Category Archives: books
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold: Book versus Movie Script
A novel and its screenplay well demonstrate the skills of revising and editing. A book must be pared down to fit a film’s run length and to eliminate much of the scene setting in a novel done with words and … Continue reading
You, Darkness by Rainer Maria Rilke
A poem from the Book of Hours. Read by Ghizela Rowe. Translator unknown. I’m a big fan of Rilke and I have numerous posts on him at this site. This is just one (internal link). Given the often wide variations … Continue reading
Posted in books, Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized
Tagged david whyte, ppoetry, Rilke, translations, you darkness
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Bots Censoring Even Storied, Factual Magazines
Few history magazines are more well respected than American Heritage. Its scholarship, impartiality, and stable of great writers have proven its worth over more than a half century in print and online. Today, mindless bots and algorithms are now attacking … Continue reading
The Best Used Book Store In Las Vegas, Nevada is For Sale
MARCH 15, 2021 AMBER UNICORN IS NOW PERMENTALY CLOSED. FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK FOR THEIR LATEST INFORMATION From Amber Unicorn Books June 13, 2020 Many of you are aware that Amber Unicorn has been ‘up for Sale’ since last fall. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged Amber Unicorn books, book inventory, book store, book store for sale, business for sale, clark county business for sale, extra income, for sale, Las Vegas, las vegas valley, Nevada, retirement income, revenue stream, used book store
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Why Do You Have Ads on Your Site?
The most unprofessional thing a job applicant or anyone showing off their work can have on their website are ads. It is absolutely devastating to see fine writing or photography mixed in with ads that talk about emptying your bowels … Continue reading
More Examples of Wikipedia Entries
Update: I’ve now decided to continue to post pictures to Wikimedia Commons but I will not be adding them to any relevant page on Wikipedia as a rule. Wikipedia does not want to be a photo gallery and I understand … Continue reading
Posted in books, editing writing, Google Tips, non-fiction writing, organizing writing, Photography, rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged contributions, copyright release, inverted pyramid of knowledge, wikimedia, Wikipedia, world wide encyclopedia
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We Are All Locked in The Greenhouse
This sign used to hang in one of the many greenhouses on the U.C. Davis campus. I like its chatty, humorous tone, something rarely seen when needing help. It also reminds me of Kafka’s The Castle, in which a driven … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, editing writing, fiction, organizing writing, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged German, internet archive, Kafka, Max Brod, Muirs, novel, shocked books, The Castle, translators, writing
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American Heritage is Alive Online and Ongoing
More great history from American Heritage, a lay publication written for decades by famous, notable historians. I never got into this title but I did have three articles published in their sister magazine, Invention & Technology. Which is still going, … Continue reading
Kitsch-man as Tourist by Ludwig Giesz. And the Rise of the Selfie.
What is kitsch? Everything in the last town I lived in which was Las Vegas. I know it when I see it. I’ll leave a better definition to dictionaries and the great book KITSCH: The World of Bad Taste by … Continue reading →