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”
Monthly Archives: July 2005
On Darwin Award Nominees
Is it wrong to wish a Darwin Award on an unsuspecting boob? I think not… Yesterday, for reasons that pass beyond all understanding, the company decided that strip stores should be open regular hours. Never mind that it was the Fourth of July, that every American has a patriotic duty to blow up a smallContinue reading “On Darwin Award Nominees”
On a Plot Outline II
Today I edited a page out of the plot outline, tightening it from eight pages to seven. Surprisingly, the outline didn’t suck. 😉 Now, to work on a separate, yet completely related plotline.
On a Plot Outline
Tonight I’ve written three thousand words of a plot outline. Eight pages, double spaced. Now to see if it’s any good….
On Summer
It hasn’t just been hot–temperates flirting in the triple digits–recently. No, it’s been positively sultry, too, in North Carolina. Heat on its own is fine. Humidity on its own isn’t fine, but it’s tolerable. Combine the two? Downright miserable. It’s bad enough that you need air conditioning in the car. I’m a roll-the-windows down kindContinue reading “On Summer”
On American Beer Month
The Raleigh newspaper has a weekly column on Fridays entitled “Beer Here,” a look at the beer scene written by Julie Johnson Bradford, editor of All About Beer magazine. Today Ms. Bradford writes about American Beer Month: Knowing that July is officially dubbed “American Beer Month” probably won’t cause you to drink any more beerContinue reading “On American Beer Month”