Fictional expletives, Foreign expletives
Such a list exists, at Wikipedia, of course. I’m sure other writers will enjouy. And for cusses in other languages, see here, though I cannot vouch for accuracy on the latter.
Category: WRITING
The Devil’s Language?
While looking up Japanese idioms for a section of my newest story draft, I found this interesying little tidbit on a site on the language: In the 16th century, St. Francis Xavier reported to Rome that the Japanese language had been devised by the Devil to prevent the spread of Christianity in Japan. Many who […]
Progress Bars & More
I’ve added a feature on this site to make up for the reduced posting coming your way in the future: it’s a progress bars section in the sidebar, which was created using the wonderful ProgressFly plugin courtesy of the Scribbling Damselfly. You may turn up at this page wondering if I’m still alive since my […]
Elevensies
Kat’s got a good post up about eleven things one should never put into an SF novel unless with the intention to undermine them. It’s actually a riff on a slightly different meme about fantasy novels, but like Kat I don’t write them things, so I’m gonna go with SF instead. Let’s see if I […]
Twitchy
Looks like I’m not the only Clarionite-to-be who’s having eye troubles. I do feel somewhat better, and maybe it’s nerves, that are compounding the general fatigue, but my right eye — that is, my one good eye — is not doing so well these days. I credit lack of sleep, stress, and strain. The eyedrops […]