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Training for a Finish Line I Haven’t Reached Yet
Fitness isn’t a savings account you deposit into and draw from later. Sure, there are compounding benefits to moving consistently over the years. The research clearly shows staying active adds years to your life…
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Cozyla Calendar Review: Real Wins, Real Frustrations
If you’re patient with tech and willing to find the workarounds, there’s something here. If you need it to work intuitively out of the box — especially for a kid who needs clear, exciting…
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Finding Time to Write Amidst Life’s Chaos
Distraction is part of our modern layered lifestyles. But it’s these daily fragments that inspire. An idea for a plot twist struck me while driving from the UPS store. A rough day on the…
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Building a Sustainable Sense of Home
Each time we move, I try to start small: where can we participate, not just consume? What grows here, literally and figuratively, that we can tend to?
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From Benched to Balanced: How Embracing Athletic Injuries Can Make You Stronger
My injury threw up “no” after “no.” No rowing, my main sport. But also, no biking, running, or stair-stepping allowed. No leg press, squats, or deadlifts. Once I stopped resisting and accepted what I…
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Your Writing Quirks Are Showing (And That’s Actually Good News)
In fast-paced journalism, revision often happens under deadline pressure. More emphasis is placed on factual accuracy, organization, and proofreading. The patterns disappear when you’re close to something. [Or, “when you’re close to something, the…
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How Do I Use AI?
To say a copy writer or copy editor isn’t using artificial intelligence at this point is an untruth. It’s about how we use it that matters.
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How I Edit: Revising for Voice
Today I tackle refining copy for voice. One of the more subjective aspects of writing, voice can capture your reader’s attention or turn them off completely.
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How I Edit: Improving a Blog Intro
Today it’s about revising an article’s introduction to better reflect the content and be more interesting. Writing the introduction is probably one of the most challenging aspects of long-form content like blogs, articles, and…