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Ray Sylvester

@editintuitive

editorial consulting • health, wellness & beyond

 Seattle, WA
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Joined March 2015
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Conventional Writing Wisdom You Can Ignore, Effective Immediately — copyblogger.com/bad-advice-2…
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The Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2016 from the WSJ wsj.com/articles/the-best-fi… via @WSJ
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Tim Ferriss
@tferriss26 Dec 2016
The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies bit.ly/2hm5mUp
The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies - The...

The Unusual Books That Shaped 50+ Billionaires, Mega-Bestselling Authors, and Other Prodigies - The...

One of the questions I ask the most successful people I interview or meet is: “What book have you gifted most to others, and why?”   Below is a mega-list of the most-gifted and favorite books of...

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"Publish as often as you can be interesting." copyblogger.com/bad-advice-2…
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The great goldfish attention span myth – and why it’s killing content marketing. business.linkedin.com/en-uk/…
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@mashable21 Dec 2016
A glossary of 2016, the words that defined the year on.mash.to/2hVOner
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A Seemingly Minor Fact-Checking Tip that Yields Top-Notch Customer Service copyblogger.com/fact-checkin…
Declare "hear, hear" if you agree (not "here, here"). The phrase originated in the British Parliament as "hear him, hear him."
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Open Culture
@openculture19 Dec 2016
Nietzsche’s 10 Rules for Writing with Style (1882) goo.gl/Jz8B1D
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Dirty prose? How to make sure your copy is clean before you hit send. blog.freelancersunion.org/20…

Dirty prose? How to make sure your copy is clean before you hit send

When editors ask for "clean copy," they are not reminding you to wash your hands before using your keyboard. Instead, this industry term refers to a manuscript that requires minimal editing before...

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Carol Saller@SubvCopyEd15 Dec 2016
A little holiday advice for copyeditors: Don't forget to proofread the wrapping paper! #TT #ThrowbackThursday
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How to overcome the 3 fears that cripple creatives 99u.com/videos/51180/christo…
20 Great Books for Writers goodreads.com/blog/show/755-…

20 Great Books For Writers - Goodreads News & Interviews

For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper...

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"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." —Picasso
Why you need to stop writing the perfect book goinswriter.com/perfect-stor…
The Value of Writing Retreats janefriedman.com/value-writi…
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Open Culture
@openculture8 Dec 2016
F. Scott Fitzgerald Tells His 11-Year-Old Daughter What to Worry About (and Not Worry About) in Life, 1933 goo.gl/YYvd6c
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Try writing by hand, because “your fingers are connected to your arm, the veins to the heart.” – Dinty W. Moore fb.me/16EAzBsr2
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Matt Simmons@msimmons34413 Apr 2016
“Let’s Dance” by @rocketcodehq medium.com/the-ecommerce-thi… if you've ever freelanced, this article is amazing. @editintuitive 👏
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I read 164 books in 2015 and tracked them all in a spreadsheet. Here's what I learned. vox.com/2015/12/29/10634416/…
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