tongue in cheek
October 17, 2009
- One of my all-time favorite quotes is in French. "Honni soit qui mal y pense."by Victo Hugo or maybe it was Guy de Maupassant. whatever. The point is that at the amazingly ripe age of "over-50", I realize that I really only like that quote because it rolls off my American tongue so nicely. Kind of like my one-time neighbor, Ed Lowe, then-columnist for Newsday, used to enjoy ...
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August 8, 2009
- A Book and a Chat with "Eileen McVety" Six sick day excuses, knowing the cooperate player and how to play them, the ambition of having an office where you can turn your PC screen so only you can do it, the art of sticking it to the man.Listen to today's tremendously funny "A BOOK AND A CHAT with Eileen McVety"Eileen's hilarious, tongue-in-cheek twist on the employee handbook, ...
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December 11, 2008
- Write what you know. Shave your legs before each date. Use hooks and cliffhangers. Don't wear last year's shoes. Do not use passive voice. Start using anti-wrinkle at 26. Show, don't tell. Swallow, don't spit. Don't use adverbs. Laugh at his jokes. Use a three-act structure. Never let him see you without makeup. Write a professional query letter. Never confess your love first.If your novel ...
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