This essay is a result of some thoughts that occurred during one of the weekly FeministSF chats on Twitter, when we were discussing exceptionality of female characters in urban fantasy novels—that is, their tendency to be the only woman in the book. This essay is meant to summarize some ...
So it is difficult even when doing a word for word translation. I have used different but appropriate ones as variably as I can. Lesson 76 植物之花 plant things [pp] flowers 受睛天之烈日 subjected clear_weather sky [pp] intense sun 每於夜中發光 every at night middle emit light 其光由...
I have a couple friends who use a “Six Word Saturday” prompt for their blogs. Sometimes, a six-word sentence leads to a longer discourse; at other times, six concise and meaningful words are the extent of their writing for that day. When I sit down to write, I find it hard to be...
The envelope wasn’t opened; the essay was never published. The surgery was successful. Alice Sheldon recovered, and her identity remained secret for another two years. I’ve long been fascinated by everything Tiptree wrote. “The Secret of James Tiptree Jr.” is an interesting piece of SF...
Another war, another reason to get US out!(THE LAST WORD)(Libyan international military intervention)(Essay)McManus, John F
In my bookTea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters(Bella Books, 2012),I write about how volunteering at an AIDS hospice helped me to care for my mother when she became terminally ill: “The only caregiving I had done at that point was tending to an old cat and reading poetry to...
Note: This article was originally published in the Seton Hall Law Examiner, a student-run newspaper. “Scrooge was better than his word…He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew…”–Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol This Christmas, ...
I use the word “normally” advisedly. I’m still very slow writing with a pen and it’s not the most legible, but any activity I do with my hands I still call “therapy”. As I type this, I still do not have full functionality in either of my hands and I have resigned myself...
aIn addition to the contract sum, the Incubator will be given the rights to purchase a bloc of 30% shares in the SPV for a fixed amount of SGD1.00 (Singapore Dollar One Only) to be exercised within the first month of The Contract Period. 正在翻译,请等待... [translate] agloomy choose...
you can use these: "In addition to", "moreover, "furthermore". Let's say you're taking the IELTS, the TOEFL tests, you're writing your essay. You're running out of time, you're not thinking properly, you'...