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Cale McCaskey: The Coming Age Of The Undignified E-Book

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Coming Age Of The Undignified E-Book. Now we've entered a new era of words, still largely in ink, though on an electric screen, but still flat as a piece of paper and mostly acceptable, at least for light reading. But yonder beast with the serpent's head which is called Amazon is making possible that which should have never been. That horrid creature known as the interactive e-book. One can hear the monster clear it's hissy throat even now. Posted by Cale McCaskey. I'm a sexy, ...

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Cale McCaskey: January 2012

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Monday, January 30, 2012. The Lost Art Of Shifting POVs. I was talking with someone about this the other day and thought it would make for the subject of a good article here. When I had been this Karl Ritter's daily and sole intimate during two months, he one day said abruptly:. I will tell you my story.". Then he went on as follows:. I have never given up until now. But now I have given up. I am going to die. I made up my mind last night that it must be. I can think of many examples of Mark Twain using ...

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Cale McCaskey: Wasted Words

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Sunday, January 22, 2012. Others have written articles about the term "wasted words", but I'm going to take a different angle on them, and in doing so, will shine a light on the most annoying thing in all of literature from my perspective. It can be seen that. It has been indicated that. It should be remembered that. It should be noted that. It is imperative that. At the present moment in time. You may have noticed that five of the above examples end with the word "that.". It is imperative that". I actua...

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Cale McCaskey: April 2011

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Sunday, April 10, 2011. The Kindle Lighted Cover. There is one problem with the light however. As you can see from the photos I took, the light illuminates the upper right-hand corner of the screen more than the rest of it. (Click on the photos to enlarge them.). After having looked around on the idiotnet and some Youtube videos, it appears that every unit ships like this. My solution to the problem is to place a clothespin across the bend in the light's arm. Posted by Cale McCaskey. Monday, April 4, 2011.

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Cale McCaskey: June 2012

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Sunday, June 10, 2012. What’s Wrong With Gutenberg and Why There Will Always Be A Classic Book Reprint Market. Of all the books at Gutenberg’s worldwide sites, most of whom don’t have a decent proofreading process. While I applaud the effort from Distributed Proofreaders to help out Gutenberg, I still see a big problem here. They say:. This, in my opinion, is a great oversight by Gutenberg and other public domain text aggregators. These books should be selected and edited by true scholars with a grea...

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Cale McCaskey: February 2012

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Saturday, February 25, 2012. Show, Don't Tell - Really? If there' s one axiom in the world of writing that's been blown completely out of proportion it's—show, don't tell. More often than not I would say it's a good axiom to remember, but there are incidents where it just wastes everyone's time if an author takes several pages trying to get something across through the show. Style that could have been said. Behold, a new axiom I give unto thee: Showing is fine. Just don't be boring about it! Telling is g...

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Cale McCaskey: Show, Don't Tell - Really?

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Saturday, February 25, 2012. Show, Don't Tell - Really? If there' s one axiom in the world of writing that's been blown completely out of proportion it's—show, don't tell. More often than not I would say it's a good axiom to remember, but there are incidents where it just wastes everyone's time if an author takes several pages trying to get something across through the show. Style that could have been said. Behold, a new axiom I give unto thee: Showing is fine. Just don't be boring about it! Telling is g...

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Cale McCaskey: June 2011

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Thursday, June 16, 2011. Literary Fiction Is An Invalid Genre. I found this on the internet somewhere or another a while back and copied it. Here I will lay out several objections:. If so, on what grounds? Literary fiction may discard an advancing plot., specific characters.". So may genre fiction. A great example would be any of the myriad stories that take place within dreams, and more specifically, stories that leave you wondering if what you just read was a psychological event; a spiritual event;...

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Cale McCaskey: Gaming the System at Amazon KDP

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Thursday, January 31, 2013. Gaming the System at Amazon KDP. I've always contended that there are a number of people gaming the KDP system. Today I'll offer evidence of it. WHAT TO WATCH FOR. Hardback - 60 # ranking. Here's an example of someone I won't name, but it's a self-published author who sells extremely well through Kindle books, but look at their Createspace paperback sales ranking of the same book which has been out for a couple of years now:. Paperback - 1,365,020. Kindle - 1,352. Ramblings fr...