Fortune-Cookie Tips for Writers, #213
Be wary of know-it-alls who proclaim “You can never do X” or “You must always do Y”; the only absolutes in writing are that you should never write a crappy book and you must always write a good one – anything else is poppycock (and now, after this, you will never hear me say the word poppycock again).
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Before becoming a published novelist, I was an independent bookseller and buyer, a Publishers Weekly reviewer, a freelance editor, and a window washer. My first book was published in 2003 and by the end of 2012, I will have had 28 books published. My most...
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I say balderdash to your poppycock
I know for an absolute fact that you should use the word poppycock again, and again. When you do, email me in advance so I can read it. It made me laugh, kind of like when Hugh Grant fell trying to climb up the fence in the Notting Hill (is that correct?) movie uttering whoopsiedaisy.
HA!
Yes, "whoopsiedaisy" - the expletive of choice from babe-magnets everywhere.