That was a mostly uneventful trip. But next time, we’re flying. I can’t handle another 13-hour road trip both ways; I’m too old and cranky to sit in a vehicle for that long.
Naturally, no post for this week. Turns out that I was wrong about our return day, which was actually yesterday. We stayed in [...]
Woof. No update yesterday on account of running around the house to get ready for our road trip this Thursday. After 30 years of service, my dad’s retiring from the Coast Guard, and the three of us (Mr. Ellie, Rain the Cat, and myself) are heading down to Florida to congratulate him on finally escaping [...]
From How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman (Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008):
It is difficult to render foreign English without falling into unintentional comedy. Some errors, however, can easily be avoided.
Do not have a foreigner address everyone as “Señor” or “Monsieur” despite speaking otherwise perfect English. Do not sprinkle [...]
Think of the hardest thing to accomplish in writing. This isn’t exactly an objective question; answers will vary from person to person. For some, it’s simply getting something down on paper or in the word processor. For others, it’s characterization, coming up with names or backstory, or even trying to keep every important event in [...]
I’ll write a much longer post next week, I promise. There’s just not a lot going on terms of writing or reading. I took three days off of writing and I’m now trying to get back into the swing of things, averaging about 1K words every day. I’m also debating whether to start reviewing books, [...]