• The First Writer

    Who was the first writer?  That is, who was the first person to set down on some surface—a rock, a leaf, a cave wall, in short, some surface that could […]

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  • A Slight Change

    If you are one of the few who used to read my blogsite on WordPress over the past few years, I have news for you.  That site has been shut […]

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  • Post-COVID, Part 2

    In my previous posting on this website, I discussed what we all need to do to help keep COVID in its place.  Masking, fist bumps, not shaking hands, vaccination, and […]

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  • Post-COVID

    Are we post-COVID yet?  Are we really post-COVID? Not really.  We may be past the major epidemic of COVID-19, but COVID is still with us.  I’ve known personally or heard […]

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  • Who Is A Person?

    Okay, now.  We’ve been told in recent months, if not in recent years, that we’re supposed to state our pronouns.  We’re supposed to tell everyone, and that includes everyone, what […]

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  • A Few More Thoughts On AI

    AI [Artificial Intelligence] is so hot these days (I’m writing this on 3/10/2024) I feel I have to comment on it.  Generally, I’m not too much in favor of writers […]

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  • Hooking The Reader

    One of the cardinal rules in writing, whether it be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, is that the writer is pretty much required to “hook” the reader right at […]

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  • Research And Novel Writing

    If you’re expecting this post to be about doing research for a novel you may have in the works, that’s nice and I applaud your incentive, but that’s not what […]

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  • Time

    What is time?  I’ve seen a few posts on the internet lately about “time.”  Questions have been raised about whether time exists or not, and what it is, and if […]

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  • Got A Pen?

    On and in my desk I have lots of ballpoint pens.  I use pens a lot.  To take notes at lectures, to put my thoughts down about all sorts of […]

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  • Suspending Disbelief

    As a member of the science-fiction writing community, I have to deal with a phenomenon that probably comes up in our genre more often and much more strongly than in […]

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  • Six Grammar Miscues To Watch Out For

    I’m not a writer with many published works to my credit, but I have done a lot or reading—of books, articles, short stories, essays, even some poetry.  I’ve read most […]

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