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The Elements of Style
Just thought I'd post this here, for writing and grammar geeks everywhere.
The Elements of Style from Jake Heller on Vimeo.
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Writing link
I've linked to the writing tips articles at the io9.com blog before. (It's science fiction based blog, but the writing tips they provide are fairly universal.)
Here's another one I thought was interesting: Seven Types of Short Story Openings, which also includes this note on why first sentences are important in short stories:
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The Oxford Comma Is Dead. Long Live The Oxford Comma
OK, so Twitter rumors of the Oxford comma's death may be premature but I thought I use it as an excuse to open a discussion on grammar, punctuation and other pedantic issues ( Read more... ) -
The Examination: A Q&A with Hannah R. Orlove
Happy snowy December to everyone. (Some of you seem to be having it snowier than others.)
I wanted to bring back some profiles of writers and their work as a whole, and we've got one here with hannahrorlove. You can find others by clicking on the "author profile" tag. To suggest other writers to interview, please drop me a note in this post.
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Voting: Involuntary Commitment
Just a reminder before we get to the actual voting that comments are love, folks, and the comment post on this fic can be found here
Voting will be open for about a week and is open to community members. (It's fairly easy to get a membership, just click on "join" and let me see you're a real person.)
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Differential Diagnosis People: Involuntary Commitment
One more fic in this group of discussions for the Housefic Meta Library. I hope you all are enjoying discovering some new fics or re-reading some favorites as part of this process. If you'd like to make a nomination for future rounds, you can go to this thread and note it there.
Title and link: Involuntary Commitment
Author Ignaz Wisdom
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Voting: Coming To Terms
OK, members. Time to vote on Coming To Terms by Stenveny. Voting is open to members, and the poll will remain open for a week.
Poll is now closed "Coming To Terms" has been voted into the Library.
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Differential Diagnosis People: Coming To Terms
During this current hiatus for the World Series, we've got a couple of fics to consider for the Library, starting with this one.
Title and link: Coming To Terms
Author: stenveny
Summary: In the weeks following "Help Me", House, Wilson and Cuddy all have some adjustments to make. (Ten parts, linked from the first part.) Note: This is pre-Season Seven, ( Read more... ) -
Voting: "In High Seas"
Sorry this is a bit late. Real life, yada, yada.
This week, we're considering In High Seas by nieded. Take the time to read it over, if you haven't yet. Voting will be open for one week, and I'll post another fic for consideration by next Monday. We have two fics in the hopper at this point for upcoming discussions, "Coming to Terms" by stenveny and " ( Read more... ) -
Differential Diagnosis People: In High Seas
Here's a fic that was left over from last summer's batch (I only recently heard back from the author, who had switched names). I'll open a voting post in about a week to follow up. And, for the record, "Twenty Years Of Stealing My Food" was nominated into the Library.
Title and link: In High Seas This is a sequel to Asphyxiation but only "In High ( Read more... )