Yog’s Law states “money flows towards the author” (Jim MacDonald). It was only early this year that I learnt of Yog’s Law (following a post on agent Janet Reid’s blog), but I think it is a great ‘rule of thumb’ for making decisions as a writer. Basically, every time you find yourself breaking Yog’s Law,…
Articles from August 2017
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Consequences…
If you haven’t heard of the Darwin Awards they are named in the “spirit of Charles Darwin, [and] commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species’ chances of long-term survival”. The stories listed…
English isn’t easy!
I was editing the other day and found I’d written this: She placed the end of the compression bandage over the wound and wound it around his leg. At a quick glance I thought I’d repeated myself, until I read the whole sentence. It reminded me of this list I have showing how strange English…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison