This is part 3 of my Quixotic tilt against the windmills. Find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. So for my previous article, I wanted to include a quick graphic that compared adverbs and nonadverbs in my text. I have clearly made a rookie mistake. I forgot about the Read more…
So when we last left off, the adverbs were winning. Through the MAGIC OF DATA, I determined that 4.9% was the correct adverb rate for fiction, and my tripe was heavy with 6.9%. It actually turns out to be more like 7%, with some hyphens, ellipses, and possessives that I Read more…
My WIP is still with the editor, who is very thoroughly taking notes about how poorly I represented disadvantaged groups, and otherwise pillaged the English language for the shiniest words before torching the rest. Meanwhile, one of my beta readers (you know who you are), has repeatedly suggested to me Read more…
So when I decided that Sandra, my upcoming heroine, would grace the cover, in her human instead of her Phoenix form, which would be more genre appropriate, I knew it would be contentious. But at least I didn’t get a lot of booing or anything like that. I got a Read more…
Jump to app 👇 Whoa, cowboy! Sure coming in hot with that chart, huh? Well, that’s what I gotta do, to have social media preview text show this image. Now then, I guess some context is in order. This whole rabbit hole started, as most things do, with an errant Read more…
Jump to App 👇 What is this? I had made for myself, over a year ago, a random name generator. I mean, not the name part. That part is complicated. So like the spineless lamprey I am, I suckered right on to Behind the Name. So what do I bring Read more…
Edit: Have just been informed, Audible sets the price of books. Oy Vey what a waste of time. In case you want context for that picture, those are the titles of all the UF books on Audible that have at least 1 rating. The size of the text is proportional Read more…