Back to it, squiders! Also, a reminder that we’ll discuss Dream Thief by Stephen R. Lawhead next Thursday, if you’re planning on reading that along with me. (Have you been reading it? Once again we have a future where all the scientists
Star Trek Discovery, Mid-Season
Back in October, we talked a bit about Star Trek Discovery, which was fairly new at that point. And I think I spent most of the post complaining about CBS Access, actually. (We have managed to get several free months
Common Writing Mistakes: Point of View and Filtering (Part 2)
Sorry it’s a bit late, squiders! Also, I haven’t started wrapping Christmas presents yet and aaaaaahhhhhhhh So, last week we talked about common issues with Point of View, and today we’re going to be looking at a specific, sneaky issue
Library Book Sale Finds: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hey, look, squiders! I actually picked a scifi novel out of the bunch for once! (Well, in actuality, I was talking to my grandmother about Connie Willis and the Oxford time travel novels because I’d seen Connie at MileHiCon and
Common Writing Mistakes: Point of View and Filtering (Part 1)
Happy Thursday, squiders! I’m doing #SFFPit over on Twitter today, so if you follow me there I apologize for the amount of pitch tweets you may or may not be seeing. Before we get going, I just want to talk
Common Writing Mistakes: Tenses and Passive Voice
Hi, squiders! Today we’re going to talk about tenses and passive voice, since they tend to be related, and because this is a good segue from our grammatical issues into our storytelling issues. Tense in this case refers to the form
Common Writing Problems: Dependent Clauses
Good morning, Squiders! I think this will be the last of the bad grammar sections we do before we move onto different storytelling elements. To start off with, let’s review what a dependent clause is. A clause, according to Google’s
Common Writing Mistakes: Pronoun Confusion
Full confession, Squiders–this is something I had problems with for a LONG time. (Doing this today because I make no guarantees about Thursday.) What is pronoun confusion? Well, take a look at this example: Doug and Larry decide to go
Common Writing Mistakes: Speech Tags
Happy Friday, squiders! Today we’re going to continue on with our series on common writing mistakes. We’re still in our first section, which is basic grammar/bad writing issues. Today, we’re going to discuss speech tags. Just to be absolutely clear,
Creative Endeavors and a Readalong?
Hey, squiders! I hope you’re having a good week! Mine hasn’t been excellent, but what can you do? As you guys know, I’ve been working on some other creative endeavors recently aside from just writing. (I did get two short
