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Word Nerdery: Disability in Fiction

August 21, 2023 egswriter

I think it’s time that I talk about the crossing over of real life to the world of fiction. Specifically,…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: disability, fiction writing, hEDS, indie author, linguistics, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: Did Not Finish – Some Insights into the Life of a Book Reviewer

August 7, 2023 egswriter

I didn’t realise that I read quickly until I was told that my average of two to four books a…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: am reading, book review, book reviewer, did not finish, fiction writing, linguistics, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: The Things that Are Happening Now; The Rise of Present Tense in Fiction Writing

July 11, 2023 egswriter

For many years, writing in past tense has been standard. Authors would tell a story about something that happened in…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: fiction writing, language evolution, linguistics, present tense, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: The Rise of Science Fiction

June 1, 2023 egswriter

These days, it can sometimes (often) feel like we’re living in a science fiction novel. The plague? Check. AI trying…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: editor, fiction writing, linguistics, science fiction, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: What Exactly Is Literary Fiction?

May 23, 2023 egswriter

Do you remember going to English class in school and having to read some frankly bizarre books? One of my…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: fiction writing, linguist, linguistics, literary fiction, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: The Continuing Evolution of Slang

May 16, 2023 egswriter

Slang is, frankly, one of the most consistent—and confusing—ways of acknowledging that life is changing all around us. The 2022…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: evolution of language, fiction writing, linguistics, slang, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: Constructed Languages and Fiction Writing – The Epitome of Nerdery

May 8, 2023 egswriter

Surely, there is nothing quite so marvellously nerdy as learning a fictional language, or creating a fictional language and then…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: conlang, constructed languages, editor, fiction writing, linguistics, word nerdery

Word Nerdery: The Art of Saying Hello – Greetings and Small Talk in Fiction

April 25, 2023 egswriter

Pardon my beginning this article with an effusive declaration of how cool language is, but I couldn’t help myself. Language…

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Posted in: word nerdery Filed under: advice from the editor, fiction writing, language, linguistics, phatic communication, small talk, word nerdery, writing advice

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