Category: Humor
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The Most Disgusting Thing I’ve Ever Done
As a writer, I just had to sit down and type this little mishap up. It was too visceral not to record. So here’s what happened. Last week, I turned on a lamp in the living room. Flash. The filament cracks to a surge of blue and the light bulb promptly dies. I unplug the […]
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Writer Quote: Roald Dahl on reader reactions
“I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.” —Roald Dahl An interesting quote from the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and others given last Friday’s post on unsatisfactory endings.
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Petty Man(uscript) Problems
In the last couple days I’ve been converting my latest version of a WIP to manuscript format. A simple task in theory. I mean, I already wrote the book– drafted and added to and cut and changed and edited and critiqued and revised and revised and revised (and did I say revised?) it– how hard […]
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And the first rule of writing on the computer IS:
If you have never seen this before, you may find some context helpful:
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When was the last time you REALLY went without internet for a day?
If you’re a regular reader, you may be wondering what in blazes happened and where the devil is yesterday’s Forum Friday? Or you may not be. But ‘what in blazes’ and ‘where the devil’ are fun expressions, and everybody should use them more often. To answer the questions you may or may not be asking, […]
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From the Julieism Dictionary: a “run off” sentence
See the Julieism gallery for more definitions and mischief!
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“One leg in”: The Julieism Dictionary’s First Entry
After a wonderful reader kindly observed that I’ve a tendency to fashion new words, I began more closely monitoring my expression so as to catch such plays in action. The result? C’EST VRAI. I may not drop them at the rate a chocolate hen drops Cadburry eggs, but I drop ’em. Me being the creative […]
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How To Install New Fonts On Your Computer (And Why You Should)
A couple weeks ago I was designing a pseudo press release and needed some new fonts to make it look more legitimate. Once I figured out how to download and install new fonts on my computer, which is surprisingly simple, I was blown away by the copious quantities of typeface freely available online and promptly wandered […]
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Variation On “You’re Trapped on an Island…”
Bad news: they just announced a meteor the size of Donald Trump’s ego is hurtling towards a fire-y (get it? “You’re Fired”?) orange collision with earth. Good news: you’ve got a seat on a shuttle out. Let’s blow this popsicle stand! Bad news: space is limited. You don’t even get a full suitcase. You probably […]
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