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On Choosing a (Dissertation) Topic for Writing
This post is for anyone who is stumped about picking a topic for anything they’re planning to write: a dissertation, thesis, essay, blog post, or even a poem. (It is national poetry month). This is...
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Academics or a Real Job?
This is a set of books on my bookshelf at home presently. When I played the game of Life, as a child, my father would say, “This game is a lot like real life.” Now I play Life with my children; and I...
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The Importance of Being Creative
It’s a pretty creative video. Simple idea. Excellent execution. This guy clearly knows his stuff. While I can’t do what he does, I pride myself on creativity. This is a bar of Zest soap I carved one...
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Why I Started My Personal Blog–”therhetor.com” (Part 1 of 2)
“I spent some time last night contemplating what this new blog of mine is really about. I jotted some ideas. I decided that everything I’ve written about here has touched in one way or another on one...
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Raymond Sebond: Renaissance Man, Theologian, Writer
Raymond Sebond was interested in a “natural theology” – and wrote a book on the topic in the 1500s. As promised, this post introduces a Renaissance scholar whose writing on faith was controversial in...
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Thinking about taking “the next step” after your bachelor’s degree? Or just after high school? This week, I offered advice to a college student on the pros and cons of grad school. I hold a Master’s...
View ArticleLet’s Not Eat Grandma: Why Little Things Matter in Writing
This picture is a reminder to “know what each sentence says, what it doesn’t say, and what it implies”–advice from an expert writer and teacher, Verlyn Klinkenborg. The following is a book review of...
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Knowing their Names the First Day of Class: A Personal Experience
I was a graduate student at Florida State, teaching freshman composition. This is a course all students are required to take, which is another way of saying that not all students are as engaged in this...
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Hello folks. It’s been a super-long time since I posted anything to this blog. So I just wanted to give a quick update to those of you who do follow my blog (subscribers), and anyone else who may...
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