Gloria's Corner

I thought it would be interesting to share a bit
about the history of printing in North America
since most of my readers are both writers and
readers.

Printing began in 1676 in Boston by John Foster.
The first press in Philadelphia was set by William
Bradford whose first work issued was an almanac
in 1685. Bradford moved to New York [...]

Writers who write for publication should know how
to proofread, so that he may be able to do this
work quickly and accurately. After all, you don’t
want to submit copy that is loaded with typos,
and other errors, do you?

Errors are most readily detected if a card is used
to cover all lines except the one that is [...]

Headlines are the short lines of text that catches
our eyes and makes us want to read an article,
press release, etc. But how does one go about
creating effective headlines? In this short
introduction to headlines I’ll try to show you.

Functions of Headlines

Headlines developed from mere labels indicating
the kind of reading material in the article below
them, to [...]

The reading and editing of copy consists of any or
all of the following five tasks:

(1) Correcting all errors in word usage or in facts.

(2) Ensuring the story conforms to the “style” used by
the publication or publisher.

(3) Improving the story when needed.

(4) Catching and eliminating libelous matter.

(5) Writing or improving headlines and subheads, where
called for.

Good copy [...]

You have to check out this awesome Movie Maker by xtranormal.com To test it out I created this short movie. What do you think? Is it awesome or not?

I’d like to introduce you to an author who is also in
my critique group (and no, I had not critiqued this
project). Welcome, Mary, glad you could join me here
today. I’ve posted a book review of your book below,
but I thought it would be fun to also have my readers
get to know you a bit [...]