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Shall Or Will–Which Will It Be?
Read more: Shall Or Will–Which Will It Be?Which do you use? “Shall?” Or “will?” Personally, I don’t use “shall” much at all. When I was in school, and this was many years ago, I was told that […]
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A Varied Opinion
Read more: A Varied OpinionI had an interesting time at a writer’s conference yesterday. I went primarily to pitch my novel (actually the trilogy of novels) to a representative of a well-known publishing house […]
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Adverbs Can Work
Read more: Adverbs Can WorkFor those of us who are beginning writers, one of the rules of modern-day writing (as opposed to 19th century writing, for example) that is so frequently beaten into our […]
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The Book Beat
Read more: The Book BeatDo you remember the PBS show “Book Beat”? It was on in the 1970’s, as I recall. The host of the show was Bob Cromie, who worked for a long […]
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The Overstatement
Read more: The OverstatementFiction is basically an overstatement. Or perhaps better terms would be exaggeration, or even caricature. We writers do things in fiction that would be unlikely in real life. Our characters […]
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One Space Or Two?
Read more: One Space Or Two?For several years a debate has raged in writer’s and publisher’s circles about whether there should be one or two spaces after a period between sentences. How do you stand? I […]
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Over The Top
Read more: Over The TopI’ve read a few science-fiction books in the past several years, many of which I’ve enjoyed, and a few of which I haven’t. One of the most common things about […]
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The Orphan Planet
Read more: The Orphan PlanetSeveral months ago I read a story, probably on the Yahoo news, about a planet that doesn’t orbit any sun. It’s just out there, moving through the darkness of outer space […]
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Not-so-hot Terminology
Read more: Not-so-hot TerminologyTwo terms about people in North America, one coined recently and one that’s been around for a while, have caught my eye and ear over the years and I’ve come […]
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History
Read more: HistoryThis blog post may be a little different from the ones I usually write. Mostly I write about science or writing or the environment. This time I want to get […]
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Who’s Really Human Anyway?
Read more: Who’s Really Human Anyway?About a month and a half ago I finished reading the Star Wars book, Kenobi, by John Jackson Miller. This book, part of the long-running Star Wars saga, tells the story […]
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Daydreaming For Fun And Profit
Read more: Daydreaming For Fun And ProfitWriting is a form of daydreaming. Actually, I like to daydream. I could spend my whole life thinking up and thinking about stories, fictional as well as non-fictional. Of course, […]