• Poison Study discussion

    February 2, 2013 /

    First, let me say that if you’re on LJ, please come over to my post on my wordpress blog so we can all have the pleasure of interacting together. I appreciate it. Second, there are sure to be spoilers here.…

  • forums

    January 31, 2013 /

    Hi people. I need some website help. I’m looking to install a forum. I need it to be fairly easy. I’ve looked at a couple, but I wondered if there is anyone out there who might know something about forums…

  • Book Club Poison Study

    January 31, 2013 /

    I finished reading Poison Study last night. Can’t wait to talk about it. Really looking forward to the discussion too. How are you all doing gearing up for Saturday’s discussion? I’m going to set it up to start in the…

  • Bookclub reminder

    January 29, 2013 /

    Hey everyone~ If you’re participating in this month’s book club selection, here’s your reminder that we’ll be discussing it here this Saturday. So if you’ve not been reading or if you’re behind, you can still get there! I hope you…

  • iPad and language

    January 28, 2013 /

    First, the language. I was contemplating today why an event is called a function. I was wondering about the etymology of it. I don’t have anything handy to check on it, and my rather desultory attempts online have not helped.…

  • A snippet

    January 27, 2013 /

    From what I’m working on now. I don’t know if I will like it down the road, but I like it now. Teeth dug into his jaw and cheekbones. Hot, fetid breath filled his mouth and nostrils. Above his left…

  • Reading and writing

    January 26, 2013 /

    One perennial piece of writing advice that I give is to read your works aloud. Hear the words, hear the rhythms, hear the alliteration and assonance, and the poetry of the language. Listen for choppiness and disjointed thoughts, for the…

  • Two Questions

    January 25, 2013 /

    I have two questions for you all since you are brilliant and knowledgable. First, can you explain SEO to me? I see it all the time, but I’m not sure what exactly it is. One reason I ask is because…

  • A writing post

    January 24, 2013 /

    I haven’t talked about writing much lately. I think it’s been because I’ve been stewing about a scene. It’s still stewing, but I had some thoughts today. I was reading from Don Maass’ 20th Century Fiction. There’s some really good…