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  • Writing Tips Re: Any Exceptional Books About Writing?

    I suppose it's technically a book about reading, but How To Read A Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren is stuffed to the gills with excellent writing ...

    Dec 5, 2014
  • Writing Tips Re: What Is Your Favorite Writing Tip?

    Oddly enough, the best "writing tip" I've ever gotten was from a book about reading. I don't remember the exact phrasing, but the gist of it was "you need to ...

    Dec 5, 2014
  • Media Reviews Re: Star Trek: Into Darkness

    I had very mixed feelings about the film. While it is good for quick-'n-snappy popcorn munching and (gratuitous) eye candy, the plot falls apart upon close inspection and the characters ...

    Dec 26, 2013


I was weeping as much for him as her; we do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights