Congratulations to Mimi Zollars, poet and author of one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2015
Congratulations to Mimi Zollars, poet, author and friend of Stuff Writers Like, for having her debut book selected as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2015.
Kirkus Reviews not only chose Mimi's Benediction for a Black Swan as one of its top 100 books of the year; the editors also chose it as one of the 12 winners featured on the cover of the special "Best of 2015" issue, released Dec. 21.
Mimi, we are proud to say "we knew you when ..."
In September, we featured Mimi in our popular 20 Questions and a Selfie interview. It was one of our most shared interviews of the year.
We have since gotten to know Mimi even better through the design of her new website, MimiZollars.com, built by our partners over at CopywriterFactory.com.
20 questions and a selfie: A day in the life of Poetess Mimi Zollars
For this installment of “20 Questions and a Selfie,” we catch up with Poetess Mimi Zollars. “Some poets focus on …
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Learn How to Spell Without Spellcheck (infographic)
I remember it well: I was sitting in a 6th-grade science class when the teacher asked me to read a selection from the book, so I began ...
All was going well until I reached a word I did not know. It sputtered from my lips with all the confidence of a terrified mouse cornered by a coiled-up cat preparing to pounce.
Pee-na-me-na.
The classroom erupted with laughter. "Hahahahahahahaha!"
I knew I had made a mistake. "Oh... nu-mo-ne-a," I corrected myself slowly as the classroom gasped for a second breath to continue its collective gut-busting. "Hahahahahahahaha!"
19 Writers with Scary-as-Hell ‘Writer Hair’
Writers—let's face it; we're not known for our hygiene, and few of us will win any style awards.
Perhaps that's why terms like "writer hair" are part of the English language.
Maybe it's the late-night writing sessions—with the hand-wringing and the running of our fingers through our hair as if a gentle tug will pluck just the right word from its roots.
Suffice it to say, the stereotype is often true: We're kind of an unkempt bunch.
So with Halloween coming up, and no dearth of examples to choose from, we figured we'd list some of the scariest writer hairdos we can find. Please add any we've forgotten in the comments at the bottom.
In reverse alphabetical order, here we go ...
20 questions and a selfie: A day in the life of Jaime Grimes, children’s book author and healthcare IT content strategist
For this installment of “20 Questions and a Selfie,” we catch up with Jaime Grimes, director of content strategy for …
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