Archive for February, 2007
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
The research!
hrough Jo Beverly’s lovely post on Word Wenches, I have discovered Google Books. Google Books is, for those of us who no longer have access to the library of a world-class university, simply amazing. Instead of having to rely on someone else’s research (which drives me nutters, because how do I know that […]
2 Comments » - Posted in History by CM
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Things you never want to say in an e-mail to your critique partners
here are some things you never want to e-mail your critique partners:
By the way, I’m really, really sorry about the omniscient crabs.
It sucks. It’s not great. It’s not funny. It’s not witty.
This chapter was going to [do X.] It no longer does. It all got hijacked.
Now imagine that all this […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Ornithology, Writing by CM
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
How to Stay Popular (If You Think You’re Losing Popularity)
ne of the more frightening things on the internet is WikiHow.
Now, Wikipedia actually has a pretty good thing going. It reports facts, for the most part, and tries to provide references for them. It’s not bad–or at least, it’s not tremendously worse than other sources that you might pay money for. […]
