Wrapping and Raping: A Critical Difference
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 in Blog, Humor | 2 comments
I’ve said it before. Sometimes spelling counts. Still, I don’t correct people’s spelling and grammar often. I have a dear friend who can’t tell the difference between to/too, another who consistently writes “could of”, and I’m not a particularly good speller myself. As I said last week, I only recently learned to spell acquiesce, and judging by the...
Read MoreToday I Learned…
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Blog, Humor | 4 comments
Many of you may have seen this quote before: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently,...
Read MoreMore MS Word Grammar Hilarity
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 in Blog, Humor, My Writing, Technology | 4 comments
For the past two weeks I’ve worked on smoothing out the language in Enemy of the Fae. This is the easiest (for me) but most time consuming part of the process. I’ve rewritten probably two-thirds of the sentences in the book and deleted about 2,000 words…one at a time. I actually like the polishing phase, but the process is so detail-oriented my brain often drifts. So writing up...
Read MoreNot So Superstitious
Posted on Apr 13, 2012 in Blog, Humor | 2 comments
When I was a kid, Friday the 13th was sort of an exciting day. Anything could happen. It was like anti-Christmas, where I half-expected to be kidnapped and held for ransom or hit my a meteor. Of course, none of that came to pass, much to my disappointment. Probably the most exciting thing that did happen was in the uber-religious school I went to, my teachers would warn that we’d better not...
Read MoreMake It So
Posted on Mar 29, 2012 in Blog, Humor, My Thoughts | 3 comments
As I write, I don’t do a lot of editing, besides fixing a comma here and there. When I run into a larger issue I know needs to be fixed, I put a comment in the margin and move on. Momentum is king, and I don’t want to break a groove, lest I get mired in edits and never actually reach my destination. Sometimes what I jot is sarcastic or silly, like “Really, India? REALLY? How...
Read MoreSpellchecker Brings The Funny
Posted on Oct 20, 2011 in Blog, Humor | 5 comments
Some people complain about advances in technology as they pine for the good old days of flint and tinder, when we used wear bear-skin and have rotten teeth, I suppose. Me, I’m a fan of antibiotics and central heating. So sue me. I like keyboarding instead of writing with a pen, and on days when my arthritis is acting up, I like my voice activated software, or VOX, if you’re really...
Read MoreMeet India Drummond
I'm a lot of other things, but mostly I'm a writer. I like books with fast action, scary killers, fantasy worlds, and a dash of romance. Maybe even all four at once. To see what types of books I write, click "Fantasy Series" in the nav bar. -- To get in touch with me, click Contact India and send me an email. 
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