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title: "Writing Tips"
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description: "Writing Tips posts from the Blossoms Writing blog by Samita Sarkar."
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# Writing Tips

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- Sep 1, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/) · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Avoid These Publishing Rip-Offs](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/avoid-vanity-press-sharks/)Publishing is a risky business. Whether you opt for self-publishing or score a deal with a Big Five publisher, there is no guarantee that you will win lots of sales in the end. In an industry where going it...
- Aug 9, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Book Reviews](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/book-reviews/) · [Featured Authors](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/featured-authors/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/) · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Bethany Chase on Finding Her Writing Style, Her Agent, and the Authors Who Inspire Her](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/bethany-chase/)I had the pleasure of coming across Bethany Chase’s debut women’s fiction, The One that Got Away , a couple of months ago when I was looking for a de-stresser. I saw her book on the shelf with an Emily Giffin...
- May 11, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[My Personal “Reverse Resume” of Failures](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/reverse-resume/)I read an article a couple of days ago about a Princeton psychology professor named Johannes Haushofer who created a “reverse resume,” complete with programs he did not get into, scholarships he did not get,...
- Nov 9, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[5 Counterintuitive Tips to Improve Your Writing in Business and Beyond](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/5-counterintuitive-tips-improve-writing-business-beyond/)In my writing career, I’ve learned that sometimes drafting a good piece involves disregarding everything you thought you knew about writing. Writers’ clichés such as “write what you know,” and “it isn’t what...
- May 18, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Menstrual Misspellings](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/menstrual-misspellings/)For reasons I will never fully understand, nothing makes the general public quite as uncomfortable as a woman’s monthly cycle. Any discussion related to the most natural thing in the world that affects 50% of...
- Mar 13, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Does Proper English Really Matter?](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/proper-english/)It drove me nuts that my local gym had a complete disregard for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The most irritating signs involved the inappropriate use of quotation marks, and, worst of all, these were...
- Jan 24, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Food for Thought: Language vs. Eating Habits](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/food-for-thought/)As a vegetarian and a writer, I’ve spent my fair share of time wondering about how language impacts the ways we view certain food items. Some food choices (particularly meat dishes) are normalized by our...
- Sep 30, 2014 · Samita Sarkar · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[“Girl,” “Woman,” or Neither?](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/girl-or-woman/)As a female business owner, the issue of sexism in the business world is one that, unfortunately, I can definitely relate to. It is infantilizing to calling a woman a “girl” when men are so rarely referred to...