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Micro, Macro, Global: Revision Language and Levels of Zoom
When I talk about revisions, I often talk about work that needs to happen at a specific “level” of the piece. While you could divide a written work in a basically infinite number of ways, my preferred...
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Micro’s Pedestal: Literary Elitism and the Genre Wars
In my last entry, I wrote about the micro-macro-global conception of written work. I wanted to take the opportunity to talk a bit about the academic bias for micro-level writing and how that plays...
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Melanie Rae Thon: Advice to Writers and Other Q&A Highlights
I had the privilege to attend a reading, Q&A, dinner, and workshop with the fantastic Melanie Rae Thon. (Don’t know who that is? Check out my spotlight entry.) This entry includes some notes,...
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Melanie Rae Thon: Dinner and a Workshop
After the reading and Q&A, I had the chance to attend a dinner and workshop with Master Thon. (Don’t know who that is? Check out my spotlight on Melanie Rae Thon.) This entry includes some...
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Broken Glass Giveaway
This weekend my book, Broken Glass, is available for free on Amazon. I would love to have you “buy” a copy. It actually helps me in a few ways. First, the more people who “buy” it, the more likely it...
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Writerly Humor: The Danger of Ambiguous Pronouns
Today’s writerly humor reminds us just how dangerous ambiguous pronouns can be. The original creators are from explosm.net, which is my favorite of the lower-brow comics on the web today. Have a...
View ArticleDoes anyone else feel this lonely?
Dear David Foster Wallace: Having just finished Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays, I wanted to write to you. Of course, I realize you’re dead and therefore will either get this message immediately...
View ArticleThe Destiny of the Blog
A few months ago, I combined all of my blogging properties into this one blog. Strength in unity, I thought. But recently it’s become clear that this blog is targeting a specific audience for a...
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Writerly Humor: The Mood for Creative Inspiration
This week’s writerly humor is from Calvin and Hobbes. Click on the image for a larger version. Image courtesy of Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson, distributed by Go Comics. This “funny...
View ArticleRob’s Epic Quest: Ep. 4 – Choosing a Habit
As this blog moves more into personal projects, I feel more comfortable sharing content like this here. (writing-specific content is being siphoned off into the CWC website, which is coming soon.) I’ve...
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Writerly Humor: Editors are sort of …
This one goes out to my wonderful editor, Heather. Of course, credit for the comic goes to Charles M. Schulz. Like many authors, he worked for Peanuts. (Too punny? Sorry. I’ll try to calm down.) Have a...
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Wounded Soldiers
Image courtesy of Marlon Bundy MMX Wounded Soldiers I. When we woke, the room glittered with wounded soldiers, the sun imprisoned in prismatic bottles, pale sweat slicked across your skin. Intoxication...
View ArticleThe Schedule of The Great Sundering
As mentioned in a previous post, this website will be undergoing a major split. This split (dubbed”The Great Sundering” by one member of the CWC) will be starting shortly. Given that I’m a busy human...
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You’ve likely noticed that the sundering schedule has partially happened, but that some key elements—and especially the full launch of the new site and continue new content—have yet to fall into place....
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Burnt Offerings
When I was young, my parents taught me scriptural stories of burnt offerings being placed on the altar. While I’m no longer part of my childhood religion, one of the things I’ve continued to carry is...
View ArticleA few notes for my future self.
Why hello, there, future self. Going back through your old blog posts, I see. You egomaniacal coot. You haven’t changed a bit. There are some things you keep forgetting that I want to remind you of....
View ArticleHow to Make Wookie Cookies
A short guide on how to make delicious wookie cookies. Enjoy! The post How to Make Wookie Cookies appeared first on Rob D Young.
View ArticleDefining Success
One of my fun little neuroses is that I never feel my projects succeed. I never feel I succeed at much of anything, in fact. Yet the evidence of having at least moderate success stacks up and points...
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What’s in a name?
So, there’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about, but I wanted to wait until I could make an official announcement of it. Only, for any number of reasons, that’s not the point I’m at. So I...
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The White Silk Chronicles
Liddy’s not a normal girl: She’s a Wilder. Living on the far fringes of the Cheyvelran Empire, deep in the Wildes, Liddy learned to hunt, to hide, and to run. Now, thanks to old traditions, Liddy must...
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