Roz Warren

1 week ago | rosalindwarren.medium.com | Roz Warren

“I just got off the miracle flight from Ft Lauderdale to Detroit,” a friend just posted on Facebook. “Fourteen people in wheelchairs boarded in Florida, then got up and walked off the plane in Detroit. It’s a Miracle!!”He was calling out able-bodied people who take advantage of the rules that allow folks with disabilities to take a wheelchair to the gate and board the plane first. Accommodating people who need extra time and extra help to board the plane is a good thing.

1 week ago | medium.com | Roz Warren

THE DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENTEdna St. Vincent Millay once observed that life isn’t one damn thing after another — it’s “one damn thing over and over.”Some writers (not Edna!) apparently apply this principle to writing. They seem to believe that if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying many times, often in the same paragraph. They’re wrong. I’m a writing coach and editor-for-hire. For decades, I’ve helped writers to improve and publish their prose.

2 weeks ago | rosalindwarren.medium.com | Roz Warren

BOOK TALKThe first thing I do after buying a hardcover book is toss the dust jacket. There’s something about trying to keep it on the book as I read that really annoys me. It’s just a lot easier to ditch the thing. Dust jackets, according to Google, have been with us since the early 19th century. While slipcases existed before that, wraparound paper jackets started to appear in the 1830s.

1 month ago | goodmenproject.com | Roz Warren

Writer and data cruncher Amy Webb was fed up with dating the many Mr. Wrongs that JDate and other dating apps kept matching her with. “You’re not casting a wide enough net,” her friends and family insisted. But after one particularly abysmal date, Webb concluded that the real reason dating sites were sending her so many liars and losers was that she wasn’t being picky enough. So Webb sat down, drink in hand, and listed every single quality she wanted her future husband to have.

1 month ago | rosalindwarren.medium.com | Roz Warren

Member-only storyPOLITICAL HUMORMy Favorite Funny Tesla Bumper stickersRoz Warren, Writing Coach·Follow2 min read·--Screen shot of bumpersticker graphic. You gotta feel sorry for the good citizens who bought Teslas because they wanted to go electric to protect the planet. Instead? Their pricey cars are being targeted by people furious about Elon Musk’s right-wing political activism and ham-handed role in our federal government.