Who Searches for Obscenities? In a post two weeks ago, I described sanitizing a manuscript, turning “shit” into “crap” and “assholes” into “scumbags.” (See http://billadamsphd.net/2015/04/16/changing-happy-to-glad/). To my surprise the hit rate on my site jumped from 10 a day to nearly 200 … Continue reading
May 9th, 2015 meeting – Financial Crimes AND the Writer-Editor Relationship I’ll be there for the monthly Arizona Mystery Writers meeting, because it’s interesting, and because I’m the emcee. A representative from the TPD Financial Crimes Unit walks the … Continue reading
A Fine Pancake, It Is O’Brien, Flann. (1967) The Third Policeman. Champaigne, Ill.: Dalkey Archive (209pp) This strange tale is strongly reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. An unnamed narrator in 19th century Ireland tells his first-person story of stumbling into … Continue reading
What’s in a Word? When I was in the corporate world, I would release planning and budget documents to committees for review and every person would make revisions, just to show that they could, and the whole document would have … Continue reading
Art and Craft Corbett, David (2013). The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction Film, and TV. New York: Penguin. 383 pp. This widely praised book is definitely worth reading, especially the first 120 pages, and the last 65, … Continue reading