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Author Archives: Mignon
Snow Leopard and the Interrobang
Douglas Cootey (@SplinteredMind at Twitter) tells me that Snow Leopard, the new Mac operating system, has a text substitution function that you can set up so it inserts an interrobang (‽) when you type something such as ?! Here’s how … Continue reading
BTG007 Interview with Seth Harwood, Author of “Jack Wakes Up”
In this podcast Mignon interviews Seth Harwood, author of “Jack Wakes Up.” Seth is a trained writer, who teaches writing at San Francisco City College and Stanford. He is known as one of the leaders in online book marketing and … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, BTGpodcast, business, interview, podcasting, pr, promotion, writing
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How Can We Get Remaindered, Set-To-Be Pulped Books to Charities Who Want Them?
A dirty secret of the book publishing industry is that millions of books are pulped (shredded) each year. For example, the BBC reported in 2001 that “Up to one million books per month are being pulped in Britain.” Despite this … Continue reading
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“Call In Sick” Versus “Call Out Sick” (Versus “Call Off Sick”)
A reader asked about the phrase “to call out sick,” which I had never heard, so I suspected it is a regionalism. I posted a simple message on my Grammar Girl Facebook page asking people to let me know what … Continue reading
BTG006 Interview with Carol Purroy about Public Access Television
Mignon interviews host of the Reno show “Author, Author” about her projects and public access television. If you’ve ever thought about buying equipment to produce a video podcast, you should listen to this show. LINKS FOR THE SHOW “Author, Author” … Continue reading
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BTG005 Are Movie Studios Killing Podcasting?
SALINGER UPDATE Publishers Weekly article Associated Press story (I’m now pondering the difference between an article and a story.) PODCASTING Movie studios are posting single clips as podcasts. The worst offenders: Underworld — 1 MP3, last updated in April Street … Continue reading
Noun + Verb = Nerb?
Tyler (@tdhurst) wondered whether there is a special name for words that can be both a noun and a verb, such as “paint” and “run.” I didn’t think so, but I wasn’t sure, so I put the question out to … Continue reading
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BTG004 Interview with Evo Terra, Founder of Podiobooks
Evo Terra, co-author of Podcasting for Dummies (with Tee Morris) and founder of Podiobooks.com, talks about authors who release their books as free audio at his site. Topics we covered include Success stories What doesn’t work? Tips for producing a … Continue reading
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003BTG Is Fiction Better than Nonfiction?
Hi, I’m Mignon Fogarty and this is Behind the Grammar, the podcast where I talk about language, marketing, social networking, interview interesting people, and talk about whatever else strikes my fancy. This show is not scripted, so I be warned…I … Continue reading
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002BTG — What’s a Word? AP Includes Twitter Terms.
Behind the Grammar, June 11, 2009 [I don’t intend to have a transcript of this show every week, but I kind of accidentally wrote one while I was waiting for my dryer to stop making noise and I was thinking … Continue reading
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