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Is It The Only Word We Have Left?

Note: this piece was not originally so ladylike, but in order to remove both an adult-only rating and facebook blacklisting of the site, it has had all rude words replaced with nice euphemisms.  The necessity of rewriting the piece rather proved its point: the word shocks like no other. So, while reading an interview with [...]

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What About The Words? The Real First Step To Getting Published

A while ago, I went to an evening of talks about Getting Published, given by women with various jobs in the publishing industry. The women were entertaining, the talks interesting, and the atmosphere comradely. Chatting to the organiser in the bar afterwards, I mentioned that I noticed, though they had a great deal to say [...]

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