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Levels of Edits
Though there may be more levels of edits (depending on the type of work that you are creating) I am going to focus on 4 levels for these articles. As a minimum, your writing should go through the following: Big Picture Edit: developmental, structural, or substantive editing Paragraph Level Edit: stylistic or line editing Sentence-Level […]
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Editing: Polishing the Diamond in the Rough
Last Thursday, it was my privilege to address the Utah Valley Writers on editing. The title of my presentation was Editing: Polishing the Diamond in the Rough. (Just a side note, if you would like me to address your school, class, writing group, or conference, please don’t hesitate to contact me). I promised the attendees (and […]
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Presentation on Editing – 3/12/15
I will be doing a presentation on editing for Utah Valley Writers this Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm (there will be a critique of writing just before that at 6pm). The meeting will be at the Orem Public Library (58 North State Street // Phone: 801.229.70500) in the Media Room (downstairs). I was […]
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Book signing for “I Can Do Hard Things With God”
I will be attending a book signing for “I Can Do Hard Things With God: Essays of Strength from Mormon Women” tomorrow at the Fort Union Deseret Book from 1-3 pm. If you can be there at that time, I’d love to meet and talk with you and answer any questions that you may have. I’m […]
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Book Release – Quote from Hard Things
I am honored that Covenant Communications chose a quote from my chapter to display. This has been quite a journey and my husband and I are so thankful for the show of support from those who have already read. He chose to let me write about our struggles, thus branding himself with the disease that […]
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Release of the Book – I Can Do Hard Things with God
I’ve been working on a book with a dear friend for a few years now. It’s called, “I Can Do Hard Things with God” and it is a compilation of essays from Mormon Women that discusses all sorts of personal issues and struggles – it begins with suicide and then covers chronic illness, problems with […]
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Novels – Helping with International Connections
Today my family and I were eating lunch at a restaurant. Seated next to us (in very close proximity) was a table full of Japanese people who were all speaking in their native tongue. I asked my nine-year-old to scoot over next to them to make more room for her Dad. She looked at me […]
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Each One of Us is Glorious
Glorious Stephanie Mabey There are times when you might feel aimless And can’t see the places where you belong But you will find that there is a purpose It’s been there within you all along And when you’re near it You can almost hear it It’s like a symphony just keep listening And pretty soon […]
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Of races, religions, and cultures
On Saturday, I went to the Zoo with my family and my niece. While we were there, we met a family from Northern Africa. I couldn’t take my eyes off of them, not because they were Muslim, (though I have been fascinated by Muslims for a while now) but because of the dress of their […]
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He’s nothing but an Albatross: Using the concept of an inside joke to understand allusion in English literature
My daughter just tried out for her school’s third and fourth grade musical. She decided to sing Forget About the Boy from Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), you can hear a sample here (thank you to actorguy 2006 for posting this youtube video of Sutton Foster performing Forget About The Boy from the 2002 Tony Awards) – (It’s […]
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Official Website of Laryssa Waldron
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