Start with strong setting.Many authors set the stage with striking setting.Setting descriptions as openings are particularly effective if the setting is integral to impending plot developments. Begin with bold dialogue.Plunging the reader into a conversation between two characters can be immediately compe...
You cross the month boundaries according to how many days the current month has, and you go from the last day of some month to the first day of the next month. When you’re adding months, you count the months forward on your fingers from the start month until the finish month, ...
do not have long life-spans. You know he’s doomed the second that Dr. Stevens observes: “Many’s the time I’ve had to tell him not to work all night – to go home to his wife and children”. But, as Bell experiences the mental breakdown that kills him, he delivers (in the ...
As many of these families would not increase their landholding until their parents died, they reduced fallowing of lands to intensify cultivation. This shift was enabled by the introduction of inorganic fertilizers that were heavily subsidized and provided on credit by the state. Although the ...
Yes, I am aware that “Victoria Holt” is one of the many nom de plumes of Eleanor Hibbert and that her most popular books were written under the names Jean Plaidy and Phillippa Carr. I loved all those books as well. [] Yes, all of them. Even the much neglected Anne. Well, okay,...
Large mammals such as elephants generally live longer than smaller animals like mice. In the canine world, the relationship between size and lifespan is reversed.Smaller dog breeds have a far longer lifespanthan larger dog breeds. This might be becauselarge dogs grow at a much faster ratethan...
like many of the matrix cast and crew, barrett wound up working on the movie longer than she'd expected. warner bros. had allowed the shoot to extend from 90 days to 118, giving the siblings enough time to film nearly every scene they wanted. reeves' final day of filming, in late ...
Of course, many occupations being affected by these developments are still far from fully computerisable, meaning that the computerisation of some tasks will simply free-up time for human labour to perform other tasks. Nonetheless, the trend is clear: computers increasingly challenge human labour ...
The accounts receivable turnover ratio helps you examine how many times you are collecting AR, thus turning receivables into cash. The formula for the accounts receivable turnover ratio is net credit sales divided by average accounts receivable. Cash sales are left out because they do not affect...
Twenty-first audit: I have made many investment mistakes but am on course to financial independence by 45. Twenty-second audit: I felt worthless six years ago but have achieved financial stability today. Twenty-third audit: My financial journey was directionless until age 40: this is how I ma...