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I’m not British
So, the other day, I’m leaving after a long day at work, and there’s a group of teenage girls on the sidewalk. They asked me for a light. I thought briefly about asking how old they were, then I realized … Continue reading
Posted in Vocabulary, writing
Tagged I'm not British, Simplistic language in the arts, Vocabulary in America
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Poetic License vs. Being Nonsensical
Poetic license is a very real thing in writing, one that should be utilized and embraced. In moderation, of course, like -ly adverbs. It can be useful, powerful, even lyrical to use an element of poetic license. First off, let’s … Continue reading
Teeth Are Fuckers
I have bad teeth. I’ve always had bad teeth. I had to have several baby teeth capped so that I had enough teeth to eat with before my adult teeth came in. No amount of brushing and flossing saved them. … Continue reading
Posted in New dentures, writing
Tagged learning to smile again, New Dentures, Teeth are fuckers, writing
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Using CreateSpace for Non-traditional Purposes
CreateSpace is Amazon’s gateway to easy self-publishing. Whatever your opinion of Amazon, CreateSpace, and self-publishing in general, it’s a useful tool and fairly user friendly. I learned to use it to publish a book of my mother’s. Because the program … Continue reading
I’m fifty, so I can do whatever the hell I want.
I haven’t written a blog post in some time. I didn’t mean to abandon it. Many things were happening in my life, and time just kept rolling along whether I wanted it to or not. Said goodbye to a pet, … Continue reading
User Unfriendly: Age makes a difference when using computers.
I was born in 1965. When I was a very small child, my Dad worked on one of the first computers in the state. He took me to see it. It filled an entire room and was programmed with punch … Continue reading
Why I won’t do NaNoWriMo ever again.
As you may have known, I took part in July’s NaNoWriMo event, which is much like the November event, with some relaxed guidelines. I did well. I wrote over 50k words on Teatime of the Living Dead, and got it … Continue reading
Sometimes “Show Don’t Tell” is BS
My third book, Descending, has been out at some publishers. I got a rejection on one partial a while back, and it had a little feedback attached. I don’t often get feedback from anyone, so I was excited at first. … Continue reading
Review: Ravage
Ravage by Iain Rob Wright My rating: 2 of 5 stars I can’t recommend this book. I went into it with high hopes. The author has quite a few books under his belt, and this title came with good reviews. … Continue reading
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