Category Archives: writing
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Things Writers Think Are Funny
Posted on March 11, 2011 by gigigriffis in isms, writingThings writers think are funny: 1. Typos 2. Ourselves DK: Bradsbury looks weird to me. I can’t process it as a word for some reason. Gigi: I can’t [rocess any words …see *process Epic example Guiding Ray of Sun: I didn’t even notice. [rocess looks right to me.
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How to Alienate Your Writers
Posted on February 23, 2011 by gigigriffis in writing1. Ask them to work fast, hard, on a deadline. Ask them to skip lunch, stay late and pound it out. Let them hand you the proud, completed work–their faces happy, yet glistening with a thin sheen of sweat. 2. Take that piece of brilliant artwork and contemplate it. Hmmm, this needs another comma here. [...]
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Content for Do-Gooders Goes LIVE, BABY!
Posted on February 7, 2011 by gigigriffis in writingThat’s right, folks. My awesome new awesome website (which, if I didn’t mention it, is awesome) is OFFICIALLY LIVE. Cue the applause. Leave your comment love below.
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How Not to Tweet or Network
Posted on December 27, 2010 by gigigriffis in oops, writingI drew a comic. Which I totally suck at. But, you know.
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What if I Tried?
Posted on November 28, 2010 by gigigriffis in writingIt was a few months ago and I was in a therapy session. Trying, with a number of tears involved, to determine my own fate. Would I stay at my old ad agency, where I loved the writing work, but didn’t get to do enough of it? Would I take a corporate job, write more [...]
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A Dream and a Not-Dream
Posted on October 5, 2010 by gigigriffis in writingTwo nights ago I had a dream that my old boss quit and went to work for a big corporation in a dark corner cubicle. And in the dream I was ready to quit too, but I couldn’t find my resignation letter. In real life, I could find my resignation letter. As of this week, [...]
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Ooh, Right in the Browser
Posted on September 29, 2010 by gigigriffis in things i like, writingResearching website 404 (page not found) errors today and came across these gems, which made me laugh out loud (though, notice, I did not stoop to using acronyms): 1. Death of the birdie. 2. Oww, my browser! 3. Drop-kicked. 4. The *. 5. And your shoes…
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How to Be a Writer
Posted on September 25, 2010 by gigigriffis in writingFirst off, when I say “writer” I mean someone who gets paid for their work. There are lots of ways to slice the word–maybe you’re a poet or a writing student or you sometimes write short stories in your free time. That’s fine, but it’s not what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about writing [...]
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Book Update: 70,000 Words, 25 Chapters, 72 Men
Posted on July 30, 2010 by gigigriffis in writingYou’ll all be happy to know that I’m approximately 4/5 of the way through the New and Improved version of my book. That’s right kids–you won’t have to pal around just with Michael the Foot Fetishist. Oh, no, you get so much more than that. Now you also get to meet the girl who microwaved [...]
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When Something’s Wrong–Launch!
Posted on July 7, 2010 by gigigriffis in writingAfter a grueling battle with her own health, Tina Caskey decided to write a book–to help others who were struggling with unknown illnesses and difficult healthcare questions. Her book–When Something’s Wrong: How to Navigate the World of Healthcare–will be published and available for purchase soon. Her website is ready for viewing as of this weekend. [...]
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