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PART THE FIRST, In Which I Lay Out Terms and Background
It’s well known to those who spend even five minutes talking about writing with me that I am moderately anti-1st person (despite a plethora of enjoyable books written in it, including at least one of my absolute favorites, Nine Princes in AmberSo I said, “Self, let’s do some analysis of it and see if we can figure out where your problem is.” ( Read more... ) -
In which I whinge
Bit of a whine, here ( Read more... ) -
My official statement on superhero movies
I love superhero movies. Love them madly ( Read more... ) -
A quick em-dash + quotes tutorial
Saw someone else complaining about MS Word having quotes go the wrong way after em-dashes ( Read more... ) -
Living in the future
Yesterday I watched the Space-X launch come apart mid-flight.
Obviously, this is a bad thing. But it wasn't a manned craft, so it doesn't get big headlines. Which leads to the thought that space launches are now so common that we don't get freaked out when one fails. We get freaked out when people are hurt, but for a crewless launch, hey, it's ( Read more... ) -
Garden and stuff
Garden: The bunnies ate ALL the lettuce. I had a huge pile of it, and came home one day and it was all nibbled down to stumps. Those stumps are now sprouting fresh leaves, so we'll see if I get more lettuce or if the bunnies come back for round two. I have asked my neighbor to let her dogs come around my mini-farm and leave predator scent around ( Read more... ) -
Garden!
Just been reminded by kristine_smith's blog post that I, too, could be blogging about my garden ( Read more... ) -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, chaosvizier!
Now get on Twitter, damn you. -
That's four.
This morning I got to put - 30 - at the end of my 4th novel ( Read more... ) -
Titling Words I Am Bored With
I know there are certain words that are overused in fantasy titles. It even has a title generator to lovingly mock it ( Read more... )