Tag Archives: WTF?
Writing/Editing Advice for the Day
Don’t consult an editor who uses the word literally to mean not literally. I just read a blog post in which the blogger, someone who feels he has ‘found his niche’ as a giver of ‘expert’ advice on writing/publishing, tells … Continue reading
(forget)
(I couldn’t come up with an actual title for this post, so you’ll have to be content with the working title/label I used originally.) …So there was a blog post, and although it contained some stuff certainly worth considering if … Continue reading
Copyright “Trivia” and Stupid People
Apparently it’s a little-known fact that no one does or can own commonplace words that have been in common use for centuries… My sister-in-law has been doing artistic stuff with branch heraldry for the Society for Creative Anachronism, and then … Continue reading
Sometimes, real life sucks because of COVID deniers.
Follow-up to what I blogged about on the 6th about my twin being told not to tell anyone where he works that he had — past tense, had it but now doesn’t — COVID-19: He got his yearly job performance … Continue reading
Another well-reasoned tirade AGAINST ‘Thou Shalt Not Use Adverbs!’
This is an old (from 2017!) tirade against the anti-adverb nonsense so common in “internet wisdom” on writing, and I’d somehow forgotten to share it before, so… The most common argument I’ve seen against the use of adverbs (*) amounts … Continue reading
Missing the Point
Someone read this post a couple of weeks ago and apparently took great offense at the phrase ‘passing for human.’ Said it was racist and ableist… I understand how it could be either/both of those things, in a totally different … Continue reading
Sometimes, just for the hell of it, he makes fun of spammers.
Yeah, I was bored, and there were all these funny/bizarre spam comments left on my blog… (Necessary disclaimer, ’cause some people choose to be idjits: No, I’m not making fun of people whose grammar is less than perfect; I don’t … Continue reading
Perhaps the best response to spammers is to laugh at them.
What do you think? Is it okay to make fun of spammers who leave ridiculous comments on one’s blog? ‘Cause I could do that — they’ve given me so much to work with… Sample: “Ave Betty, in the beginning a … Continue reading
Asking for a (fictional) friend…
Seriously, what do you think? Yes, this is another “Who knows what weirdness lurks in the minds of sci-fi writers?” situation. Characters will probably be arguing about it for a long time… but I want to know if you, O … Continue reading
Of straw men, lawn gnomes, and reality.
Straw man: (noun) An intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent’s real argument. (Did you get that? It’ll be on the test later.) I keep running into variations on this particular … Continue reading
North of Andover 