Category Archives: Writing

Posts about the craft of writing

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Posted on 19 June 2010 by Becca

I’ve been on a roll here and have posted not only a bunch of my previously posted fiction, but a bit more than before.  A newly posted story, ‘Surreal,’ is one I recovered from some ancient files, fixed up a … Continue reading →

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“Hastur Lord” by MZB and Deborah J. Ross

Posted on 4 March 2010 by Becca

I just finished reading “Hastur Lord” by my good friend Deborah J. Ross, in collaboration with the late Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of Marion’s final unfinished manuscripts). Loved it! If you’re a Darkover fan, it ties up many of the … Continue reading →

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Author’s Tools: Treepad

Posted on 2 August 2009 by Becca

By the way, I think I may have blogged about this before, but it bears repeating:  For authors using Windows as their PC platform, Treepad is one of the best tools out there for organizing, keeping track of projects, and … Continue reading →

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Word that

Posted on 7 December 2008 by Becca

Typing Without a Clue – NYTimes.com By TIMOTHY EGAN Published: December 6, 2008 The unlicensed pipe fitter known as Joe the Plumber is out with a book this month, just as the last seconds on his 15 minutes are slipping … Continue reading →

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RIP: Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Posted on 4 August 2008 by Becca

Russian novelist, former dissident, Solzhenitsyn dead – CNN.com (CNN) — Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the horrors of Stalin’s Soviet labor camps, has died at 89, Russian news agencies reported Monday. (snip)He published his first work, … Continue reading →

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Things That Bug Me #3 – Grammar Edition

Posted on 14 June 2008 by Becca

This is a stupid little peeve, but it is this:  "Try" + "and" + (verb). Like, "Try and succeed."  Or, "Try and relax."  Or, "I’ll try and be there."  I see this nonsense everywhere — television, movies, even in print. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Samit Basu’s “Gameworld Trilogy”

Posted on 19 April 2008 by Becca

Well, okay, this isn’t a full-blown book review, as I’m not even close to done yet.  I’m only about 25% into the first book of Samit Basu’s fantasy trilogy, collectively known as ‘Gameworld’.  The titles include: The Simoqin Prophecies The … Continue reading →

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An antidote to the abuse of ‘language’

Posted on 20 January 2008 by Becca

There are times when I simply want to scream, when I hear terms like ‘liberty’ and ‘peace’ being so abused by those who would see most of us not really have them.  Or when they justify things that have been … Continue reading →

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Bad, bad writing

Posted on 12 January 2008 by Becca

2007 Results Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2007 Gerald began — but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it … Continue reading →

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Poem: “Aspiration”

Posted on 20 December 2006 by Becca

Special bonus today — an extra short poem that told me it was written and finished after fewer words than even this introduction: Aspiration To be a drop of waterin the Oceanthat is God…                                                  – (c)2006, Becca Morn

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