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Google Docs Rock!

Before I talk about Google Docs, I want to be clear that I get nothing in return from Google; I am simply sharing the possibilities that Google provides, to try and be a web mentor. I find Google Docs incredibly useful. The video below explains how Google docs can be a useful web tool. There View Post

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How We Research and Draft Now

The web has radically changed how we research and plan and draft our writing. It’s happened over 20 years so we haven’t always noticed just how immense the change has been. From a time when libraries and pads of rough yellow newsprint paper were what was needed to start writing till now, where Google, a View Post

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About Using Active Verbs

Cathy Moore helps people learn how to replace is/are/ etc. with more active verbs. Check it out – http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=207 – It’s short, it’s fun, and it makes its point clearly. (Am I contradicting her point? ;->)

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