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202503.25202412.30 lloydearickson Education, Writing

Using Stock Phrases

The language we use has meaning and depths we don’t always consciously recognize, and stock phrases often convey meanings and suggestions which we don’t fully recognize and which we probably don’t intend when we deploy them in our writing.

202308.31202306.07 lloydearickson Non-Fiction, Reviews

The Dictionary of Body Language Review

The Dictionary of Body Language will go onto the list of the most broadly useful and applicable books I’ve read, alongside books like Human Dimension and Interior Space.

202302.07202210.18 lloydearickson Education, Science, Writing

Words We Don’t Have

The possibilities of leveraging this idea to render fictional characters and cultures more unique, more interesting, more textured, more genuine, more true, more alive, are veritably endless.

202206.09202202.03 lloydearickson Classic, Reviews

Bleak House Review

In my review for A Christmas Carol I asserted that I will read most anything with “Dickens” on the cover, and this is a good example; I cannot recall any reason for it being on my reading list except for it being by Charles Dickens.

202203.15202202.23 lloydearickson Continuing Projects, Projects, Series, Short Stories

Blood Magic S2:E3: Strange Lands Re-Release

My main goal, going through revisions having now completed the Pifechan invasion episodes at the end of season two, was to help readers understand the Pifechan mindset, and to make them seem less like a tropy evil empire out to dominate the world.

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