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[15 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]
Gift Guides and Hanukkah

Write More Good is mentioned in this holiday gift guide 17 gifts for Grammar Geeks.
Our advice on spelling Hanukkah is mentioned in this article, How do you spell “Hanukkah?,” musing on made-for-TV movies

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[8 Aug 2011 | No Comment | ]
FakeAPstylebook interview at Fast Company

FakeAPstylebook is featured in the Fast Company article, “Secrets To A Successful Fake Twitter Character.”
With a quarter of a million followers between them, the men and women behind a few of the better faux accounts show us how to create and maintain successful, character-driven Twitter feeds.
Other recent mentions:
14 Hilarious Fake Twitter Accounts You Need To Follow (Business Insider)
Ten Great Fake Twitter Accounts (SFWeekly)
Book Review: “Write More Good” is great (Motivated Grammar)

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[25 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]
First Blurbs for Write More Good!

“You can read Write More Good simply for laughs: Its expanded hits of @FakeAPStylebook wit and humor will have you reading it aloud to cubicle neighbors. But if you aspire to truly great writing—whether you’re a hopeful author, a professional editor, or a celebrity who just pays someone—well, you’re definitely going to need a different book.” —Carol Fisher Saller, author of The Subversive Copy Editor
“Write More Good is your AP Stylebook unshaven and hungover after the latest round of media layoffs. Editors, writers, and sticklers will enjoy the satire, but …

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[7 Feb 2011 | No Comment | ]
WRITE MORE GOOD: Praise for @FakeAPStylebook

“OK, we give in. @FakeAPStylebook is pretty fantastic.”—newsweek.tumblr.com, tagged “Things We Love”
“Genius… If you’ve ever been tortured by the APA, MLA, AP, or Chicago Manual of Style guidebooks, you’re probably already gleefully enjoying the comedy of Twitter’s Fake AP Stylebook…A lot like The Onion…Fake AP Stylebook would never have become so successful if it only appealed to journalists. It taps into universal anxieties about language…Fake AP Stylebook is sweet revenge against anyone who ever tried to tell you how to use language-especially those who did it in a way that …