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It’s the time of year to share hopes for peace, health and happiness for all. And as the new year approaches, I wish you all health and success in every venture you pursue. (And if it’s a new book, contact me with any questions. I’ll do what I can to help.) And before I forget, […]
Or, The Weaponization of Stupidity People believe what makes them comfortable. When I was about 11 years old, I saw in a book that newborns can distinguish shapes and shadows. Many of my classmates believed humans are born blind. When I mentioned what I had read, not only did I get arguments, but anger. So […]
By Raine Thomas It wasn’t from page 1 that I hated Callan Murphy. But by the third chapter, I could not stand him. A professional hockey player, recruited by the expansion team, the Atlanta Siege. Everyone in the hockey world knows how talented, how capable he is. What he could do on the ice. If […]
Things writers do to drive me crazy, part 3 I’ve advised against using the passive voice before. Sure, there are places where it’s warranted. (See what I did, there?) But those are rare. To clarify what passive voice means, let’s contrast it against the active voice: Active: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy […]
Together, we crushed it! Through August, I joined thousands of cyclists across Canada in the Great Cycle Challenge Canada. We biked to raise money for the Hospital for Sick Children’s campaign for research into improved treatments and cures for children’s cancers. I originally planned to cycle 200 km, and raise $500. Well, I was getting close to […]
Last week, I wrote about a common problem in many manuscripts: unnecessary details. This week, I move on to another common error: shifting point-of-view in fiction, also known as Head-hopping This term describes text that jumping between characters’ points of view (POV). Let’s take a look at this, adapted slightly from a recent project to […]