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On the Usefulness of Style Guides
The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game is done. It’s off to the printers and I couldn’t change a thing about it if I wanted to. And now, finally, I know enough to actually write a correct and accurate style guide. … Continue reading
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Review the Review
I’ve been reading books I think my kids might like and writing some reviews. I hope to get a book review site up before the month is out. Rather than judging books as “good” or “bad,” the goal is to … Continue reading
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Grammar PSA
This isn’t so much a grammar rant as a public service announcement—the proper phrase is just deserts and not just desserts. I remember correcting this mistake in something I was editing, and someone up the line pointed out my correction … Continue reading
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LEGO Was Already for Girls
I’m sure most of you are already aware of the “NEW LEGO sets for girls!” to quote the email announcement that arrived yesterday in my inbox. My initial reaction was annoyance. As far as the advertising goes, that hasn’t faded. … Continue reading
Posted in Kids and Gaming, Parenthood, Uncategorized
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Exciting and Elementary
The editing deadline for Marvel Heroic Roleplaying is this week and the holidays are coming at me with frightening speed. I’m compiling a list of topics I want to write about when I have the time and available brain waves, … Continue reading
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Good Tween Brain Candy
OK, so I’m kind of copping out—the past two weeks have been crazy insane and I have a good topic in mind that I don’t want to rush. So I’m throwing a question out to you. First, some background. My … Continue reading
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Muppets and Mythbusters – Making Memories
We’re in the middle of the two most insane weeks of the entire year for the Valentine household, so you get another post about the Muppets this week! Yaaaaay! (Muppet flail) This weekend I took the kids to see The … Continue reading
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Muppet Love
Over the Thanksgiving break, I took the kids to see The Muppets. As a longtime Muppet fan, I was so excited for this movie—the previews gave me hope that this was going to be the Muppets of my childhood, and … Continue reading
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Twilight Confessions
I’m probably about to drop in your estimation—I like Twilight. I even went to see the movie this weekend, apparently along with a whole lot of other people. Based on my Twitter feed and other social media, though, few of … Continue reading
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Grammar Rant! “Try and…”
In general, I try really hard to stay open-minded, to see most issues as potential conversations with multiple rational points of view. Since most of the books I edit have a conversational tone, I’m probably more laid back than many … Continue reading
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