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My two modes of editing others’ work – basic and ugly
(I’m procrastinating. A friend from college has asked me to swap critiques and, well…I thought I’d write a blog post instead.) In my job that pays the bills, I frequently have to review reports. Sometimes the report I’m reviewing is … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, critiques, editing, encouraging others vs. discouraging them, my unbridled arrogance, real job, writing
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Know Your Words
It’s time for another post on how spellcheck does not always work. Especially when you use a word that looks right but means something else. SlushPile Hell put up a good example on August 27th. Sadly, it took me looking at … Continue reading
There is not one true way
(Side note: Whoever typed Xcalumkin into a search engine, I love you. On a further digression – in college I was writing a paper about a Mayan hieroglyph that’s only found at that site and, for various life reasons, I … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged being a writer, follow your own path, patricia c. wrede blog, the "right way", what to write, writers are like snowflakes, writing
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The basics – using apostrophes
I was reading a blog yesterday (not anyone who follows this one) and noticed a pretty blatant apostrophe error. In this case it was an omission. The blogger wrote something about staying at a hotel and the hotel’s pool, but wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Writing
Tagged apostrophes, being a writer, grammar, i.e. vs. e.g., mastering the basics, writing
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Handling distance and time in a fictitious world
I’m trying to distract myself from paying attention to my first beta reader feedback. I only have one back so far and I want to wait until I have two or three before I take any action, but it’s really, … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, consistency, depicting time or distance, made up worlds, writing
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Finding the happy medium where a story is good enough
It’s the weekend and I feel a bit lazy, so I’m going to provide a few links to other people’s thoughts about how much time and effort you should put into your novel, story, what-have-you. As anyone who has tortured … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, Book View Cafe blog, finding the balance, it's ok to quit sometimes, Kristen Lamb blog, Marcia Yudkin blog post, revising, SFWA blog, writing
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Two women I respect discuss reality vs. fantasy (or something like that)
For some reason I can’t articulate how I see these two articles connecting, but when I was looking through my file of specific articles I’ve bookmarked, it struck me that these both discuss the same concept from different angles. I … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Writing
Tagged being a writer, believability, patricia c. wrede blog, realism, the power of fantasy, Ursula K. Le Guin blog, writing
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“You should make your book into a movie”
I was reading through some random Absolute Write links yesterday and stumbled across this post from Ally Carter called “A letter to Baby Author Me (circa 2004).” In the post she says, “People are getting ready to start telling you … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, My Writing, Writing
Tagged Ally Carter blog, being a writer, friendly suggestions, making book into a movie, writing
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Conference Call Etiquette (Mute Your Microphone)
True, this is not directly related to writing, but if you are fortunate enough in your writing career, chances are you’ll someday end up on a conference call. (Or, if you’re like me, and unfortunate enough in your real life … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged business etiquette, conference calls, mute your microphone, real job
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M.H. Lee 