Thoughts Inspiration Endication: The 10 Most Common Grammar Errors Part 1
As an author, which also entails being a proof-reader and editor, I have an eye for such things. Correcting spelling and grammar in my head
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Tirza Schaefer
- Oct 4, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: Basic Rules of Creative Writing
Books by Tirza Schaefer: Get your copies here! In creative writing, it is important to know how you wish to use words. What are common rules, what is your personal style? Books by Tirza Schaefer: Get your copies here! The following articles will give you more clarity on the following subjects: A Dream Maker’s Words, Part 1 This is the first part on how parents can make or break a child’s dream in early childhood, conditioning a mindset of either fear and failure or confidence
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Tirza Schaefer
- Oct 2, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The Simple Guide to Latinisms
Latin is a dead language Nobody speaks it anymore these days, right? Well, maybe the Pope and some of his priests in tow.
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Tirza Schaefer
- Oct 2, 2017
- 4 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The 10 Best Names in Fiction
Get your copies of Tirza's books from Amazon here! Are you writing a fictional story? Have you adopted a new pet? Is your child about to be born? What about your car? I know someone who owned an old VW bully campervan (yes, the owner truly was a remnant of the hippie era) whose name was Betsy. Many people name their cars. Or boats. I love given names. I started making a list on an excel sheet with name, origin and meaning when I was pregnant with my first child. It got me hoo
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 30, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The Importance of Listening
When we think about how to use words, in which context, which ones, at which time and how, we often forget that the best communication is to
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 30, 2017
- 4 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: How Poetry Affects The Mind
There are many different forms of poetry. Some poems adhere to strict rules of rhyme and rhythm, others flow freely and don’t even rhyme.
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: My Little Guide to Proverbs
By now, you have already got an inkling of there being so many things you can do with words and various combinations thereof.
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- Sep 26, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The Tao of Constructive Criticism
Get Tirza's books from Amazon here! The topic of constructive criticism within the subject of words is one that will probably bring up mixed feelings in a lot of people. Simply because we hone in more on the “criticism” part than the “constructive” bit. And let’s be honest, the word constructive, as well as the word criticism is widely interpreted, often to the point where they have nothing to do with their original meaning anymore. Either because the words used are so destru
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- Sep 25, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The Truth About Learning
Check out Tirza's Author Page on Amazon for awesome books! We’ve all gone to school, had to learn, study and study some more. Some of you may also have gone to college or university like me, but the truth is, you never stop learning your entire life. There will always be some new information gained, a new skill acquired. Some of this, we come by pretty intensely, others we’ve got time to get to grips with. I remember the day I decided I would no longer use someone else’s webs
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 24, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: A Dream Maker's Words: Part 2
Part 2 is about how to shift this in a positive manner and create a better way of doing our best for our children that is not based on fear.
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 23, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: A Dream Maker's Words Part 1
In a Facebook group, I am a member of, run by my friend Leila Hardy, there was a discussion about what is blocking you from success.
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Tirza Schaefer
- Sep 2, 2017
- 4 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: See Them Grow
Check out Tirza's books to get your next awesome read! Here I am, after a long, beautiful day during which I spend four hours lunching with my cousin and talking about God and the world, spending time with my children, cuddling and talking, making them feel special, my 18-year-old son Tajun is meeting a friend outside and the girls are now in bed. I was watching “The Originals," a TV vampire series during which an older vampire, Klaus, speaks to a younger one, Marcel, which h
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Tirza Schaefer
- Aug 9, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts Inspiration Education: The Liberty of Being Unique
Get Your Personal Reading by Tirza Schaefer here! Yesterday I had a conversation with a couple of friends. We talked about many subjects, we laughed, we discussed serious topics, our children came when they wanted something, then went off to play again, or in case of the dogs, lay down to rest. It was one of those beautiful days that you have when you feel you connect deep down and can share of yourself without being condemned for being different, for not being a perfect fit
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- Jul 6, 2017
- 3 min
Thoughts, Inspiration, Education: Birds Singing & Cat Stroking
Check out Tirza's Author Page for more books This morning, I came into the livingroom and my youngest daughter Tarini (nearly ten now) sat at the table, munching on her muesli with one hand and stroking the cat who was lying beside her with the other. Of course, by the time I had taken out my mobile and got the camera app open, Taani had already jumped off the table and the cuter-than-the-world's-best-cupcake picture was never taken. Sigh! Instead, I sat down beside my Mini M
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