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Aug 26, 2022

Some Thoughts on Duende

Or possibly svadhishthana. Stand by … — Recently, I was excited to see that a writer I know and follow, Grant Faulkner, had posted a story about duende. Duende is Francisco Garcia Lorca’s hard-to-define term for … for … well, it’s hard to define. Reading Grant’s article is a great start. Grant Faulkner is the executive officer…

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Some Thoughts on Duende
Some Thoughts on Duende
Writing

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Nov 11, 2021

A Great Leap Forward

Nanowrimo novelists, there’s no need to be tied down to chronological order — It’s mid-November, and I’ve joined the worldwide scrum of happy, anguished writers participating in National Novel Writing Month. Today, in search of inspiration, I went to the Nanowrimo’s archive of pep talks. There, I discovered founder Chris Baty’s pep talk from 2010. He wrote about Week Two and some of…

NaNoWriMo

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A Great Leap Forward
A Great Leap Forward
NaNoWriMo

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Oct 27, 2021

Specious Vs. Spurious: The Definitive Guide

If you love super-fine distinctions, you’re about to be quite pleased — Sometimes, the English language can be a real jerk. Like a cat pushing a delicate champagne flute off the edge of the table. Need evidence of this? Look no further than the existence of “specious” and “spurious.” …

Language

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Specious Vs. Spurious: The Definitive Guide
Specious Vs. Spurious: The Definitive Guide
Language

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Oct 19, 2021

How’d They Do That? James Crumley’s ‘The Last Good Kiss’

This noir novel’s central mystery is solved about 2/3 of the way through the book — and holds our attention anyway — What is it about Montana that produces, or inspires, such great writers? If you don’t believe me, here’s an entire article on the unlikely rise of Livingston, Montana, to a literary epicenter. …

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How’d They Do That? James Crumley’s ‘The Last Good Kiss’
How’d They Do That? James Crumley’s ‘The Last Good Kiss’
Books

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Oct 11, 2021

The Truth Is Out There

Objectivity belongs to all of us. Don’t let anyone tell you different — On my first day in the seventh grade, in math class, we were working through a difficult problem in the textbook. The teacher was prompting us for the correct answer, which none of us could come up with. …

Covid-19

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The Truth Is Out There
The Truth Is Out There
Covid-19

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Oct 1, 2021

Nick Carraway, PI

Was ‘The Great Gatsby’ the forerunner to the hardboiled crime story? (Caution: Many spoilers) — In my younger years, my father gave me some advice — wait, that wasn’t me. Let’s try again: In my younger years, I read The Great Gatsby twice. Once in high school, again in college, sprinting through its nine economically-written chapters so I could write the obligatory paper on “Car…

Books

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Nick Carraway, PI
Nick Carraway, PI
Books

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·Sep 24, 2021

Flout Versus Flaunt: The Definitive Guide

Get ready to show off your mastery of these two vexing verbs — Earlier this week, I edited a very tense psychological thriller. So tense that I almost failed to notice two very common errors in language (but not quite) These were reign in used for rein in, and flaunt instead of flout. …

Writing

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Flout Versus Flaunt: The Definitive Guide
Flout Versus Flaunt: The Definitive Guide
Writing

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Sep 23, 2021

A Word From the People for the Ethical Treatment of Adverbs

How did an entire part of speech become off-limits? — Two years ago, I was on a Slack board for writers and editors, reading an introductory, happy-to-be-here message from a new member. Her brief bio wrapped up with a whimsical list of loves and hates, ending with her avowed hatred of adverbs. …

Writing

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A Word From the People for the Ethical Treatment of Adverbs
A Word From the People for the Ethical Treatment of Adverbs
Writing

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Sep 11, 2021

What Latin Teaches Us About Writing Strong Sentences

Evergreen lessons from a dead language — Everyone loves the Latin language. So romantic, so historic, so ceremonial. Up until the point that we actually start studying it. Then it’s so foreign, so incomprehensible, so unnecessarily complex. The main reason that people think Latin will be easy to learn is because of its vocabulary. Latin words are…

Language

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What Latin Teaches Us About Writing Strong Sentences
What Latin Teaches Us About Writing Strong Sentences
Language

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Sep 9, 2021

Origins: Sarah Pribek

On the character at the center of my first novel — Note: A version of this essay ran on my website. Since I no longer maintain a site for my novels, and there’s been some interest in Sarah with the release of the third book in the trilogy, I’m reproducing it here. The year that Sarah Pribek began to appear in…

Books

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Origins: Sarah Pribek
Origins: Sarah Pribek
Books

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Jodi Compton

Jodi Compton

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Jodi Compton is the author of four crime novels. Learn more about her books at amazon.com/author/jodicompton.

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