Page 1 of Michelle L Devon's writing

1. Club Drugs - Dangerous and Deadly Fads The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) defines Club Drugs as: "Drugs popular with youth who are part of a club scene and want to take the drugs to gain increased stamina for late night dancing and partying. Generally includes marijuana... (posted by Michelle L Devon 3 years 307 days ago.)

2. Methadone: Medical Detox for Heroin Addiction Heroin is an illegal Schedule I narcotic, placing it in the group of the most highly addictive drugs available on the streets. There are many methods of using heroine, including: snorting, smoking, swallowing or injecting. Heroin is one of the few... (posted by Michelle L Devon 3 years 307 days ago.)

3. Writing and Grammar - Dates As an editor, I am able to see many common mistakes that people tend to make consistently in their writing. Conversational style is great in the tone of the piece, and sometimes grammar does indeed take a back seat to impact and imagery. However... (posted by Michelle L Devon 3 years 307 days ago.)

4. Positive Affirmations and Releases for Self Forgiveness Take a walk with me through the recesses of your heart and soul, and find what is lurking inside of you. Today, embark on a journey of self discovery, to become who you truly already are, and to let go of those parts of yourself you no longer... (posted by Michelle L Devon 3 years 314 days ago.)

5. Encourage Kids to Enter Writing and Illustrating Contests When I was a child, I loved to draw, read, and write, but my parents never really encouraged me to pursue that passion. I was always told that writing is a hobby and not a career. Well, it took me over 15 years to get to the point where I didn't... (posted by Michelle L Devon 3 years 314 days ago.)

6. Commonly Misused Words in Writing: Principle/Principal - Two/To/Too - Your/You're Hi there! It's your friendly editor, Michelle L Devon, here to bring you another edition of Commonly Misused Words in Writing. Today, I have selected three sets of commonly misused words I regularly see written improperly in articles found on the... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 124 days ago.)

7. The Importance of Paragraph Breaks When Writing Web Content Recently, I've taken some time to review and read a lot of web content sites, blog sites, and article sites, and one thing I've noticed quite frequently is that many people don't seem to know when to break a line for a paragraph in their... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

8. Writing for the Masses: An Opinion Article on Writing about Controversial Subjects I am a student of human behavior, an observationalist, a people-watcher. I watch human behavior with much interest, and perhaps that's why I majored in psychology and minored in sociology in college. Psychology is essentially the study of... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

9. Commonly Misused Words in Writing: They're / Their / There - Accept / Except - Its / It's Yesterday, I was looking for a video to post on my blog of a particular song, and I found one on YouTube I really liked, until I watched the video, and it had the lyrics to the song typed out for the viewer to read, and this line said, " More then... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

10. Modern Poetry - Poetry for Everyone Poetry has changed over the years, and modern poetry is not the same eclectic and elitist prose you may remember from your high school reading. Modern poetry is written in plain English, filled with imagery and emotion, and is so much easier... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

11. Ten Tips for Overcoming Writer's Block Are you a writer? Maybe you're not a writer, but part of your job requires you to write... something, anything, web copy, correspondence, emails, newsletters... maybe you are not a writer but use article writing as a marketing and promotional... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

12. How To Develop Characters When Writing a Fiction Novel People are multi dimensional, and so should a character in a story be... but that's hard to do when the writer only has a small 'section' of a character's life with which to work. So how do you write believable characters, who have a past and... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 126 days ago.)

13. How I could use $100 to make the World a Better Place I am a writer! Have you heard other people say that before? Does anyone really know what it means to BE a writer? Well, I know I didn't, until I was one - that is, until I was a writer for a living, by trade, and not just because it was... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 128 days ago.)

14. How to Write Good Poetry What constitutes good poetry differs from person to person, and what one reader might enjoy, another will not. Judging a good poem is very subjective. Basically, this means there is no way to truly determine what ‘good’ poetry is, but there is a... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 128 days ago.)

15. Networking on the Internet - Chat and Forums The novel is written. The manuscript has been polished. You have had everyone you know who has an eye for editing and proofreading review it with a fine toothed comb to ensure there are no mistakes. Now what? You have read every book out there... (posted by Michelle L Devon 5 years 306 days ago.)