Become a Better Writer in One Easy Step: READ

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Click this link above for a brilliant article on the importance of good writing in everyday life, no matter your profession. 

Includes my favorite advice for improving writing: Read more.

Short, sweet, and to the point. 

Also a shining example of the correct usage of the words "literally" and "fewer."

Checking Out a Valentine

When it comes to Valentine's Day, I'm of both minds. As a chronically single person at this time of year, the excessive advertising, monster amounts of Hallmark cards, and heart-shaped Peeps (remember when those were a special Easter-only treat?) kind of get on my nerves. Fortunately (for me) I have a friend whose birthday is on Valentine's Day, so we're going to spend it as one woud spend any other birthday, and not as a superfluously pink-themed day.

However, I am a romantic at heart (is that a pun?), so there's the other side of me that knows I would love to get a cheesy, old-fashioned valentine from someone I care about if it meant that person truly cared about me too. So, in complete ignorance of the commercialism of Valentine's Day and in celebration of telling the people you care about that you do care, here's an adorable literary-themed Valentine.