Scary but yeah I think we're there. Another metaphor: Emperor's New Clothes. Except the child who speaks up sets off a chain reaction in those who hadn't dared to.

bad enough that all the media complied with mandates to deliver their statements as "scientific findings" and "facts," but worse that whenever some citizen would counter with "Hey

LOL, I guarantee you, those same workshoppers would pounce on this as "verbose" (a door which a dusky hand furtively opened) and too much use of dialogue to convey to readers information that

Ohhh, I hear you - preserving your own unique voice, in the face of opposition. I failed at that. I became the centipede that fell into the ditch (when asked how it knows which leg to move when). Guy T.

Thinking of Conan the Barbarian, 1932. Opens with a poem, a legend (in italics), then action and dialogue. Not saying you have to do that too. Just that I myself have had editors/workshoppers demand more

And this! Published on February 25, 2021 As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in

Beautiful start to a novel! "The valley looked lovely these days"--implying there were days it didn't look so lovely. We are drawn in. Great setting. The two scouts sent out, and only one returns,

That's terrifying. Ever read The Animorphs series? by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate "Yeerks are parasites. A Yeerk enters a host

Did you see Covid-19: US high school band students rehearse in individual bubbles?

Isn't it great to have a written record and to come back to it? The things I'd have forgotten, forever, if not for having written them down! Old photos can take me down the Rabbit Hole...

Sam, thank you for reminding me that the author of that warning about other wands may be motivated to protect his own business of making these wands. I want to belive the pair I bought are as good as any.

the use of incorrectly made cylinders may lead to the most unpredictable consequences Well, dang. I've been using these wands made by a young man in Connecticut who cranks out up to 40 pairs a day. Who

#scary They all seem to be puppets, some more obviously so than others. Inconsistency, hypocrisy, fomenting trouble, turning a blind eye, denial, "nothing to see here folks" on the one hand and

Thank to @owasco, I have found you and your clever poems. #love 'em! You sound so busy learning new things and DOING things, yet you have a sense of something unfinished. I love this: When I had the time

Mutiny. Sedition. Language evolves, linguists will assure us, but words are weaponized in the hands of political activists.

Do you know this song? You cannot quit me so quickly Is no hope in you for me? No corner you could squeeze me But I've got all the time for you love The space between The tears we cry is the laughter keeps

Ohhhh, let us hope the medium is right - her message echoes that of so many NDEs (Near Death, but should be labeled actual death, as in heart stops beating and brain activity stops, then starts). Those

And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you'd go Until you did I never thought you would

Police turned the dog over to an acquaintance while the man was in jail. “The dog does not face any charges and was let go with just a warning,” police said. National Post, May 17, 2023