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Grammar Snufus by Karla Stover

Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to  be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"

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Author Bryan Cohen Back Again with 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Volume 2: More Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More

Guest Post by Bryan Cohen A Priceless Creativity Habit  by Bryan Cohen  Your habits can make you or break you. Some of my worst habits almost broke me financially during my early 20s. My better ones raised me to some success almost a decade later. One habit in particular helped me to create an Amazon best-seller, get thousands of students in an online course and appear on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." If you added this habit to your life, you'd likely find equal, if not better, success yourself.   Here's the habit: constantly thinking of ideas to improve my life and actively following up on them.  People like to daydream about a better life. But how many of them actually write those daydreams down? And out of those select few, how many make an effort to see if the ideas are feasible? I imagine the number is smaller than you think. Writers and other creative types often say that they want to sell more art or make more money, but how likely are they...

The Eighth Menorah by Lauren L. Wohl from Albert Whitman and Company

The Eighth Menorah by Lauren L. Wohl Available Now Publisher: Albert Whitman and Company Received copy for review and then giveaway Picture book- 32 pages To Buy Links- Albert Whitman and Company Amazon/ Kindle / Barnes and Noble/ Book Depository / Indiebound / Kobo Goodreads- Hanukkah is a few weeks away, and Sam can't wait to celebrate with his family, especially his grandma. At Sunday school, everyone in his class is busy making clay menorahs to give as Hanukkah gifts! Sam likes how his menorah is turning out, but he's worried--his family already has seven menorahs! Will they want another one? His teacher reassures him that his parents will love it, but Sam is determined to solve this problem on his own and find the perfect home for his menorah.   Sam's dilemma in this sweet and simple Hanukkah story is one that rings true for kids and their families.   Review This is a very sweet simple story about a little boy, Sam, who has made a menorah in Sunday School and he thi...

Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody Review

Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody Available Now Knopf Books for Young Readers Hardcover 272 pages Received e-ARC for review from Publisher through NetGalley To Buy Links- Amazon / Kindle / Audiobook CD/ Audible/ Barnes and Noble   /Book Depository/     Indiebound/ Kobo Goodreads-   Will Scarlet is on the run.  Once the sheltered son of nobility, Will has become an exile. While his father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard, a treacherous plot to unseat Richard has swept across England, and Shackley House has fallen. Will flees the only home he’s ever known into neighboring Sherwood Forest, where he joins the elusive gang of bandits known as the Merry Men. Among them are Gilbert, their cruel leader; a giant named John Little; a drunkard named Rob; and Much, an orphan girl disguised as a bandit boy. This is the story of how a band of misfit outlaws become heroes of legend - thanks to one brave 13-year-old boy." Review Oh wow, this was...

Waterfell by Amalie Howard- Review

Waterfell (Book 1 The Aquarathi) by Amalie Howard Available Now Harlequin Teen Paperback 350 pages Received E-ARC through NetGalley from publisher for review To Buy Links- Amazon/ Kindle / Audible/ Barnes and Noble / Book Depository /  Indiebound/ Kobo Goodreads-   THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE QUEEN Nerissa Marin hides among teens in her human form, waiting for the day she can claim her birthright—the undersea kingdom stolen from her the day her father was murdered. Blending in is her best weapon—until her father's betrayer confronts Nerissa and challenges her to a battle to the death on Nerissa's upcoming birthday—the day she comes of age.  Amid danger and the heartbreak of her missing mother, falling for a human boy is the last thing Nerissa should do. But Lo Seavon breaches her defenses and somehow becomes the only person she can count on to help her desperate search for her mother, a prisoner of Nerissa's mortal enemy. Is Lo the linchpin that might win Nerissa back her cr...

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