The Black Echo by Michael Connelly is the first Harry Bosch novel (of 25, currently) and was published in 1992. About a decade ago, when the Harry Bosch TV series first appeared on Amazon Prime, I fell in love with … Continue reading
It was sometime in the mid-1990’s when a co-worker, knowing my love of reading, handed me a paperback edition of one of the “Discworld” books (I don’t even remember which one) by Terry Pratchett and said, “You’re gonna love this!” … Continue reading
My tastes in music run to 60’s – 80’s rock and pop for the most part. Ms. Spears’ career began long after that and so I have never been that familiar with her music. I remember when I was working … Continue reading
I know who Rachel Maddow is and that she has a show on MSNBC, but that is about the extent of my knowledge of her. I’ve never watched one of her shows or read any of her books; this is … Continue reading
Almost 12 years ago I began practicing Bookcrossing for the second time, but over the past 2 years I found myself doing hardly any, for many reasons but mostly because I was doing a LOT of my reading in digital … Continue reading
“Becoming Superman”, by J. Michael Straczynski is the writer’s autobiographical story of his childhood and career, constantly backlit by his desire to emulate the greatest superhero of all time; Superman. Like a lot of children from my generation, which is … Continue reading
Today is Independent Bookstore Day 2015! I don’t have much more to say about it that hasn’t already been written here, here, here and (if you’re in the Central Florida area) here, other than to say visit your local independent … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman says just write; just get the words down; don’t worry about your first draft, no one will ever see it; get the ideas and the words down. Just write. That is hard advice for me to follow. I … Continue reading
Here’s a helpful chart, courtesy of Writers Write, providing 45 ways to avoid using the word “very” in your writing.
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“The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.” – Robert … Continue reading
None of these are mine, but I’ve seen them all over the ‘Net and in e-mails and I generally agree with most of them. Your mileage may vary. – I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option. – … Continue reading
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”E.L. Doctorow Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your … Continue reading
For whatever reason, “It was a dark and stormy night.”, the opening words written by Edward Bulwer-Litton, an English 19th Century author, have become the standard and accepted phrase to denigrate a story. It’s even odder when you know that … Continue reading
About 3 weeks ago my mom celebrated her 75th birthday and yesterday my father-in-law celebrated the same milestone. You can imagine how old those events made ME feel. The largest folder of music on my iPhone is named “Oldies” and … Continue reading
Way back a long time ago (it seems), I was invited to join Facebook by my friend Dawn. Facebook is a social networking website and, since I’m not a huge networker, my list of friends is no doubt small compared … Continue reading
As a writer who enjoys research, I am an intimate friend of Google. But today my brother sent me a link to a visually cool search engine known as SearchMe. Type in your term or inquiry and a graphic representation … Continue reading
“I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.” Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in … Continue reading
Late Sunday afternoon I was trying to decide what I would eat for dinner. I didn’t really want to go out to a sit down restaurant because that would entail at least showering and I was in a state of … Continue reading
