Seven more pages, 2500 words, of plot outline written today. Now, to get ready for work!
Daily Archives: July 7, 2005
On Hurricanes
So, there’s a hurricane coming up the east coast through Florida. Excuse me, a tropical depression. But it’s coming up the coast. Passing through North Carolina, on its way up north, to Baltimore and points beyond. Tomorrow. But tomorrow, I’m driving from Raleigh to Baltimore, for the Shore Leave science-fiction convention. I’ll be driving throughContinue reading “On Hurricanes”
On Microsoft Word
I have a pet-hate for Microsoft Word. I disagree with its grammer checking mode. Take this sentence–“Lights dim.” It’s a perfectly good sentence. Microsoft Word considers this a sentence fragment. Excuse me? What more does it need? I have a subject–“Lights”–that acts on its own–they “dim.” I could have written “Lights go dark” but IContinue reading “On Microsoft Word”