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How to get Microsoft Word to check your grammar and style. (For Word 2007 & Word 2010)

I’ve had a number of requests for this.  Too many folks are still doing things the hard way.   Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I’m lazy and as far as I’m concerned, until Skynet comes knocking, technology is good.   I’ve spoken to too many writers recently who are still checking . . . → Read More: How to get Microsoft Word to check your grammar and style. (For Word 2007 & Word 2010)

“Revising Fiction” with Kirt Hickman

This weekend, I had the good fortune to attend an education event sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.   It was a workshop on revising fiction with author Kirt Hickman.  I can’t recommend the workshop, or his book of the same name, enough times.   I was first exposed to Kirt’s . . . → Read More: “Revising Fiction” with Kirt Hickman

“How my Lit. Teacher stole my T.A.R.D.I.S.” or How the establishment co-opts genre fiction to make it “respectable”.

Greetings again True Believers,

‘Tis I, your friend and humble narrator returned at last from last minute revisions on my novel. You see, a couple of weeks ago, my novel “Grave Shift” won 2nd place at the Pike’s Peak Writer’s Conference in the category for Speculative Fiction. I also got to pitch it and the . . . → Read More: “How my Lit. Teacher stole my T.A.R.D.I.S.” or How the establishment co-opts genre fiction to make it “respectable”.

“Grave Shift” Selected as Finalist for PPWC

My urban fantasy novel “Grave Shift” has been selected as a finalist for the Pikes Peak Writer’s Conference.   I’m putting in some last minute revisions and polishing right now and will be pitching it during the conference to prospective agents and editors.  I’m very excited!   Simultaneously, work proceeds on the pseudo-prequel.

Sips and not Gulps: A subtle shift in the transfer of information?

Apologies, the title promises much more profundity than this early morning reflection may yield.  (Dogs got me up and now, I’m up.)  I was recently watching an episode of the Colbert Report with Sherry Turkle.   For those who do not know, Sherry Turkle is an M.I.T. professor and author of several books about technology and . . . → Read More: Sips and not Gulps: A subtle shift in the transfer of information?