Val Dumond

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Welcome to my website and my world!

Since I was nine years old, I've been a writer (scratching words on paper). My enjoyment of music kicked in about the same time. It took many years to realize that words without music sound tinny and hollow; music without words feel incomplete.

Words speak to the mind.

Music speaks to the soul.

But ahh, to combine the two - that's the fun!

This site is created to help you put words to your music - and music to your words.

Please poke around... there's lots to learn. Browse on your own path or take a shortcut to:

• articles written by Val - find out what's on Val's mind now!
• the grammar quiz
• my new book, Just Words
• the introduction from my book, Grammar For Grownups
• the first chapter in Grammar For Grownups
• writing tips
• request a presentation

The Joy of Challenge

January Challenge

If you wrote just 30-40 pages a month (that's about 7,500-10,000 words at about a page a day) for the next six months (ending June 30), you'd have the first draft of your new book. If you continued to work on fine-tuning and polishing your manuscript over the summer, you'd be ready for editing by September. After more polishing, you could have your very own book in your hands by New Year's Eve 2013!

Think about it.

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