Posts by gidds
(Disclaimer: I'm not a writer…) Is it possible that some readers don't see the point of those chapters because they don't have a lasting effect on the story? If so, then the solution may be to gi...
One example is Janet Jeppson, who wrote a few books under the name ‘J. O. Jeppson’, but after marrying Isaac Asimov wrote many more (some alone, some with her husband), mostly under the name ‘Janet...
Another difference between the two forms is that the first makes it clear where the patronising smile is directed, i.e. whom it's patronising. In the second, the smile could have been there before...
I think it's about aspiration, about claim-staking, and about self-importance — and, in some cases, ultimately about denying the competition. The number of one-word titles is far smaller than the ...
