It’s WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. I’m a slow reader and don’t have a lot of reading for myself time. I also have numerous books going at one time–a different one stashed by each sitting place. So I … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Welcome back to The Author’s Alphabet. You can read earlier posts here. Each week, I’ll be posting another letter of the alphabet, selecting a word that starts with that letter, and sharing my view of what that word means to … Continue reading
Editor Jessica Faust at BookEnds Literary Agency blogged a few years ago on “How I Edit,” ending with these words: As far as I’m concerned you can run with my suggestions or you can ignore them altogether and go off … Continue reading
Walking through the Bottomland by Ursula K. Le Guin This has been a prime week for unzipping political penises and seeing what they look like in public. In Paris Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged with “aggravated pimping,” which is legal … Continue reading
This post is going to deal with places and things that make me write. To start with, here’a picture of my writing nook: … Continue reading
This is Mr. Darcy’s 10th week of life; he’s halfway through the most critical period in a dog’s life. Puppies, like all young predators, are wired for almost frantic, try-everything exploration of their world. (Prey animals have a similar … Continue reading
My First Computer by Patricia Rice In the 1980s, rural America was not a guiding light of technology. I distinctly remember a university club meeting where the speaker told us about the wonders of household computers. When quizzed on what … Continue reading
The other day, I was teaching a teenager who has just gotten her driver’s license how to drive a manual transmission. I’ve never taught anyone to drive before, so I found it quite challenging to break the necessary skills down … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Sue Lange likes to play around on the fringes of science in her science fiction. This post on possible flaws in special relativity drew a lot of conversation, some of it from people who are determined to find … Continue reading
Welcome back to The Author’s Alphabet. You can read earlier posts here. Each week, I’ll be posting another letter of the alphabet, selecting a word that starts with that letter, and sharing my view of what that word means to … Continue reading