Any sufficiently advanced technologyis indistinguishable from magic.― Arthur C. Clarke’s third law “I learned a new magic trick at work.” Rich’s dad let go of the leather steering wheel and stretched his pale right hand toward his son, who sat in the passenger’s seat, clutching his school backpack. “Take my hand, Richy.” “Dad,” Rich complained. […]

One of the most useful editing passes I’ve done on my novels is what I call the useless words and phrases pass. The idea is simple: search your manuscript for words and phrases that frequently add clutter without adding meaning. That does not mean these words are always bad. Sometimes just is exactly the right […]

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