So you always wanted to write a book, but didn’t know where to begin. It’s been a while since English class and all you remember is that your verbs and nouns should agree. Didn’t learn parts of speech in school? Don’t know?
What’s an adjective? No need to panic. Author and journalist Marsha Jones says no need to panic.
Her guide, Do the Writing Thing teaches you how to write through a series of writing prompts, writing samples, exercises, and brings some of the rules to you. Marsha Jones also recommends ways that your writing comes across fresh and what you consider when you are writing to convey your points and your message.
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Marsha Jones is an author, journalist, cultural critic, social marketer, and interactive storyteller. A graduate of Purdue University, Marsha writes under the moniker “Queen Marsha” or “QM” and gives motherly advice for Gannett Newspaper’s website www.Moms Like Mecom. Her weekly “411” column appears in The Buffalo Challenger and she is a contributing editor for about…time magazine. Her blog, “The Queen’s Chair” appears on www.blackinamerica.com.
A teaching artist, Marsha teaches workshops on creative writing, journaling, poetry, “Blacks in Hollywood” and “The History of the Black Press”. A prolific writer, Marsha’s fiction has appeared in Visions & Viewpoints: Voices of the Genesee Valley (1993 and 1994) and COMPEER’s The Healing Power of Friends. Her 2008 holiday fiction story, Peyton’s Gift was featured in Gannett’s Democrat and Chronicle on Christmas Day. Visit her website, www.queenmarsha.com.