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Luxury

February 20, 2013 by Mreauow

When I’m not writing, I work as an educational or freelance ASL interpreter. Lately the differences between those two environments has been a minor source of stress in my life. In freelancing, I am sent out by my agency to do a variety of jobs. Most assignments over 30 minutes I’m sent with a team. … Read more

Categories Linguistics Tags ASL, culture, Linguistics, luxury, Mreauow, perspective, school Leave a comment

Use Your Own Words

January 14, 2013 by Mreauow

In my role as and Educational ASL Interpreter, my students have learned that I make a darned good tutor when it comes to their English papers. And a frustrating one as well. What causes this particular set of feelings is the way that I tutor them. Word by word, without ever telling them what to … Read more

Categories Writing life Tags ASL, critique, editing, Mreauow, the rules, writers, writing Leave a comment

Killing the Muse

January 9, 2013 by Mreauow

I have to start by telling you that so far this year is – for the most part – going very well on the writing front. I’ve already sent out my first submission for the year and have a full line up for editing and writing new stories and novels. So keep that in mind … Read more

Categories Writing life Tags ASL, Challenge, Mreauow, perspective, Time Management, what you know 1 Comment

Learning to Learn

September 5, 2012 by Mreauow

It’s back to school season. As an interpreter working in public schools, that means for me it is also back to work season and get as many workshops in as school will pay for season. This year’s all day district workshop for interpreters (one of the few days that we actually all get to see … Read more

Categories Writing life Tags ASL, Challenge, learning, Mreauow, options, what you know, writing life Leave a comment

Let’s Talk About Writing in ASL

June 22, 2012 by Mreauow

American Sign Language (ASL) does not have a written form. So this post isn’t going to be about writing ASL. Rather, it’s about the joy and challenge of talking about writing (in English) with Native ASL speakers – in this case two 2nd generation Deaf Adults who also happen to be avid readers in the … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags ASL, Grammar, Mreauow, Reading, story, writing 2 Comments

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