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2.24 Book Review: Cthulhu is hard to spell

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 I got the preview issue, which does not contain the whole thing, just early stuff for reviewers. After reading the preview, I would highly recommend this anthology. So the art in this is absolutely incredible. While the cover might give you a sort of indication it's MG, it certainly isn't aimed in that direction. I would say the vibe and themes really hit me as Young Adult. There isn't any swearing or bloodshed, so it is relatively safe for conservative types. Grandma is likely to be mildly confused instead of outraged. Cthulhu is hard to spell is an anthology from a huge collection of artists and writers. I ventured to the kick-starter page for the anthology in order to get the complete list: A Lovecraftian comic anthology Nora (art and words by Angela Oddling) -- a dejected teenager living in an ice village sets out to find Aphoom-Zhah and thaw his cold heart. The Dunwich Boys (art by Esther Pimentel, words by Eddy Hedington, letters by Nikki Powers) -...

2.23 Editting your NaNoWriMo or other novels

Yeah, this post is a bit overdue. I make no excuses. Life ate my soul. I had to bargain with some elder gods to get it back. With NaNo a week or two cooling down finally, I've seen a few posts in NaNo groups as people begin to wonder 'well where do I start?' for editing. Controversial opinion: I know some people like to edit as they write. This is a fine practice for some, but I personally find it is time-wasting and something I use as an excuse to not finish the WIP I'm trying to get through. As a result, I tend to oppose this method in general. My experience has been that many of the authors I've spoken to who do this suffer the never-ending WIP disease and I attribute an inability to 'just write' as one of the causes of this. Again, if this method is fine and works for you, that's great. It doesn't work for me, and I am sure this is true for others as well. Step 1, spelling and grammar. If you are like me, you probably scoff at the idea...