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Archive for November, 2006

Beware of So-Called Writers

11.24.2006 · Posted in Uncategorized

The other day, I came across the site of someone who calls himself a writer and I was appalled. The writing was amateurish, the punctuation was wrong, the pronouns and antecedents did not agree, among other issues. This is disturbing. I have spent 26 years as a professional writer, honing my art along the way, ...

Digital Literacy

11.12.2006 · Posted in Digital Literacy

It is more than knowing how to use the computer. It is more than knowing how to send an email. It is more than using the cadre of Microsoft products. It is about rhetoric, audience, message, purpose. It is about design, using image and word, and minimizing possible misinterpretation. It is a science. It is ...