problogservice It must be frustrating for beginning writers who want to hone their craft, but aren’t given much direction beyond “write every day,” and “read a lot.” It’s been my experience that if you want to improve your writing, you have to start with one tactic and do it every day. But which ones? What order should you do them in? Here are the 12 big ones I see a lot of beginning writers need to work on. Start with the first one, work on it all through January. As you work these writing muscles, you’ll find you’re tightening your writing everywhere you put pen to paper and finger to keyboard. Get rid of That: This is the first place that I have most new writers start. Tom Waits in Prague, 2008 (Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Show, don’t tell: Eliminating adverbs is fairly easy. Did I miss anything? Be Sociable, Share!
23 Books Every Fan Of “House Of Cards” Should Read Spain - Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community Whew! The spouse and I just got back from a 4 week vacation to Spain and Morocco.* We hopped a military Space-A flight so airfare was free, and once there we used a combination of rental car (for one week) and trains to explore the southern part of the country - Seville, Cordoba, Granada, plus smaller towns and villages.* We also enjoyed a 5 day side trip to Morocco and a week in Madrid where my mother-in-law joined us for part of the time Previously Spain was not high on my "must see" list, but the Andalusia region is absolutely gorgeous and had exactly the right mix of historical stuff, good food, and natural attractions (beaches and hiking trails) to meet my criteria for a great destination.* It compared favorably with our trip to Italy 2 years ago and was quite a bit cheaper.* We had no problem finding charming hotels that offered doubles w/attached bath at around 40 Euros/night.* Eating out was also generally a good deal, and the wine was both good and cheap.
The Finance Geek: Thoughts about money, life, and happiness. Early Retirement Extreme: — a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, and applied capitalism Taller exprés de Creación Literaria ¿Quieres conocer los cursos online y comprobar si te gusta nuestro sistema de clases por Internet? Este taller exprés es una primera aproximación breve y lúdica a la creación literaria, pensada para todos aquellos que quieran probar el funcionamiento de un curso virtual de escritura, o comprobar por sí mismos si sus textos convencen a sus primeros lectores, a la vez de recibir los comentarios personalizados de un profesional. El curso está organizado en una sesión intensiva de dos semanas de duración en la que se trabajará con un ejercicio práctico diseñado para familiarizarse con la escritura, agudizar la percepción sensorial y poner en marcha la imaginación. El máximo de asistentes por grupo es de 20 personas. Funcionamiento El taller exprés se imparte en el Campus virtual de Escuela de Escritores y puede seguirse desde cualquier lugar y en cualquier horario. Curso académico: Plan de estudios: Narrativa (Escritura creativa) Duración total: Dos semanas Dedicación aproximada del alumno: 5 horas
10 of the best words in the world (that don't translate into English) One of the many great things about languages worldwide is the sizeable number of words for which there is no real English translation. Often they tell us about concepts and ideas that we are missing out on in the anglophone world. As the northern hemisphere heads abroad in the coming holiday season, here are a few to be looking out for: SPAIN: sobremesa You may have witnessed the ritual, knowingly or not, while on the hunt for a coffee or a cold beer towards the end of another long Spanish afternoon. Sitting clumped around tables inside restaurants or spilling out on to their terrazas, are friends, families and colleagues, preserved in the post-prandial moment like replete insects in amber. Lunch – and it is more usually lunch than dinner – will long since have yielded to the important act of the sobremesa, that languid time when food gives way to hours of talking, drinking and joking. Ask Mariano Rajoy. PORTUGAL: esperto/esperta If you understand it, you probably are. ITALY: bella figura
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Your Money Or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and ... - Joseph R. Dominguez, Vicki Robin Joe Dominguez was born on February 2, 1938. Considered a pioneer in the sustainability movement, he, together with partner Vicki Robin, co-authored the best-seller Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence. Dominguez was 31 years of age when he retired from a job as a technical stock analyst on Wall Street with a nest egg of about $70,000. He continued to live off of the investment income, about $6,000 a year, with a strong desire to tell others how to do the same. The proceeds of his book sales and other efforts to increase financial literacy have been donated to the New Road Map Foundation, an all-volunteer, non-profit foundation founded to promote the reduction of North American consumption. Dominguez died of cancer in Seattle on January 11, 1997. Vicki Robinis a renowned innovator, writer, and speaker.
Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms by Ethan Winer Ethan Winer is co-owner of RealTraps, a leading manufacturer of acoustic treatment products. Ethan has at various times earned a living as a professional musician, computer programmer, circuit designer, recording engineer, composer/arranger, technical writer, acoustician, and college instructor. This page was last updated on June 19, 2015. French readers, see THIS version that is being translated by Christian Parent.Hungarian readers, see THIS version that was kindly translated by Tamás Bánfi. I've been pleased to see the current growing interest in acoustic treatment. These days, all gear is acceptably flat over the most important parts of the audio range. What's the point in buying a microphone preamp that is ruler flat from DC to microwaves when the acoustics in your control room create peaks and dips as large as 20 dB throughout the entire bass range? This text will surely expand as I learn more.
Why emerging-market ETFs are a great deal now You’re walking along a path when a long-time ice cream seller pulls up on his mountain bike, unhitches his freezer and puts up a sign that reads: “Ice cream cones, $12 each.” A few seconds later, another long-time vendor sets up shop. Her price: $6 for the same-sized cone with the same choice of flavours. Not surprisingly, a line forms for the cheaper treats. Strangely, investors rarely do the same. Consider the choice between a higher-valuation U.S. stock ETF and a cheaper emerging-market stock ETF in today’s market. Story continues below advertisement According to Dimensional Fund Advisors, the S&P 500 averaged a compound annual return of 15.98 per cent in Canadian dollars over the decade ending Dec. 31, 2019. Sonny Wadera, an adviser with Manulife Securities, says piling money into recent winners “is often a big mistake.” U.S. stocks averaged 20.38 per cent per year over that time, while emerging markets trailed by more than 7 per cent per year. Sometimes, U.S. stocks win.