Connor Wright's Blog, page 10

In honor of Banned Books Week…

I'm going to commit atrocities on classics! I mean, I'm going to use passages from classics to which people have objected to illustrate the necessity of adjectives and adverbs. If you'd rather just learn more about Banned Books Week, the … Continue reading →

Chris says that it sounds like a reasonable strategy to him…

An Illuminating Example

To see something that would be irrevocably harmed by the elimination of adjectives and adverbs, go here, click on "Read First Chapter For Free", and read through at least the line that ends "…through a broken window and out into … Continue reading →

You can have my… Revisited

I am, for the most part, a decent kind of person. I don't start flame wars, I don't pile on when other people do, I stay away from sites and topics that make me want to throttle someone. Today, however, … Continue reading →

Fun With Blurbs

Got my suggested blurb for First Flight today. I'm still not sure how I like it, so I'm letting it simmer for a day or so. It doesn't include the blurb I've been using, but as that one is short … Continue reading →

What do you mean, "That's not what we meant"?

So I was poking around on the Kohl's website and ended up at the Homecoming landing page. In addition to the rather…interesting…photoshop job on the girls at the top of the picture, the bottom of the page presented me with … Continue reading →

Stop me if you've heard this one before…

Or you could just hum along, I'm not picky. Yeah, yeah, I know, that's not true at all: I am picky, and about odd things. This time, I'm piqued by the "heat ratings" of a potential publisher, because once again … Continue reading →

A review!

M/M Good Book Reviews's Pixie gave Tobias's Own three and a half hearts. Like the other review of Tobias's Own, the main complaint that was raised is that it's too bad that Caled was still single at the end of … Continue reading →

Semicolons!

And ellipses. This time around, I have too many semicolons — and in some instances, they actually are superfluous. Instead of having too many ellipses, there have been instances in which ellipses have been added. So far, this round of … Continue reading →

It's like Christmas, only nerve-wracking.

Got the first round of edits back on First Flight. I downloaded them, but I haven't opened the doc, yet — I'm waiting for my nerves to settle. I've done this before, so I know it's going to be fine. … Continue reading →