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On Writing #15: Adjectives, Adverbs, and The Quest for the Perfect Word
This came up today when I was on the phone with a friend - when to use adjectives and “-ly” adverbs and when not to. Since I’ve spent many years writing both fiction and technical/process/procedure documentation, I’ve run into this issue over and over ( Read more... ) -
Novel Work
Been failing to plug away at the novel, which usually means I need to fix something. In this case: the plot ( Read more... ) -
ConDFW next Weekend
Well, I'm going to ConDFW this next weekend, and I'm looking forward to it. I know it's not as well-attended as FenCon, but I had a lot of fun there last year and hope to again this one. -
Carnivale
So I decided I would rewatch HBO's Carnivale. Great Series.
One problem...
I seem to have lost it. Yes, the whole series. %) Janell thinks maybe we lent it to someone and forgot. Ahh, the sadness. -
Stop the Madness!
I don't normally do the chain letter thing, but I think this one's important.
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Originally posted by ladyqkat at Dear GOP - the collective you are an Idiot
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On Writing #14: Synopsis and Query - The Art of Summary
The art of the query letter and synopsis is not summarizing your entire book. This is what took me forever to learn. It's about IGNORING VAST SECTIONS OF YOUR BOOK. Boiling things down to the fewest characters possible, the fewest events possible ( Read more... ) -
Great Alan Dean Foster Interview by Charles A. Tan.
Charles A. Tan interviewing the great Alan Dean Foster @SF Signal, HEREAmong other interesting items, Mr. Foster discusses ( Read more... ) -
ZOMBIESQUE is in bookstores
DAW's ZOMBIESQUE anthology, including my short story "A Distant Sound of Hammers", is now shuffling mindlessly through bookstores everywhere ( Read more... ) -
On Writing #13: Momentum and Focus -- And a Trick to Keep Novels On Track
Finishing the rough draft of a novel is all about momentum and focus. It's about not giving up halfway through, not giving into the temptation to go write something else when you're almost done ( Read more... )
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