Archive for August, 2007

For beginners: Never relay one your spill checker

Get it? Get it?? I hope you know that headline was a bit of sarcasm I threw into print to make a point. You do see my point, don’t you?
Spell checkers may be nice for quick cleanups if you’re in a rush. But never rely on them. Simply put, spell checking software doesn’t detect a […]

Here’s my best tip to help you write fiction

One of my favorite writers is a mystery writer named Larry Block, or Lawrence Block in some of his books. Although he probably wouldn’t remember me from the half-dozen times we’ve met (once as a workshop partner of his in a seminar he was conducting), his style, writing tips, and even personality have had an […]