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July 24, 2014

Pushing Limits & Nurturing Growth

Dirty Harry said, “A man’s got to know his limitations,” but what does that mean? For me, it means this: unknown limits can’t be tested. The only way to know what I can do is to do it. The psychological comfort zone never holds me for long. I seek out activities that make me uncomfortable, skating the…
July 21, 2014

Little details mean a lot: font choice

Does it matter what type font you use when you publish your own book? That question is a perennial discussion topic in indie author/writerly social media. I don’t get into discussions about it online these days because I lack the strength to drag my soapbox collection that far. It’s far less exhausting to display my…
July 18, 2014

Books are pyramids

Bear with me here. I’m not saying that books are literally solid geometric forms with five sides. I’m not proposing a radical change in book formatting. It’s a metaphor. A simile, really, with a silent “like” lurking within the statement. If you’re in the mood for a little thought experiment, come with me ona tour…
July 13, 2014

Review: Mine by Bryan Fields

After finishing Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, I was hungry for more good reading material. Books are the opposite of food that way. The more you read, and the better the quality of the work, the more room you have in your brain for new and incredible things. Ancillary Justice was so good it left…
July 7, 2014

Revisiting the Issue of Style (Writer’s Bane #167)

I want to rant about style. Yes, I’ve done it before. I’ll probably do it again. Count your blessings. I could be bitching about word counts. (No worries. I swore I would take a break from that one for a few months at least.) My gripe today: the “acceptable usage” problem in genre writing. I…

Pushing Limits & Nurturing Growth

Little details mean a lot: font choice

Books are pyramids

Review: Mine by Bryan Fields

Revisiting the Issue of Style (Writer’s Bane #167)