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Windowpane

“Good writing is like a windowpane.” ~George Orwell

Grammar Demons, Take That (Part 27)

Conditional Clauses were a bit intimidating when I first heard of them in grade school. Since then I’ve heard from many who have faced similar fears when wrangling conditional clauses. What are these dreaded things I speak of? From Grammar.net:…Read more ›

10 Of My Favorite . . .

Fun chat about favorite books at Laurie’s Paranormal Thoughts And Reviews An excerpt: Not too long ago, I was asked to describe my relationship with a good book. I’ll quote my answer: “To me, a good book is one that endears…Read more ›

A Sneak Of The Dark Side

Wasn’t yesterday’s spot so perfectly delicious? What a Thanksgiving treat from Disney and Lucasfilm. And this spot is all about the Dark Side. Loved the dogfights, Chewie’s roar, and oooh . . . Kylo Ren. I love it when the…Read more ›

Perpetual

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” ~Henry David Thoreau

Undergo

“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.” ~Albert Camus

Grammar Demons, Take That (Part 26)

With Thanksgiving coming up next week here in the US, thought it would be fun to share some Thanksgiving trivia. So, today from Grammar.net, instead of the usual wrangling with grammar, here’s Thanksgiving vocabulary. From Grammar.net: What is Thanksgiving? This “day of…Read more ›

Philae Lander’s Landing On Comet Reconstructed In New Animation

New animation from the European Space Agency shows the Philae Landers journey to Chury. The lander touched-down 3 times before settling on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12th, 2014. According to the lander’s data, it soared and tumbled for 2 hours…Read more ›

The Muse Is Everything . . .

Talking about muses and methods at Come Selahway With Me . . . . Selah’s questions were fantastic and made me work hard and think hard. An excerpt (about aforementioned muse): SJ: Are you a meticulous planner or do you…Read more ›

What Are the REAL Odds of Success? Extreme Ownership & the Best-Selling Author

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Original image via Lucy Downey from Flickr Creative Commons Many of us are doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). If you’ve been following this blog the last two weeks, then you probably know…