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  Happy Mother’s Day!

  3574 readers I want to wish everyone a very happy Mother’s Day today!  If you are a mother, more power to you and I hope today gives you a chance to get those feet up! I have a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day.  The love part comes easy.  I have two wonderful grown kids – a daughter and

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  Apostrophe in Mother’s Day

  3358 readersStyle guides traditionally call for the apostrophe in Mother's Day to be placed between the r and the s because the holiday is supposed to honor one's own mother. But in this day and age, should we rethink the apostrophe placement to accommodate nontraditional families? This cartoon from the New Yorker provides food for thought.Thanks

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  10 Lists of Book Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

  4914 readersHave you picked out your Mother’s Day gift yet? Instead of building our own list of Mother’s Day gift books ideas, we’ve compiled a meta-list of the Top 10 Lists of Literary Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day. Below, we’ve provid...

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  Interview with Judy Christie: ‘Slow down and do something fun on Mother’s Day’

  4027 readers Author Judy Christie loves to help busy people slow down and enjoy each day more – in her series of novels about Green, Louisiana, and her Hurry Less Worry Less nonfiction books. Judy started her writing career as the editor of The Barret Banner in elementary school and has kept a journal since she was

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  Stan Lee, Yoshiki, & Todd McFarlane to Unveil ‘Blood Red Dragon’ Comic at Comic-Con 2011

  4836 readersThe first issue of the comic book series Blood Red Dragon will be unveiled at Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 21st. This project features the collaborative efforts of Spider-Man comics creator Stan Lee, Japanese rock star Yoshiki (of the band X Japan), and Spawn comics creator Todd McFarlane. GalleyCat reported back in October 201o when Lee and

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  Comic Heroines

  3300 readersI was super excited to see that Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling will both get their own graphic novel biographies, due for publication at the end of this year.  J.K. Rowling's comic will see her wearing a purple off-shoulder dress, whilst Stephanie will sport a grey v-neck jumper! The books are being published as part

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• Comic: While You’re Sleeping…

  2869 readersBidding for my donation package in the Writers For The Red Cross effort is closes tomorrow! What you win: hand-illustrated handwritten instapoem about you or a friend PLUS a selection of writer greeting cards. For the latter, if there are comics of min...

• Comic: NaNoIdMoAdMo

  1004 readersIn case you’re curious, I’m participating in PiBoIdMo and am also a NaNoWriMo Rebel. Do YOU participate in writing challenges? Why or why not? If don’t have time for 50k this month, you want an ongoing writing challenge with some built-in flexibility, I’ve set up a 250, 500 and 1000 Words A Day Challenge for

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  A Comic About The P-Word

  5552 readersThe comic above was inspired by a recent discussion in Writer Unboxed as well as Juliet Marillier’s recent post. Last time, I posted a cartoon caption challenge for an image featuring an editor at a desk and an Easter bunny. Lots of great responses! John Monahan‘s caption suggestion got the most thumbs up: “We’ve had