Calling All Cat Lovers
I’ve got some good news for cat lovers, especially those of you who live in the general Washington, DC, area. I am the brand-new DC Cats Examiner for Examiner.com. No, this does not mean I travel around the city inspecting cats. It does mean I am now writing about all things cats—news, health, behavior, history, [...]
A Birthday, a Grave, and a Stumble
If the title of this post makes sense to you, you are a very strange person (and I would probably like you a lot). But those of you who still insist on being “normal” will be wondering what it’s all about (as well you should), and I am about to tell you. Today, July 24, [...]
You Don’t Belong Here
Anachronism 1: the error of placing a person or thing in the wrong period 2: one that is chronologically out of place Writing historical fiction is difficult. It is so easy to let details of modern life slip into the story—things that are so commonplace today we rarely even notice them, like electricity (which was [...]
Leaf, Page, Recto, Verso
Here’s something I used to know but forgot at some long-ago point. The sheets of paper in a book are called leaves. One side of a leaf is called a page (that much I remembered). The front side of a leaf (the odd-numbered page on the right side of an open book) is called a [...]
Working in Pajamas
It’s happened already. Barely two weeks into my “freelance from home full-time” experiment, I showed up at my desk in my pajamas one recent morning. This was not a deliberate act—I just forgot to change clothes all the way. To clarify, when I rolled out of bed I exchanged my nighttime t-shirt for a daytime [...]
Help a Starving Writer
Okay, I’m not really starving. I could use your help though. I’ve just started writing how-to articles for eHow.com, and you can help me get paid–I promise it won’t hurt. Just click on over and read a couple of my articles. Whether you want to learn how to write a letter of resignation or how [...]
The Poor English Major
No one majors in English because they want to make a lot of money, right? If you want job security and a hefty paycheck, you head for computer science, business, maybe even chemistry or biology, but certainly not English. With a BA in English you’ll end up as a teacher’s aide or office assistant and [...]
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