Dictionary (n): Book explaining the words of a language
Has my dictionary become obsolete, or have I? (“Well, yes,” I hear you murmur.) Okay, so my Oxford English Dictionary …
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Jesse James Meets Ned Kelly: A Meeting in Purgatory
Outlaws, both. Ned Kelly was a bushranger; Jesse James a bushwhacker. They were contemporaries, (Kelly, 1855-1880; James, 1847-1882) but Ned …
“To Kill A Mockingbird” and Nelle Harper Lee
How long has it been since you read/re-read/or watched the movie To Kill a Mockingbird? Too long, probably. It’s something …
Descriptive Narrative, and Other Sins Of Omission
A Novel Exercise G’Day! I suppose it’s time I come clean and tell you about the recent novel editing retreat. …
A Novel Approach to Writing
Now that we’ve all had a short break in the routine thrummings of our day-to-day lives, I thought it might …
The Meandering Matriarch 