<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1e815230-6e65-4071-9ae6-17da183cb5b5/E8226713-2C66-4B15-ACF4-E7549FC937A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/pen-zen-bring-clarity-to-writing/" href="http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/pen-zen-bring-clarity-to-writing/" style="font-size: 11px;">thinksimplenow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/pen-zen-bring-clarity-to-writing/"><P><STRONG>2. Read Books and Blogs on Writing</STRONG></p> <P>The following are resources that have most directly and immediately benefited my writing mechanics.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/pen-zen-bring-clarity-to-writing/"><UL type="disc"> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Book: <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Original-William-Strunk/dp/0486447987/ref=nosim/206425-20" asin="0486447987" bluekey="" bluelink="yes">The Elements of Style</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink1" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="206425-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Original-William-Strunk/dp/0486447987/ref=nosim/206425-20" smartlink="" /> by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Essay: <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ourcivilisation.com/decline/orwell1.htm">Politics And The English Language</A> by George Orwell.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Book: <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-9th/dp/0321479351/ref=nosim/206425-20" asin="0321479351" bluekey="" bluelink="yes">Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace</A><IMG align="top" class="blue-icon-launcher" id="smartLink2" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueamazonid="206425-20" blueimage="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/bookmark_12.gif" blueimageover="http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/icon_14.gif" bluekey="" link="http://www.amazon.com/Style-Lessons-Clarity-Grace-9th/dp/0321479351/ref=nosim/206425-20" smartlink="" /> by Joseph M. Williams.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Blog: <A target="_blank" href="http://www.copyblogger.com/">Copyblogger</A> by Brian Clark.</LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E8226713-2C66-4B15-ACF4-E7549FC937A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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