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Whoo Hoo! WNFIN has a Forum and a Facebook Page!

Posted by on October 28, 2010 at 12:10 am

Check it out! This year WNFIN has a forum and a Facebook page! You can find the forum in the right hand column of this blog under the subscription form; it says “Nina Amir’s Forum–Also For WINFIN.” Or click on this link. Notice that the forum offers a way to dialogue with other writers about [...]

WNFIN Has a New Relative: Write Nonfiction Now!

Posted by on May 18, 2010 at 7:12 am

WNFIN has a new reltative: Write Nonfiction in November Yes, at long last the sister blog to Write Nonfiction in November is now live.  Write Nonfiction NOW! will host all my posts about writing and publishing nonfiction–articles, essays, books, e-books, etc.–when the Write Nonfiction in November challenge is not up and running. That means you can [...]

For Grammatically Correct Writing, Don’t Write as You Speak

Posted by on March 28, 2010 at 9:46 am

I have been accused of being an old-fashioned editor. I edit or correct grammar and punctuation the way I’ve always done it—the way I learned grammar long ago in high school. I also typically follow the AP Stylebook I had to use in college as a magazine journalism major.  I do, however, pull out other [...]