The Secret to a Good Book Hereâs the scenarioâyou finished your manuscript; your favorite friends read it; you ran it through two, maybe three, rounds of self editing; and now itâs ready. Whoa! Ready for what? Before you do anything with that manuscript, you better run it through a few more steps. You canât give […]
Filed under: Editing, Writing by Giacomo on 06/27/13
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What I Learned From Coffee Dog A few months ago I did a post about Gracie, the coffee dog. What I didn’t say in that post was that Gracie had been suffering from diabetes for a few years. Now the disease has progressed rapidly, bringing on complete blindness. She gets insulin shots twice a day, […]
Filed under: Animal Sanctuary, Family, Life Lessons, Storytelling by Giacomo on 06/19/13
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My wife was reading a book the other night and the female lead was having a difficult time with her relationship. At one point the character said to her friend, “Nothing’s left. It’s all downhill from here.” Confused, my wife came to me and asked about the saying. “I thought ‘it’s all downhill from here’ […]
Filed under: sayings, Writing by Giacomo on 06/13/13
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A Giant Of A Man Many, many years ago, growing up in the Cleland Heights section of Wilmington, DE., I learned a lesson that I’ve never forgotten. The lesson was taught to me by my mother, a woman who had a way of making you recognize the truth. People say the best lessons are the […]
Filed under: Family, Life Lessons, sayings, Storytelling by Giacomo on 06/6/13
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