I haven’t posted since last Wednesday because I’ve been doing a very exciting thing called writing. Obsessively, ridiculously writing. I’ve written 22,429 words since last Wednesday, actually. That’s a 6-day average of a bit more than 3,700 words a day. Frankly, that’s staggering. And I’m the one who’s been writing that! What?! Is it JaNoWriMo and [...]
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Thank you, Totallylookslike.com
Totallylookslike.com has proven that I am not the only person who saw Star Wars: Episode I in 1999 and thought, regarding this, they were filming in Morocco and must have forgotten to bring the prop for the Jedi comlinks from London so one of the female prop masters took her razor, painted it, threw some [...]
posted by erin on January 14, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/thank-you-totallylookslikecom
Need… to… write…
I realized I never talk about agents, editors, publishing, querying, or “trying to get published” often (if ever) on this blog. I don’t really talk about the industry, in other words. Thinking about why, I’ve realized that it comes down to two things: firstly, I’m not an authority on the industry, and I don’t want [...]
posted by erin on January 12, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/need-to-write
The importance of precise language.
No one talks about language, grammar, or other topics quite as well as Ryan North with Dinosaur Comics. This was a particular favorite that recently popped up again over the holidays when his strip was in rerun mode. Enjoy.
posted by erin on January 8, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/the-importance-of-precise-language
