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Sore Throat Means Cook Water

And other stuff (including ignorance) I throw at a bad throat

Well, dear reader, you didn’t buy any toilet paper. So let me tell you something else.

My throat hurts.

I know, that would matter much more to you if you had just said that. That doesn’t hurt my feelings. I understand.

But I’m not writing to tell you my throat hurts, but to tell you about something I did for it. Read it all

Perils of Borrowed Content

Whether in writing or public speaking, plagiarism is unethical.

At times I’ve seen lists or guidelines or policies on the Web that impress me as something I’d like to use as a pattern for my own site.

So I copy-and-paste.

Then I personalize it to my style and localize it to my site. (I dislike — and maybe disdain and despise — plagiarism.)

One problem with the practice of borrowing content is Read it all

How to Make an eBook Cover

So you have an ebook ready for market — or well on its way to being ready, like I do — but you need a cover.

What software or service should you I use to design that cover? (I updated this post at the end on October 18, 2012.)

I did some minimal research and came across an outfit called MyeCoverMaker. With a name like that, what’s there not to like? (Some free options closed the deal for me.) Read it all

Discouraged, Dismayed, and Dismal?

6 practical tips to discourage depression

Then you may not want to bother reading this.

Especially if you find a certain pleasure in being down and disheartened.

I understand. Too well. So well I empathize.

Which is why I am posting some practical things that help me cast down dejection. Read it all

Above all, love God!