There was also a note about the difference between the use of “alternate” and “alternative” in American and British English – anyone writing for both markets should be very well aware of this distinction – it’s a very important linguistic distinction and is not to be ignored. –Hugh ...
4. To put down in writing: take down a letter. take for 1. To regard as: Do you take me for a fool? 2. To consider mistakenly: Don't take silence for approval. take in 1. To receive (an amount of money), as from a business venture: The box office took in $30,000 in an...
Webcomics,Writing Cults and Alternate Universes These last few months have been pretty busy for me. Besides the day job that forces me to work under two assumed names, I have worked alongside two projects. WHO WANTS TO BE A CULT LEADER?
Go for a low number in the readability index. Don’t force readers to wade through flowery phrases to grasp your meaning. Shorter words, sentences, and paragraphs make life easier for your readers. Read your writing aloud to check for awkward phrases or other stumbling points and edit as nee...
penny for this nutty fantasy". Arthur C. Clarke and Larry Niven retaliated by respectively writing the award winning storiesDeath and the SenatorandThe Return of William Proxmire. In a number of circles his name has become a verb, meaning to unfairly obstruct scientific research for political ...
Writing has been weird for me this past year. My decision to move to New York was a last attempt to find a place for myself in the field of games. I admit, I don’t really feel like I belong, or if there is a place for me. But I’ve put in so much effort, I felt like ...
The Hong brothers will be interested in knowing the upcoming harvest of prisoners," Cheligh-Temur said. The group glanced at Yorimori, a signal for him to speak. "Please wait a moment," he spoke, his words calm so he might reason even with the barbarian. "I believe we a...
“The situation in…um…Red China” said Kissinger, who looked directly at Vice President Agnew when he used the latter two words, “is stabilizing. The influence of Lin Biao has seemed to pacify Madame Mao’s most destructive instincts.” Gathered around him in his West Wing office was a...
said on theFunyosite for a while that it was pulling software from the Chatrandom site, so yea, seems like a pretty obvious connection there. Anyway, Funyo has a decent following, which is backed up by it’s Alexa ranking in the 50k range. No matter what section of the site you go ...
confronting real urban issues, Alan Moore was writing Swamp Thing and addressing existential angst and the degrading environment, Batman had intentionally thrown off the camp that haunted him since the 60s, Frank Miller was creating serious works at Marvel – the world was ready ...