http://www.annpietrangelo.com Freelance Writer and Ghost Blogger Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:19:35 -0500 en-us http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-3-5-10-97 It began with a seemingly benign but persistent tingly feeling... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:55:41 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-3-5-10-97 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-26-10-96 Making goals and sticking to them... last week’s ruminations about my still unfinished book and rambling about a lack of deadlines resulted in a virtual put up or shut up from a writer friend. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:52:37 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-26-10-96 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-19-10-95 “I’m writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.” - Steven Wright Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:30:22 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-19-10-95 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-12-10-94 "Artistic license" is what it's called, but it is subject to reader interpretation. I used artistic license to illustrate a point in a recent piece. The comments confirm that most readers understood and appreciated the emotion I was going for, but some took it quite literally... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:01:20 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-12-10-94 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Women-on-the-Verge-93 Women on the Verge highlights its members in a one-word answer interview. The week they’ve got me in the member spotlight: Member Spotlight: Ann Pietrangelo Thank you, WOTV. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:26:54 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Women-on-the-Verge-93 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Writing-Without-Periods...-92 Mary and Jenny, of the blog Writing Without Periods, bestowed upon me the title of this week’s “Sensational Woman.” Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:06:18 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Writing-Without-Periods...-92 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-5-10-91 “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet. Does the same hold true for blog post titles? I think not. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:59:54 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-2-5-10-91 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-1-29-10-90 “Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death -- fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.” ~Edna Ferber, A Kind of Magic, 1963 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:52:21 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-1-29-10-90 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Fashionable-Canes-on-the-Front-Lines-89 It is never a convenient time for a multiple sclerosis relapse, but unless you are willing to call it a day and give up, you’ve got do all you can to stay in the game. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:30:45 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Fashionable-Canes-on-the-Front-Lines-89 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-1-22-10-88 What does freelance writing have to do with professional wrestling? At first glance, it would seem like an odd comparison. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:28:29 -0500 http://www.annpietrangelo.com/blogDetail.php?Ann-s-Weekly-Ruminations-1-22-10-88