BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. I wrote in a previous post, To Keep Burningbird or Not: One issue I’ve been debating off and of about with myself is whether to keep the Burningbird weblog. I’ve splintered off so many interests into different weblogs, and the main reason I do so is there is there is an […]
f all of the posts haven’t given you a clue, I had little sleep last night. My posting rate is inversely proportional to my lack of sleep. Today is a good day in that my film scanner is on the way and I should get it on Friday. Additionally, the overall design and table of […]
I am ashamed to say that I did not know this month was dedicated to Women’s History until I read this lovely rundown of historical moments by Alas, a Blog. In keeping up with the theme, bean is continuing posting events in women’s history that have happened on each particular day in January. These are in keeping […]
I am somewhat disappointed that my response to Bush’s speech has not received many comments, though the comments I have received – agree with me or not – are of the type one hopes to attract when making strong statements. Ah me, that’s the difficulty of this medium and commentary at times – just because […]
I am wary of how to be a better writer guides, but the Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See by Holt Uncensored is excellent. The sections covered are: repeats (crutch words), flat writing, empty adverds (avoid fat writing), phony dialog, no-good suffixes, the ‘to be’ words, lists (uh, well, ignore this one), show don’t tell, awkward […]