GETTING RID OF TATTLETALE WORDS IN YOUR RESUME ( CONT ’ D )
in competing companies , respected academicians , mentors beyond your teachers . Though a good story can take even that kind of mentorship out of the humdrum and into an Aha ! Moment .
Before you send off your paper , go over it . Find all the weak verbs — is , be , do — and use your thesaurus to strengthen them and to make them more accurate .
POETRY BY CAROLYN HOWARD- JOHNSON
Carolyn Howard-Johnson was an instructor for UCLA Extension ' s world-renown Writers ' Program for nearly a decade and edits books of fiction and poetry . She authors the How ToDoItFrugally series of books for writers including The Frugal Editor and The Frugal Book Promoter . They are both USA Book News award-winners and both have won several other awards . Her How To Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically : The ins and outs of
Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Morgan St . James - Presenters for West Coast Writers Conferences is the newest book in her HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers . Her The Great First Impression Book Proposal is a booklet that can save anyone writing a proposal time reading tomes because it can be read in 30 minutes flat .
Carolyn is the recipient of the California Legislature ' s Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment Award and was honored by Pasadena Weekly for her literary activism . She is also is a popular speaker and actor . Her website is www . HowToDoItFrugally . com
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