When, exactly, did “Hey!” replace “Hi!” as a standard greeting?
I think I’ve been using “Hey!” for “Hi!” for at least five years — but I’m not sure of the when or why.
Was there some sea change in a cultural colloquialism I missed?
Book royalties from computer book publishers to authors have precipitously diminished over the last decade and so have “cash advances” against those future royalties.
Ten years ago, a first time author could expect to get at least a $15,000.00 USD advance against royalties with royalties starting at 8% and rising to 12% or even 15%.
Continue reading → Royalty Advances and the Uncertain Author
Recent movies such as 300 and The Hitcher prove there is a written disconnect between aesthetic, the body, and gore as expressed in the higher calling of community welfare and the darkest depths effervescent commodity.
One film proves there is humanity and purpose in bloodshed while the other confirms we lose our hearts in the unnecessary testimony of individual cruelty rioting in rivulets of blood across the screen.
What causes one mind to write such beauty in dismay, while another pens purgatory for profit?
The world requires us.
We are inevitable.
We become not what we want — but what others desire of us.
If were were unnecessary, we would not be here.
What, then, do we do with this complicated life when the risk of throwing it away outweighs the rewards of righteousness?
I run another blog called Urban Semiotic and over there we look at issues rotting the urban core.
This WordPunk blog concerns writing about words in the wilds.
We are textual.
We are not the image.
Is it possible for text to be semiotic?
Or is the word always text — even as an image?
After my free TypePad trial, I have decided to stick with “paying my way” blogging so I can continue to watch TypePad grow its features set in comparison with my ongoing experience with both Blogger and WordPress.
TypePad’s support folk are kind and responsive and that is important when you have a dire question or when you blog dies — and the inevitable truth of all life on the web is that everything eventually dies — sometimes things are reborn anew, but many times things stay dead without direct resuscitation.
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