Digital World
Do we need barcodes? ISBN's? Digital identity? Not so long ago, identity papers were literally made of paper, not plastic much less 1's and 0's in cyberspace. There were no…
Writer’s Lifestyle
There are many advantages to being a writer: having a creative outlet, learning all manner of interesting facts while doing the research for a project, exploring one's own mind and…
Romancing readers
While not all my books qualify as Romances, all so far have contained an element of romance within the story. Perhaps a psychologist would suggest I am looking for a…
NEW POSSIBILITIES
Life is always full of possibility if we open our eyes, minds, and hearts to opportunities. Sometimes they peek at us and wave, sometimes they hit us over the head.…
Who are we?
"Better the lies that exalt us than the truths that demean us." That saying may be well known, and many may agree with it, but it would more accurately be…
What is that?
In reading Sense and Sensibility, I found references I had never seen before. Some were explained in a "Notes" section at the back of the book, others I could guess…
Language in motion
In reading Jane Austen books from my To Be Read pile, it struck me that not only words commonly used have changed―such as her use of twelvemonth instead of year―but…
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A WORLD WITHOUT BOOKS
Books have gotten expensive both to buy and to make―along with paper, food, and everything else as inflation (which is a hidden tax imposed by greedy governments and businesses) rises…
Editing for Others
Writing is an act of love, telling the story of characters in one's imagination. Editing that story can be fun (following the plot from beginning to end), exasperating (when you…
SECOND EDITIONS
Nobody is perfect. And self-publishers without editing staff are especially prone to typos and other mistakes in the final product. But even well-known authors with publishing houses and armies of…