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Eric

@eric_blues

Writer, tech nomad, foodie, and geek. I share writing/publishing info here. An occasional food pic or life post slips by.

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Joined December 2007
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Yo! This 19th Century stuff is worse than #VogonPoetry Do _not_ skip editing (by someone who doesn't look like you!) gutenberg.org/cache/epub/341… #drwho #hitchikersguide #writers #editing #authors #publishing #fiction
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Yo! This 19th Century stuff is worse than #VogonPoetry Do _not_ skip editing (by someone who doesn't look like you!) gutenberg.org/cache/epub/341… #drwho #hitchikersguide #writers #editing #authors #publishing #fiction
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Reasons to Hurry Up with that First Draft by Lynn Sloan booksbywomen.org/reasons-to-…
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I just want everyone to know I'm not OK with #MSM insistence on using "pleaded" vs. "pled". #contrarian #grammar #style #writing
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PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky (@PWKidsBookshelf) profile picturePWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky@PWKidsBookshelf14 Sep 2022
The Essential Judy Blume | @nytimes pwne.ws/3BERRdh
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Too soon? #UkraineRussiaWar #theslap #PeaceInUkraine #prayersForUkraine
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"Love the running." Happy anniversary to #DoctorWho, which returned to our screens 17 years ago today with 'Rose'!
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For all the Wordle lovers out there - wordles of the world, various languages, make your own, theme wordles... rwmpelstilzchen.gitlab.io/wo… #Wordle
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#Wordle 217 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lithub.com/43-of-the-most-ic… #classicliterature #shortstories #Reading
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There's a word for that. merriam-webster.com/words-at… #obsolete #deprecated #endoflife #superceded #binned #devnulled
Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

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youtube.com/watch?v=_FhVbyeW… #noted #ExtremeWeather #tornados #NekoCase #wx #twisters
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One of my favorite poets and someone who doesn't deserve to be defined by her death. bbc.com/culture/article/2021… #sylviaplath #thebelljar #ariel #writers #poets #prose
Sylvia Plath: Will the poet always be defined by her death?

Sylvia Plath: Will the poet always be defined by her death?

Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she's been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the 'real' Plath, asks Lillian Crawford.

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In honor of #NationalGrammarDay, a short discussion of whether spelling is part of grammar: english.stackexchange.com/qu…
In praise of the semicolon, a punctuation mark that almost -- not entirely, but almost -- cannot be overused: nytimes.com/2021/02/09/magaz… If someone can write a similar piece in praise of the m-dash I can die VINDICATED
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Thank you England for sharing this great talent with us. We share in your loss: bbc.com/news/entertainment-a… #geoffreypalmer #actor

Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer

Versatile character actor who was one of the most recognisable faces on television.

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It fills the room. Joy? Yeah, we all had to stop pretending we were fine first. We are not, are we? No. But we'll get there. #nospoilers #deepthoughts #howcouldtheyhaveknown #breathe No coincidences. Only pasts we've forgotten and futures we've only dreamed.
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If you're dark-skinned and bought a pulse oximeter for #COVID19, please read this article: tldr, your device is likely over-estimating oxygen level in critical lower ranges that decide when to administer oxygen: bostonreview.net/science-nat… #melanin #blackhealth #pulseox #Latinx
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The Operative : It's not my place to ask. I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds : So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?
Jonathan Gould (@jonno_go) profile pictureJonathan Gould@jonno_go2 Aug 2020
What's so bad about imagining better worlds? bit.ly/30gmtzr #amreading #amwriting
Earth Clinic founder and website hacked. If you use this resource please take time to read this short message. earthclinic.com/world/update… #health #natural #earthclinic
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