Poesy and Memorial Day
When I was young, my grandparents made me a deal: Five bucks for every poem I could memorize and recite from a book of poetry they gave me that Christmas. It was an astonishing amount of money at the time, … Continue reading
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Great CX-pectations
Under the great headline “Fanfare for the Comma Man” Ben Yagoda wrote April 9 in The New York Times about the evolution in the use of the comma. Notice please that I used no commas in the previous sentence. But … Continue reading
The Singularity
“Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.” – Samuel Butler Butler is best known for two works, “Erewhon” and “The Way … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, Samuel Butler, The Singularity, Vernor Vinge, writing
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It Was (and Is, and Will Continue to Be) a Dark and Stormy Month
This is a blog. This is also National Novel Writing Month. And this is a warning that your blogger will be blogging less often this month as a result of his commitment to write 50,000 words of his novel in 30 years days. … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month, serial novels, tweeting
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