Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
How do you like being told what to do? (Wait a minute … let me tune in to me telepathic powers …). You don’t? I thought not. Me either.How about being told what to feel? (This time, I’ll use my Spidey...
Read MoreWriting Clinic
Extraverts and Introverts
There are extroverts and there are introverts—equals in life, just with different ways of having their “batteries” recharged.The extrovert is energized in social gatherings of larger groups and may mistakenly be...
Read MoreFor starters, try eavesdropping
Rude? Normally, yes.Eavesdropping is never in vogue, unless, of course, you’re a writer.Eavesdropping involves observing, listening and perhaps inhaling details, without being obnoxious.In public buildings, on buses, on...
Read MoreMusing about the muse
The muse is a mysterious woman, pursued then waited for, enticed then pleaded with; until she is loosed in our imagination.She is sometimes elusive and sometimes bold, declaring her presence.She is in what we see and hear and...
Read MoreMetaphorically speaking, it’s like this …
In the days of LPs, when groovy was used to describe a wonderful feeling, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were also singing about a rare kind of comfort in “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.Similes and metaphors are...
Read MoreVain jangling, a lullaby for readers
At about that time, Jack was learning that a stitch in time, saves nine.Although it’s an extreme example, the above sentence will no doubt leave readers scratching their heads in confusion: At about what time? And, what...
Read MoreEasy as 1, 2, 3!
At What’s Up Yukon, it’s as easy as one, two, three.That’s right, this one’s about numbers.And … it gets complicated. Again, this is where your publication’s House Style trumps everything...
Read MoreIt’s better to give than to receive
Why is it that some people have an insane amount of money while others have very little?This question popped into my head when I heard about a man who paid millions for the elite privilege of being a space tourist.There are no...
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