BlogCreative WritingGrammarWriting No More Me and . . . As an editor you can probably find grammar errors in anything you read, yet are errors in grammar coming out of your mouth when you…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 25, 2018
Blog Percentages, Thoughts, and Single and Double Quotation Marks Writers asked; I answered. Q: In this sentence (for a nonfiction book), which version would be correct? (Or should it be something else?) Most lenders…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 17, 2018
Blog My Take on (some of) the Oscars I watched a foreign film last night titled The Square. It is up for an Oscar for best foreign film, and although lately the foreign…Bobbie ChristmasFebruary 25, 2018
Blog Circle of Life About a month ago I noticed a Krispy Kreme store being built only three miles from my house. Yay! It wasn’t opened yet, though. Boo!…Bobbie ChristmasDecember 6, 2017
Blog Pharmaceutical Fiasco Writers write. What do we write about? With nonfiction writers like me, every bump in the road, every event in our lives, feels as though it…Bobbie ChristmasAugust 21, 2017
Blog Early Inspiration Those of us who write have been either blatantly or subtly influenced by someone, whether a writer, a teacher, a relative, or a friend. I…Bobbie ChristmasFebruary 27, 2017
Blog The Story of Bruce Bird The story of Bruce Bird must now be told. I see him aging and having difficulty moving around his cage. He has stopped eating the…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 11, 2016
Blog A Truly Happy Birthday Today is my birthday (September 18). My father used to say, “When you’re past fifty and nothing new hurts when you wake up, it’s a…Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 18, 2015
Blog The Book That Changed My Life: A Tribute to Wayne Dyer Wayne Dyer, the world needed you. I needed you. I am sorry you left this earth this week, but you left a legacy that will…Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 1, 2015
Blog I Am a Writer, Damn it! Today a friend told me how she woke up with an idea buzzing around in her head, and she simply had to write it…Bobbie ChristmasAugust 26, 2015