Author Archive: GeorgeSlaughter3

Texana Thursday: Picturing the Texas Revolution

Lacking actual photographs and video taken at the time on scene, it can be difficult to envision what the battles at the Alamo and San Jacinto looked like. In more recent times, movies about the battles—most recently, The Alamo (Touchstone…
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What Chuck Norris Can Teach You about Good Writing

Chuck Norris is well-known for his action/adventure film roles, and the Chuck Norris Fact parodies that they inspired in recent years. (One favorite: “There once was a street called Chuck Norris, but the name was changed for public safety because…
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3 Quick Tips for Writing Books

Want to write a book? These three quick tips can help you get going. 1. Have a roadmap, but be ready for detours. Outlines mean different things to different people. They can be very detailed; for example, the novelist Ken Follett typically uses…
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Texana Thursday: George’s Christmas Project

NOTE: Richard Morehead was a long-time reporter and columnist for the Dallas Morning News. In 1982, Eakin Press published a collection of his columns, Richard Morehead’s Texas. One of his columns was about my late grandfather, George Slaughter Sr., and…
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How to Write Your Christmas Family Newsletter

We’ve all seen them—Christmas family newsletters in which the kids all have straight-A grades and perfect smiles (no need for braces!)…the husband got promoted (three times, no less!)…the wife was elected president of the garden club (as well as the…
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Texana Thursday: Come and Take It, First of 2 Parts

Chances are that you’ve seen bumper stickers, coffee mugs, replica flags, or framed wall images with a Texas lone star, a cannon, and the slogan, “Come and Take It.” The slogan reflects a proud, Don’t-Mess-With-Texas attitude today. It reflected the…
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4 Basic Steps to Performing a Web Site Audit

A regularly-scheduled web site audit can help you improve your web site, which in turn can help your customers, potential customers, and your staff, be more successful. But performing a web site audit can different things to different people. Basic…
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