Franklin Delano Floyd is a murderer who is currently on death row following his conviction for the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, a mother of three from Florida. He is also a person of interest in the 1990 death of his wife, Sharon Marshall, who was killed in a hit and run. That’s a […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Embrace your inner geekiness and enjoy your writing.Source: NBC; Edited by the author. Did you know there’s a holiday for everything? Today happens to be Embrace Your Geekiness Day, which I happen to love. We all have a bit of geek in us, whether we’re willing to admit it or not. I love the […]
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Insights on the writing life after publication from novelist Anat DeracinePhoto by Jonathan Meyer on Unsplash When I published my first novel, Driving by Starlight, writers started asking me for tips on getting published. I was happy to share my own path, but I made it clear it was just my path, and what worked for me […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Find music that inspires but doesn’t distract.Photo by John Matychuk on Unsplash, Edited by the author. I had an administration day recently. You know, a day spent catching up on emails and connecting with clients. It’s not my favorite thing to do but a necessary part of any freelancer’s workflow. As my […]
Continue readingMaybe you’re searching for a magical baby girl name for your new daughter. Or maybe you’re writing a fantasy story and need a modern witch name. Either way, here are some witch names for girls you can use: Witch Names For Girls And Their Meanings If you want witchy names, you don’t have to search […]
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In one of Silicon Valley’s latest attempts to tackle our online misinformation crisis, Google announced a new feature that warns U.S. users about trending topics that don’t have reliable search results yet. The prompt cautions users that, “it looks like these results are changing quickly,” further explaining that “if this topic is new, it can […]
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Writing and reading are fun! Even if you don’t have time to search through a dictionary, you should learn new English words and their definition every single day. Even though it seems small, learning a word of the day will help you sound more interesting in conversations. It will also make you feel smarter! Here […]
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Context—it’s all those teeny tiny yet utterly important bits of background information that help us make sense of the world, one story, one photo at a time. Without context, everything would be a random, chaotic mess that wouldn’t make any sense. Without it, there would be no intriguing stories—only bizarre snapshots that make us confused […]
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Poverty isn’t something that you can understand just intellectually—to truly understand someone’s financial struggles, you have to have been where they are. And, frankly, not everyone gets what the grind to survive is like. But getting a glimpse into the everyday hustle can be eye-opening… even if it is but a glimpse. Redditor 192335 created […]
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Welcome to Thanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we’re obsessed with this week. Werewolves Within is part creature feature, part murder mystery, and part action movie, but what stays with you after Josh Ruben’s horror comedy is the latter part — a distinct, quirky sense of humor that permeates from Mishna Wolff’s […]
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