Before They Were Famous

Beautiful pictures and cogent comments from a publication not noted for being as hypnotized by celebrities as, well, as so many TV networks and streaming channels, and – yeppers – websites think the rest of us are…The New York Times.

First Inklings of Fame
by Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan

It is graduation season, and luminaries like Tina Fey, Oprah, Tom Hanks and Barack Obama are giving advice to graduates about starting their next chapter.

Of course, this year, in the midst of the pandemic, the gatherings of family and friends must happen online. Instead of hugging classmates and celebrating years of hard work with teachers and mentors, the class of 2020 is marking this milestone with socially distant Zoom parties and virtual speeches. But even in this uncertain moment, the messages — of hope, possibility, using the gifts you’ve been given — remain timeless. read article

Brighten Your Life with ‘Doctor Who’

It’s been a terrible week in a terrible year, but sometimes distractions can be a good thing, and today we believe we’ve come up with one that will rank with the best:

Doctors Assemble is a new episode made by fans of Doctor Who, co-starring not one or two or even three, but thirteen different Doctors, and you don’t have to feel guilty about watching and enjoying it because it’s legally licensed from the BBC.

Here’s how the folks at the Doctor Who: LOCKDOWN YouTube Channel put it: read article

Staying in the TARDIS

A website devoted to coming up with Doctor Who Things to Do while we’re hunkered down to survive the current pandemic? Sounds just fine to us. Here’s what’s happening on that very website as of Week 5.

WELCOME

Welcome to Staying in the TARDIS. There’s amazing things out there in the universe, but life at home can be an adventure too. Here inside the TARDIS each week we’ll have fun challenges to do at home – activities such as recipes, printable colouring sheets and word searches from the vortex. There’ll even be some special treats too! Get exploring, it’s bigger on the inside after all…

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

Make Your Own TARDIS read article

10 Editing Tips That’ll Instantly Make You a Better Writer

Grammarcheck.Net continues to delight us with its helpful tips for writers of all media. Here’s the latest example.

BIG THANKS TO GRAMMARCHECK

The COVID-19 Info Writers (and everyone else) NEED to Know

Every writer needs a personal writer-therapist-mentor friend to help them navigate through the highs and lows of showbiz and, yeah, everyday life. Dennis Palumbo is an overqualified expert in all the above.

This interview of course isn’t the same as speaking to him personally, but it’s valuable nevertheless. Check it out.

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