Describe the ruckus. During dinner last night, my daughter relayed something funny she saw on the Nick toon T.U.F.F. Puppy: “Dudley Puppy went into another dimension,” she said, “and one of the laws when he was stopped by a robot was: No crying in slow motion while pantsless and holding shiny objects.” She was laughing [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Writing Tip #20
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Andrew Clark, Arts, Breakfast Club, Brian Johnson, Dramas, Dudley Puppy, Entertainment, Principal Vernon, Programs, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Television, Television program on February 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
New Baby, New Story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clarence, hospital, It's a Wonderful Life, morning, parenting on February 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In the wee hours of this morning, at 4:34 a.m., my cousin gave birth to a 6 lb., 10 oz. baby boy named Jesse. Today, I will take my troop to the hospital to visit the happy mom and dad — and ecstatic grandma and grandpa — and to hold that tiny life in my [...]
Is It Illegal to Email Yourself at a Red Light?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California, driving, Law, Los Angeles Times, texting, Traffic light, writing on February 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I was asked by a friend/colleague earlier this week what I do when I find inspiration while driving. I told her that I pull over to the curb, or take advantage of a red light or, if I’m on the highway, get off at an earlier exit (yep, I’ve done that) and simply email myself [...]
Writing Tip #20
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, Preposition and postposition, Sentence (linguistics), Word, Writers Resources, writing on February 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
First word watch. There’s really no rule on how to begin a sentence, other than what we’ve learned in kindergarten: Always begin your first word with a capital letter. Otherwise, kick off that sentence with a noun, an article, a preposition, adjective, whatever floats your boat. However, sometimes during the revision process, you’ll notice that [...]
Can 1 Person Pen 2 Novels Simultaneously?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
That is the question. At least for me. I started writing In the Red last year after I finished the first draft of Baby Grand. And I am totally into it. I have a few chapters under my belt, and the ideas keep coming. Problem is, so do the ideas for the sequel to Baby [...]
Effect Vs. Affect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged English language, Grammar, Noun, Style Guides, Verb, Word on February 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This morning, a fellow writer and good friend of this blog, Kathleen M. Rodgers, emailed me the following: Can you post some helpful tips (simple rules) on the proper usage of “effect” and “affect” in a future writing tip on your blog? I swear, just when I think I get them both figured out, I [...]
Writing Tip #19
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Complex sentence, Compound sentence, Dependent clause, Independent clause, Semicolon, Simple sentence, writing on February 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Vary your sentence structure. The first time I revised Baby Grand, last fall, one of my biggest complaints with my writing was probably with sentence structure. While working on the rough draft, we’re so concerned (as we should be) with getting it all down — plot details, etc. — that we can forget to do [...]
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