This is a short post from TheServerSide.com that I'd written way back in 2008. It was written in humor, which many who read it did not quite understand, but the point remains for those who wish to see it: A…
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This statement really surprised me: 5. Refuse to interrupt. Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas... (from "The Five Love Languages Men's Edition", Gary Chapman, 2009) I…
My son has joined a local football team. I try to be an involved dad, so I'm trying my hand at helping to coach. He's surprisingly good at defensive end; I'm very proud of him. However, in their most recent…
I'm presently reading Jennifer Pournelle's "Outies," via Amazon's Cloud Reader service. I'm a big fan of her father's and Larry Niven's Mote series (consisting of "The Mote in God's Eye" and "The Gripping Hand") and I was really looking forward…
You know, I have a problem with non-artists. You know the people of whom I'm thinking; maybe you even admire them. They're bands like KISS. They're storytellers like Stan Lee. They're the artists who create immensely popular stuff, perhaps for…
So I'm trying to write more often than I have, and by golly, I'm going to try to use writing prompts if necessary to make it happen. So here's today's: Write a poem in the disguise of a postcard message.…
I've recently decided to try - really try - journaling. It's like blogging, but private. Why private, when I have a blog? For a few reasons, really. One reason is that it requires a lot less thought to construct decent…
In drama, every character has two roles in the drama itself, outside of the dramatic role in and of itself: these roles are "actor" and "object." There's a lot of term confusion, because in drama an actor is one who…
This is a repost, from an old blog of mine. Originally posted on 9 March, 2006. I finally figured it out. I've been struggling to work out how to explain to various framework authors and supporters why I think what…
As editor of TheServerSide.com in the past, I had a lot of opportunity to see what worked in online writing and what didn't. Since it was a core part of my job to be efficient online, I also did a…