Hey Peeps, I’m apologizing in advance because I about to display my ignorance… I’d met some transgender folks through my children in the past then recently someone dear to my heart came out to me as transgender, hearing those painful words of self loathing broke my heart. But that’s not where my stubborn ignorance comes…
Tag: writing
This would have been a lot funnier if the English teacher knew his/her grammar.
When I was browsing the web, I came across this irate, profanity laced letter to an English teacher. While I found the teacher’s handling of it amusing, it’s also somewhat appalling. Yes, this missive is filled with errors, but so are the teacher’s corrections. Now, I’m not claiming to be a grammarian. I’m not a…
Another Immutable Writerly Rule
Treat the below items like the puss filled sebaceous cysts they are and excise them from your manuscript: Obvious/assumed actions and redundant informational phrases: Tricky Dick Mugillacutty picked up a slice of pizza in his hand, brought it to his mouth and took a bite. Unless gluttonous acts of pizza perversity are in…
Candace Vianna’s Immutable(sometimes) Writerly Rules (in no particular order.)
1. Cheating on mature projects will not be tolerated. All primary relationships must be resolved before indulging any new inspirational lusts, no matter how sexy the orgy might be. 2. Friends lie. They must be liars, since you don’t hang out with idiots. Don’t expect friends or fans(except for…
Virual Romance Festing Instead of Literal Editing. I’ve been bad…
So my peeps and peepers, I’ve fallen behind… Again. Convincing myself I was still working (I’m extremely gullible, so it wasn’t very hard,) I spent the weekend attending the virtual Romance Festival. And now my brain is buzzing with new ideas, new story-lines and plot-twists. Strange and wonderful characters (some a little scary) are pinging…
She said what?
Punctuating dialogue is a nit-picky field of grey quicksand. And one of the most confusing aspects is speech attribution. You can use dialogue tags to explicitly state who said what… “Fuck you Bitch!” she said, opening up a can of whup-ass. Or action to imply who’s speaking. “The spots on your glasses are driving me…
Cover me….Dead Dwight update…
Hey folks, I’m toiling away on Dead Dwight. My (hubby) test reader has informed me that it’s a hard read, so I’m reconsidering the POV: Changing it from first person to third. That will allow me to switch the narration to Standard American English, leaving only the dialog in American Midland English. Unfortunately this requires and…
To respond or stay silent…
Public domain: Old Book by George Hodan I just read an interesting discourse on whether or not an author should respond to critical reviews. Of course, I read this after I’d already established the practice of trying to respond to all of my readers (well, the ones that actually read my book) and took the time…
Author Interview for BookReaderMagazine.com
“He was a beautiful pagan god with the voice of a serial killer, but that didn’t make him any less god like. It just meant rather than dying in some dank basement or isolated cabin, I’d die bound on an altar as part of some gruesome sacrificial rite. Exsanguinating while he stood over my naked…
How can I avoid going “down the rabbit hole” when writing a research paper?
Answer by Candace Vianna: One of the nice things about academic writing is it follows a standard format. I don’t know what grade-level you are writing too but I’m assuming it’s high school/secondary school or higher. Your instructor should have given you a rubric detailing all the elements needed to satisfy the assignment. If he/she…
