Author Archives: Mary Beth Frezon

Typing and Typewriters

I first typed on a much older big black typewriter. I took a typing class in High School where we learned on both the standard manual typewriters and on the brand-y new IBM selectrics. These were looked at with skepticism … Continue reading →

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What do you want?

Here’s what Robert Bly wanted one day, via The Writer’s Almanac What is it that I want? Not money, Not a large desk, not a house with ten rooms. This is what I want to do: to sit here, To … Continue reading →

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Happy Punctuation Day!

Are you busy checking your writing for commas, periods, and semi-colons? Take a moment and enjoy Punctuation Day!

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Ink of different kinds.

Last night, because I had nothing better to do, I found my various fountain pens including the wonderful and purple Cross. Continue reading →

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Re-visiting and editing

At lunch there was no internet, so after I finished my sandwich I popped up the 2012 NaPoWriMo poems and made an edit file of the month of poems. Started reading and they made me smile. I am making some … Continue reading →

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