Daily Archives: March 2, 2012

Virginia General Assembly Compressed Novel

I was moderately pleased with myself for putting a novel into 140 characters, including the disclaimer (“Fiction”). (This used to be called a compressed novel and was usually of short-story length.) I’m fond of Twitter (it’s very good for late … Continue reading


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Writing in the Digital Age: TOS Translates to Tool of Satan?

WARNING: The following commentary comes from someone without a legal degree. I’m not speaking to legalities, but to realities that writers (and readers, and other consumers) face when we click Agree on a Term of Service agreement with Amazon, PayPal, … Continue reading


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Blogging the Magna Carta #3

By Phyllis Irene Radford Continuing with the Magna Carta:  Clauses 2,3,&4 dealt with inheritance taxes and the dealing with minor heirs.  A lot of the provisions were rather vague, giving unscrupulous and greedy men, including the king, a lot of … Continue reading


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