The early \”grade\” on my e-book is that it is interesting – but the language is “tentative.” I am currently having the manuscript for my e-book on writing edited. One of the criticisms the editor had made is that my tone, at times, sounded uncertain. In places, for example, where I could have said, “Keep […]
Sweeping its way through various cities in the deep south, the event was called “The Unchained Tour.” I went to see the performance at the showroom in Spartanburg, SC because my fantasy writing hero Neil Gaiman was speaking there. For any of you who are unaware of Neil Gaiman, he is an icon among fantasy
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Many complain that in writing, there are too many rules. But to me, speaking has always seemed heavier with rules, many of them hidden and unknowable; at least in writing, I knew what they were. I could look at any grammar book and find them. The rules of speaking were always changing, according to circumstance.
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I am pressed for time this week, so this may be the first of many shorter posts. However, it will give me a chance to share my limerick about a belly with identity issues. It goes like this: There once was a belly who triedTo turn herself into a sideTo make herself thinShe sucked her
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A grocery store is a place full of strangers. There is very little I can know about them just by looking. Nevertheless, to create convincing fictional characters, a grocery store is not a bad place to start – in particular, a shopping cart. Imagine: someone in line with me is unpacking a bottle of generic
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