Thursday, January 05, 2023

Facing a New Year

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Happy New Year! -- even though it is an arbitrary date. Why not the precise day of the winter solstice instead of over a week later? Or, bet...
Sunday, January 01, 2023

Wrong Word

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First, I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Second, I defend the Oxford/Harvard/Cambridge comma. There is no necessary...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Karen S. Wiesner: The Four Myths Your Muse Desperately Wants You to Believe, Part 1

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Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner The Four Myths Your Muse Desperately Wants You to Believe, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner  ...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Modernizing Scrooge

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Many of Shakespeare's plays have been transmuted into modern settings, such as WEST SIDE STORY (from ROMEO AND JULIET), SHE'S THE MA...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Two Crucial Writing Goal Sheets by Karen S Wiesner

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  Writer's Craft Article by Karen S. Wiesner Two Crucial Writing Goal Sheets Based on FIRST DRAFT OUTLINE (formerly titled FIRST DRA...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Holiday Parodies

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Have I previously recommended POLITICALLY CORRECT HOLIDAY STORIES, by James Finn Garner? Although slightly dated to the specific "polit...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Wet Words

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When I play word associations, I go from "wet" to "work".  No doubt Clint Eastwood is to blame; I must have watched The ...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Karen S Wiesner: Presentation is King, Part 3

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A Reader's Commentary Presentation is King, Part 3 by Karen S. Wiesner In this final of a three-part commentary using author Chr...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Giant Viruses

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Scientists have discovered and revived a 30,000-year-old virus, not seen since the Upper Paleolithic era, buried under the Siberian permafro...