If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why exactly it’s so natural to quote another person, Why Do We Quote by Ruth Finnegan is a great place to start. This book is laid out much like a textbook and goes over the history behind quoting in a comprehensive timeline. The text is easy to read and peppered with anecdotes which is a far cry from many traditional textbooks. It proves itself to be a wonderful companion piece to any student who may be researching this area as well as informational for an average person to learn more. It’s a look at the subconscious process of quoting and how we are influenced by those around us and what we are exposed to. Quoting itself is something many take for granted and is a process that is so ingrained in our society that we barely realize what we’re doing most of the time…

TRAVEL TIPS : WHAT TO CARRY ON YOUR TRIPS !

Since our needs are different , but I think these are always important for all of us . Soo people LET’S GET STARTED.

OK.

1. This is the MOST SIGNIFICANT thing that you should carry with you is: YOUR IDENTITY PROOF!
I know many people carry them in their wallets but yes some like me, I don’t usually keep them with me in my wallet and always end up regretting it later. So yes this is the basic thing because these days in hotels as well they ask for your ID PROOF, so if you don’t have it with you might end up getting no room. LOL. JUST KIDDING. Not only in hotels it can be needed anytime anywhere. Sooo , according to me it is very very veryIMPORTANT. Keep at least 2 ID…

We figured the Internet might be eerily quiet this week as everyone celebrates the 4^th of July, so we’re gonna keep this short. 

. . . But in case you’re avoiding that intense family member (you know the one), and want to read a couple articles you might have missed . . . well, we’re here to assist.

First, if you want to pretend you’re talking to someone, you can listen to one of our podcasts. Here, we discuss writing advice:

How to Know if Writing Advice is Any Good 

Or if you want to laugh, take a look at:

Those Ten Moments When You Knew You Were a Writer

And if you’d simply enjoy reading for a bit, here you go:

Creating Your Character—A Checklist

3 Habits of Prolific Writers

Happy 4th of July to my American friends and Happy Summer to everyone! Have fun and be safe! 😘

I don’t know if it is common in your country but sexual harassment is extremely common in Asia, without the victims realizing that they are in danger of harassment. What you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? Wrong! It is wrong to ignore and avoid talking about sexual harassment in a workplace like many Asian companies do. Nobody likes to address it and if a victim approached their HR, usually it is either brush off as fiction or handled grotesquely and swept under the carpet.

A recent incident sparks my interest in this topic. A friend of mine was sexually harassed by a co-worker of hers and couldn’t approach anyone in the company for help. In the end, she broke down mentally and had to see a doctor before making a difficult ultimatum to resign from a job she loved. This isn’t fair, I know. Sexual harassment can happen to…

Or, how does your phone change you, too? 

Yeah, it is not just us that’s capable of controlling our phones. In many ways, it seems to be the other way around. When I tried asking Google of ways my phone is changing me, I found myself looking at countless results, mostly of religious connection. It was not bad at all, but I wanted to see something that specifically answers my questions.

And since, I cannot find the exact thing I was looking for, I decided to put together all the things I have realized so far as to the query, “How is my phone changing me”?

Have you ever forgotten your phone at home and felt perfectly uncomfortable the whole day at work? I did it again the other day, and I was quite restless. I was shocked to  find out this feeling is now referred to as NMP or

Do you know that if you are active, rest well, set yourself little goals daily , you are giving yourself extra years and well-being ? 

Our brain is a muscle like any other and if we don’t use it, it will seize up ! it will lose strength and agility and can create a serious  illness. However we still dont really think about looking after it, like we would the heart, lungs liver etc., Brain health is something we should really be getting into before it is too late, a healthy brain will give us a good memory and quick reaction to go into action., it also gives us happiness and well-being. 

It is known that if we give this attention and care for our brain as we should, we extend our life not only in years but also in health and can help prevent a possible stroke or Alzheimer’s…

Here’s a handy cheat sheet

Why would you need to know HTML 5, you might ask? I’m a writer. Others, like me, know how useful HTML and CSS are to customizing our WordPress templates or working around the many WordPress limitations. I’m always switching to the text window to enter code. My banner at the bottom of this page was added using code.

Coding is a little less difficult with a handy cheat sheet. (Image courtesy of Inspirationfeed.)

I stumbled across this handy HTML5 cheat sheet and thought I’d share it. I was surprised at the number of useful tags I hadn’t picked up on yet. Even if you don’t use HTML yet, hang on to the bookmark. You never know when you’ll need it.

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