of

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February 8th, 2009

Catholic Writers Conference Online

Have any of you been participating in the Catholic Writers Conference Online?

I’ll be taking part in a live chat there tomorrow afternoon (Monday) at 1:00 pm Eastern time. My topic will be Writing With Passion While Keeping Perspective and I hope to answer moms’ questions about balancing work and family life, writing from home, and time management.

Signing in is easy and I don’t believe you have to be

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January 28th, 2009

Tweet!

Are you on Twitter?

I am.

See you there!

May 31st, 2008

More Snobbiness, More Grammar

***Updated to share this cute comic (one of my favorites!) that Shauna sent by email (click on image to see it larger).

I am not alone! I heard from more than a few of you after my last post about grammar and proper word usage, and so I thought maybe it would be fun to share some of our pet peeves here.

It’s a rainy Saturday, there’s nothing else

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May 30th, 2008

I take it back.

The part about “begging the question” in the cupcake post below, that is.

Did you know that when you write online, small words and phrases that you use with little thought to their proper usage are left up on the screen for people with altogether too much time on their hands, like my brother, to scrutinize and then email to correct you?

I stand corrected.

I accept this correction and

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October 21st, 2007

More on Freelancing

And since we are talking about writing for money, I thought I would also share with you this article I wrote on the topic a short while ago:

4 Freelance Myths

Good for you! You’ve got a dream and you are ready to make it a reality: You want to be a freelance writer. Before you get started, though, let’s consider some mistaken ideas many beginners have about the business

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