The simple truth is my go to state is slob. It's all in the bits crammed into bits in the infinite gift that is my ADHD brain. That and my patron saint is Bill, protector of them that think if it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing. This is not mine. I read it in a daily calendar spiral daybook based on a cartoon or comic strip. Maybe it was Cathy. I confess to being the … [Read more...] about The Sink Is Lava
Do One Thing
It's better when I don't have Doctor Who playing in my ears when I'm trying to write. Not that there is anything wrong with Doctor Who. I just can't properly write if there are other people's words running through my brain. I need to hear the sound of my own words. While I have been able to do both, I think I must have really been crazy spinning to have needed the external … [Read more...] about Do One Thing
Write said or Said Joe
I am making an executive decision to keep the title "Write," said Joe. Because even though it is a title, and "said" should be capitalized, I like the way it reads like a line of dialog in a story. Also because it took me a long time, many revisions, commas, periods, exclamation points, to come to "Write," said Joe. … [Read more...] about Write said or Said Joe
Words and Language
I am very serious about words and language. 1. As a second language learner and speaker of English as a Second Language (ESL) I don't want to make a non-native language speaker mistake. And yes there is second-grade teacher inflicted ridicule and trauma associated with that, let's call it, fear. There is also a degree of disdain that I hold for unilingual speakers of the … [Read more...] about Words and Language
Ratiocinate. A Very Good Word
Edgar Allan Poe . C. Auguste Dupin Arthur Conan Doyle . Sherlock Holmes Agatha Christie . Hercule Poirot . Miss Marple When I was in school learning and writing about Edgar Allan Poe — and invariably nodding off partway through "The Fall of the House of Usher" — I was introduced to C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's creation and invention, the ratiocinating detective. I … [Read more...] about Ratiocinate. A Very Good Word