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Robert Jordan Dead.

Robert Jordan,* writer of the Wheel of Time series, died yesterday of a heart disease (cardiac amyloidosis). Until about book eight or so, I would reread the entire series — all over again — before tackling the next book, but, with each book approaching 1000 pages (at a minimum), I wore out. I had to […]

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Passport Update

The Department of Homeland Security will begin enforcing a law starting October 1st that anyone who wishes to leave the U.S. must have a passport. Am I missing something, or is this new? And how many people on the “no fly” list — or people who have names like people on the “no fly” list

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Well, since you asked…

Dale asked: So I have a question. I haven’t done any creative writing in a looong time so I can’t really feel your pain when you’re talking about revising and editing a story. BUT, I’m curious why it’s such a painful process. Isn’t it like putting on the final, finishing touches on a project? Working

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Person

So there we were, trying to decide whether the plural of VIP was “very important persons” or “very important people,” when I ran into the following: person c.1225, from O.Fr. persone “human being” (12c., Fr. personne), from L. persona “human being,” originally “character in a drama, mask,” possibly borrowed from Etruscan phersu “mask.” This may

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