Caligula's Launderette

I would rant about first person , and how it's insanely hard to write a whole novel in it, and how it's totally way too egocentric for my tastes. But ...

Aww, Bek, you make me feel special. Clouds, I know. It's just so frustrating. MOOHAHAHAHAHAH! MORE NEW STUFF! I wish I could sever the synapses that link the part of ...

Yay! *is waiting to read Green and Hourglass * Good luck, Sam. Cal.

YAY! Jack, 'tis wonderful. And a Sharpe excerpt! *SQUEE* :D I am bookmarking this entry. Laters, Cal

Hmmm, I talked about this in one of my Soapbox orations. From Oration #3 11. What stimuli does your character most respond to? Your character can respond to visual stimuli, ...

Oh, wow. Faeid - Shadow Kin ? I haven't touched either in ages. I think I may have lost Chapter Four of Faeid , which is a traves-sham-ockery cause Four ...

If you haven't figured me out by now, you should now that I have this problem. The problem is that I have so many ideas and characters milling around in ...

The thing that really, really bugs me about this lay vs. lie stuff, is when people start used lied when they mean layed. A person lies on the ground. A ...

They are special to my character, so they are special to me. Um, I was almost thinking of going with broad, flat, short sword or something of that derivative. CL.

Okay, my peoples, how would you describe the following sword? -- without using terms such as xiphos, makhaira, celtic, etc. Thanks guys, CL.

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Characters 1. Dynamics So, here’s the lowdown on group dynamics: each person added to the group changes the dynamic. A conversation between people changes ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Business 1. Pitch. You must consider the emotional investment you put into writing. There are all sorts of metaphors about a piece of writing ...

Oh, there is nothing wrong with writing Russianesque, it's just that sometimes the sentences get too wordy, and such. Yeah, grammar, it teh sucks. I'm sure someone somewhere could explain ...

Cal's Hyde Park Corner Soapbox The Grit 1. The Way of Words Syntax, the dictionary defines it as a noun, the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. One of the ...

Hey hon, Check out Too Darn Hot , for some tips I wrote on romance. Hope these help, CL