Now I don’t feel quite so bad about my typing: Take a look at this paragraph. Can you read what it says? All the letters have been jumbled (mixed). Only the first and last letter of each word is in the right place. I cnduo’t bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg.…
Writing
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Yog’s Law
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,…
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…