I think authors should not try to mold their work to fit what publishers want, but take cues from how they really want something to read. Like Olivier, I find books nearly utterly lacking in exclamation marks to be jarringly deadpan and emotionless, especially if the tone of the book is ...
Jonathan Frakes became the third cast member to direct a feature film withStar Trek: First Contact(1996), written by the same team fromGenerations. This film brought back the most popular villain of the series, the Borg, who attacks Earth and wipes out a good portion of Starfleet. The Bor...
That opponent didn’t smile, offered all his answers in the same emotionless tone, and wouldn’t sit in the same room as his fellow contestants. He had to work too hard at keeping his cool and was so noisy, it was thought he was too disruptive to take...