Category Archives: non-fiction writing
More on Revising
Editing and proofreading fiddles with copy, revising recasts. One of our writers submitted a page with this paragraph. He is a fine writer but under deadline for this piece. I have more time as I am generally not doing original … Continue reading
Posted in editing writing, non-fiction writing, organizing writing, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged client concerns, copy, copyediting, corporate interests, editing, positive. business writing, positivism, recasting, revising, revising copy, writing
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Thinking of Def Con
Def Con 28 will be held this year in a virtual “safe mode”, the physical event in Las Vegas cancelled. I went to Def Con II and III. That was a long time ago. In 1994 I was at the … Continue reading
Get It!
I always liked this story. Here, I have revised my previous writing. Yes, I used to write about telecom. Enough that the History Channel interviewed me once about Bell, my only television appearance. As Wesson and Grosvenor tell it, in … Continue reading
Good Writing is Unnatural
First draft writing resembles contemporaneous speaking. Record yourself for five minutes delivering an impromptu speech on a subject and then transcribe it. Then think about how far it is from tight, vigorous, organized writing. It’s a long way. We think … Continue reading
Why I Didn’t Write For More Than Twenty Years
Because my high school life was so wretched (internal link), I hesitated to join anything extra-circular, anything that deviated from the main goal of getting out of that prison. It was such a killing environment that I never went to … Continue reading
The Power of The Dog
Their short lives demand that we go through love and loss more often with pets than with people. But what can we do? As with all love, we are torn into it and torn apart by it. The Power of … Continue reading
Posted in non-fiction writing, Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged Kipling, loss love, pets, Poetry, the power of the dog
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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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Places to Visit and Collect in The Southwest
When I accepted my now-failed rockhound book contract (internal link), a chapter was to be on places to visit and collect in the Southwest. Since the end of that contract, I have been working on enlarging that chapter. I thought … Continue reading
The True Believer
The story goes of a town facing a flood. Rain had been falling for two weeks and a dam was about to burst. A mandatory evacuation order went out for everybody to leave. One man remained. He was a true … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, divinity, god, help, religion
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