Tag Archives: anthropology
Writing Glitch #865
Today’s second glitch: Change the comma after invented to a period. *sigh* A sword is a blade, kids. Add other after and in the second sentence to show that you’re not saying swords and blades are separate categories. That takes … Continue reading
A Long-Awaited Post About Writing Immortal Characters
Since a “scholarly” approach doesn’t work — I’ve tried many times, and the words disappear as soon as I attempt to put them in order — I’m just going to share my thoughts on this topic, slightly haphazardly, as they … Continue reading
Cool Stuff from the Archives
…Otherwise known as recycled/repurposed blog posts that you may have missed. Read this article titled “Bad Writing: Good for Laughs and Learning.” “Most of the ‘bad writing’ […] can be attributed to spell check errors and/or poor sentence structure, but … Continue reading
Sometimes, he gets to announce a really good SF novel.
I’ll keep this short so I don’t geek out too much. The novel that I was editing earlier this spring, the one that I couldn’t talk about because the author asked that I not so much as mention the characters by name … Continue reading
X
X is for xeno-anthropology. …And what the heck is that, anyway? First, we’ve got the term that gets used every day in the world as we know it: anthropology, the study of humankind. In the United States, there are four … Continue reading
M
It often seen as the one thing that absolutely divides fantasy from science fiction. On the other hand it is, if sufficiently advanced, indistinguishable from technology — or is that the other way around? 🙂 M is for magic. I’m not … Continue reading
“High-five, turtle!”
I always liked that quote anyway, even before I had a use for it. (If you ever watched the television series Heroes, you may recognize it: Matt Parkman talking to – you guessed it – a turtle. Context is irrelevant; it’s funny … Continue reading
North of Andover 