Category Archives: Writing

Library School + Life Tip #9: Keep a To-Do List

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Ah, the proverbial to-do list! We all have them, whether short or long, written or in our heads. One of the biggest lessons I learned last semester, when I added grad school to full-time work, was that keeping a written to-do list … Continue reading →

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Library School + Life Tip #4: 66 Things a College Student Must Do Before Graduation

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Jullien Gordon is a motivational speaker and writer, and some time ago, I came across a webpage of his called, “66 Things a College Student Must Do Before Graduation.” Even though I’d been out of college for quite a while, I thought … Continue reading →

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Waving the White Flag at NaNoWriMo 2011

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Well, I’ve decided to call it a wrap on my efforts to “win” at NaNoWriMo 2011. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, which comes around every November, when writers worldwide strive to write a 50,000-word rough draft of a … Continue reading →

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Library School + Life Tip #3: Update Your Resume

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Yesterday, I pulled up a copy of my resume on the computer, and realized it was outdated. I had listed a couple of work-related committees that I’m no longer on, so I deleted those. That was a minor change, but … Continue reading →

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YouTube and My First Paper

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

You  may think I’m goofing off on YouTube while I should be working on my paper, but no! I’m getting a refresher on using EndNote instead! Here’s proof, in a training video produced by the Duke University Medical Center Library.

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The Importance of Proofreading!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Earlier today, I updated my LinkedIn profile with my library school graduate school program, which doesn’t start until August, but, yes, I’m excited! I put my expected graduation date at 2014, figuring that’s a reasonable goal. (I can tweak it … Continue reading →

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lesleylooper.com is here!

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

Well, I finally put a website together using Hostgator’s Sitebuilder software! It was both easy and challenging to do, if that makes any sense! Since I don’t know HTML well enough to complete a website, like, anytime soon, I decided … Continue reading →

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One Down, One to Go

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

I found out this morning that my presentation proposal from the March 2011 conference didn’t get accepted. (Rats!) I’m still waiting to hear about the essay proposal. The last email about that indicated they’d hoped to let everyone know last … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe I’m Thinking This!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

I got my GRE scores in the mail yesterday, and while I knew my Verbal and Quantitative scores right after the test, I didn’t know the percentiles, or my Analytical Writing score. I was disappointed in my writing score, since … Continue reading →

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Is There a Novel In You?

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Well, it’s almost here again, NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month 2010! The goal is to write a 50,000-word rough draft work of fiction between November 1 and November 30. I participated for the first time last year, and finished … Continue reading →

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