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Writing Dialogue
I try to avoid the Writing for Noobs arena and focus on Becoming a Decent Writer – often writing about writing is ironically dreadful, but I do admit to sharing Craig Clevenger’s pet peeves: TALKING HEADS, HEARING VOICES AND THE DISAPPEARING NARRATOR I have two major pet peeves when it comes to dialogue. First, it […]
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‘Cunnilingus’ as requested by Ria
Ah, cunnilingus; that common but most exquisite of delicacies! ‘Rug munching’, ‘clam diving’, ‘drinking from the furry cup’ – its euphemisms may not sound attractive, but a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Forget oysters or caviar, and don’t even consider Bird Nest Soup (a Chinese delicacy made from actual bird nests); […]
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Foucault: The History of Sexuality
For a long time, the story goes, we supported a Victorian regime, and we continue to be dominated by it even today. Thus the image of the imperial prude is emblazoned on our restrained, mute, and hypocritical sexuality. At the beginning of the seventeenth century a certain frankness was still common, it would seem. Sexual […]