A.C.E. Writers

I’m a position writer. I get into position and I write. That position is usually somewhere near the computer, with my fingers on the keyboard. If there’s a white space in front of me, I simply determine to fill it up with something. I’ve been known to set my writing goal as “Fill up 10 [...]

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Occasionally, I find a blog with a writer so focused on content and niche that the blog is “of a mind” and I’m drawn back to that mind. Time and again, I’m drawn to a blog written by a young woman who has grown up before my very eyes. Her sense of wonder never ceases [...]

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You never know when it’s important to get the right message to the right person, until you’ve once given the wrong message to the wrong person. There’s a problematic issue there of the message and who it should be given to. Try now – this message. It’s nearly midnight and the day is gone, but [...]

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As I sit here, once again, awaiting sunrise, the contemplation of what draws readers comes to mind. There’s a comment in the in box that indicates my topics are spam… uhhuh. She’s selling Viagra, Vicodin and Valium and my topics are spam. Okay, that’s a good line. I suppose, even the fact that I referred [...]

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How many words does it take to make a profit? The question came through email from a writer friend who had been playing with his writing game for more than half a century. The man was freaking old! But he still had a dream. There wasn’t anything else in his message, just that question. I [...]

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What does constitution copyright infringement? Last week a friend was asking me about copyrights and how she could avoid being accused of it… I said, “Good luck with that!” She shivered and asked again, “You know I never copy anything anyone else wrote without giving proper credit where due.” I agreed, “I do. You’re always [...]

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Paper and pen go a long ways toward building a successful writing career. You’ve probably heard all the secrets that make writers good at their task. Using a computer with word count. Using word checker to spell check your writing. Using line edited scripts on the computer. Writing with a keyboard and functional digital dictionary. [...]

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Listening to Ty Harmon and Erik Stone chatter about Mike Huckabee’s column this morning made me wonder if either of them realize how much personality they bring to the “Anything Goes” morning show on KLMR Radio in Lamar, Colorado? Erik Stone’s professional reporter/journalist personality comes across loud and strong on the show, countered by Ty’s [...]

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Do your words get all bundled up in the paper and you can’t get poop out of them? STOP. Writer Constipation can be terminal! Midnight calls from writers often tie me up in a ball of frustration because they’re whining and complaining about the dinking words that won’t come to them, when in reality they [...]

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Everyone has a list on their desk telling the best parts of the thing they like to do. Well, this is mine! 1 – I get to express my opinion with the expectation that someone, somewhere will read it. 2 – When I write a word, I’m 98% positive I’ve spelled it right and used [...]

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