Steve Gamel
Edit This Grammar Lesson: Laying in Bed or Lying in Bed?
When you're tired and want to go to bed, do you wonder whether it's grammatically correct to say that you're laying in bed or lying in...
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Steve Gamel
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
30 Common Words That Are Really Hard to Spell
Even the best writers admit certain words are really hard to spell. No matter how often we use them in everyday writing, we routinely...
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Steve Gamel
- May 26, 2022
- 2 min
Using Pen and Paper Works: An Excerpt From Write Like You Mean It
There are so many writing tools at our fingertips right now that it's easy to forget what inspired us to get ideas out of our heads in...
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Steve Gamel
- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
30 Common Phrases Everyone Keeps Getting Wrong in Writing
I wrote a blog just over a year ago to shine an important light on a few common phrases everyone keeps getting wrong in writing and...
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Steve Gamel
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
Guest Post: My Favorite Quotes From Write Like You Mean It
Editor's Note: This is a guest post from one of our Edit This® writers and a close, personal friend, Lori Fickling. Lori has been one of...
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Steve Gamel
- Apr 28, 2022
- 2 min
The First Denton Writers' Roundtable Was a Hit! And I Got To Be Part of It
My friends Joe and Diane Mayes at Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences hosted the first (and long-awaited) Denton Writers' Roundtable on...
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Steve Gamel
- Apr 7, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Anniversary: Edit This Is Celebrating 8 Years in Business
It never gets old shouting to the mountaintops that Edit This®, your friendly neighborhood writing and editing service, is another year...
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Steve Gamel
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
14 Metaphors and Similes That Expertly Describe the Writing Process
Metaphors and similes are constantly being used in writing, on television, in poetry, in the media, and in everyday conversations to...
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Steve Gamel
- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Write Like You Mean It, Regardless of What You're Writing About
My wife and I celebrated our 17th-wedding anniversary on Saturday. And as most people do in this wonderful age of social media, I took to...
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Steve Gamel
- Mar 17, 2022
- 4 min
How to Honor Your Writing Time When Family Is in Town
Everybody craves being with family, especially as we attempt to make up for lost time from the pandemic. I'm certainly no exception. My...
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Steve Gamel
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Writing and Procrastination: An Excerpt From Write Like You Mean It
I found an article about writing and procrastination that suggested writers are the worst procrastinators. The author even admitted – or...
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Steve Gamel
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
'Thanks For The Motivation': Reader Reviews of Write Like You Mean It
The positive reviews for my book, Write Like You Mean It: Mastering Your Passion For The Written Word, has been nothing short of amazing....
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Steve Gamel
- Feb 17, 2022
- 2 min
Do You Need a Professional Writer to Speak to Your Writing Class?
I've said before that my ultimate goal is to have my book, Write Like You Mean It: Mastering Your Passion For The Written Word, become a...
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Steve Gamel
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Recording Your Interviews: An Excerpt From Write Like You Mean It
In January, a veteran journalist crafted a Twitter post telling other writers to stop recording most of their interviews. In her opinion,...
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Steve Gamel
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Many Emotions I Faced as I Wrote Write Like You Mean It (in GIFs)
I've always had a healthy respect for authors, but that admiration grew tenfold as I dove into writing my book, Write Like You Mean It:...
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Steve Gamel
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: Pics From My Book Signing for Write Like You Mean It
There I was, sitting at a table by myself and wondering if anyone would show up. Only 10 minutes had passed since the start of my book...
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Steve Gamel
- Jan 20, 2022
- 3 min
What I Learned While Writing My Book, Write Like You Mean It
While watching a few author interviews several years ago, I couldn't help but marvel at how smooth the conversations were. It didn't...
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Steve Gamel
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
You're Invited: Book Signing with Steve Gamel, Author of Write Like You Mean It
It's not every day that I have the opportunity to be the spotlight author at a book signing. But here I am, thanks in no small part to my...
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Steve Gamel
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Writing in the Active Voice: An Excerpt From Write Like You Mean It
A friend told me the other day that he keeps getting in trouble at work for writing his reports in the passive voice. Granted, no one...
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Steve Gamel
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
A Few Quick Words on Rejection: An Excerpt From Write Like You Mean It
What in the world am I doing writing about rejection right before Christmas? What a downer! But hear me out because not a day goes by...
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