Category Archives: organizing 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
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
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
A Visit To The East
Basho wrote a favorite poem of mine, once translated as, “Sitting here quietly doing nothing, the grass comes and grows by itself.” The best and most traditional haiku always contains a seasonal reference. Like springtime above. Instructors rarely mention seasons … Continue reading
Posted in art, editing writing, organizing writing, Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, video, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged basho, haiku, michael duffet, Poetry
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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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Conceptual Art is Still With Us!
You didn’t miss it! That Thing From The Nineties is still here, still throwing out nonsense to justify something easy to make. In the Belgian city of Ghent this month, conceptual artist Kris Martin is having a retrospective entitled Exit. … Continue reading
Posted in art, editing writing, non-fiction writing, organizing writing, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, video
Tagged art, belgian, conceptual art, kris martin, movies, the shining
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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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