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The Comma 9 Feb 2013 | 11:57 pm
What is it about the comma that causes me to sprinkle it willy-nilly throughout the prose as I create? I am constantly amazed at the number of places that I believe necessary to have a comma that, on ...
World Building 4 Feb 2013 | 04:14 am
My novel is not based here on Earth. Where? It is hard to say, it is a world that is similar to earth, however I wish to have free rein when it comes to magical effects that are neither present nor po...
Spring – For One Day 30 Jan 2013 | 07:12 am
Just when I thought that the groundhog would be frozen solid in his burrow and unable to come out for the party, along comes a spring thaw. Actually I recently heard that the groundhog (Phil) lives in...
Active vs Passive Prose 24 Jan 2013 | 07:09 pm
One of the tendencies of new writers is the use of Passive Prose instead of Active Prose. Put simply, Active Prose is when the subject of the sentence ACTS. For example: The waves rocked the small boa...
Treepad 21 Jan 2013 | 11:17 pm
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Editing For Free* Using WordPress 14 Jan 2013 | 09:55 am
This blog uses the WordPress software, which is downloadable for free from WordPress.org, on a domain that you own. This is not the same as having a blog on WordPress.com, this is your own domain on y...
Blogging About Writing or Writing About Blogging? 7 Jan 2013 | 07:42 pm
Which is better, blogging about writing or writing about blogging? I suppose one could make a few pennies with either approach, but aesthetically, which would be more pleasing to read? It is confusing...
The Weekend Novelist 7 Jan 2013 | 09:37 am
I recently rediscovered a book I bought years ago from the Quality Paperback Book Club, are they even still around? I used to love that club since I prefer paperback over hardcover any day… But I digr...
Writing Distractions 12 Dec 2012 | 07:23 pm
How does one manage distractions? Writing has always come with distractions. I can recall (vaguely, after all these years) writing papers for school on my little manual typewriter in a suitcase.Very n...
Novel Publishing 26 Nov 2012 | 02:55 am
I find it interesting that in the “new books” section of my local library there are a lot of new books. Doom and gloom is prevalent online with regards to traditional publishing, on blogs, in the news...
