Solotramp Wisdom
Focusing on wisdom . . . how does it arise? Are we born with it? Does it develop from experience? How does integrity hang together with wisdom?
Monday, January 01, 2024
Monday, November 20, 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Digital version of SOLOTRAMP and DRAMA
Solotramp and Drama should be free to all at Amazon Kindle April 30th and May 1st. (If someone doesn’t have a Kindle, they can use the App.) Launch party on the 30th!
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/SOLOTRAMP-Eleanor-Addy-Binnings-ebook/dp/B0BP6P39V1"> https://www.amazon.com/SOLOTRAMP-Eleanor-Addy-Binnings-ebook/dp/B0BP6P39V1</a>
https://www.amazon.com/DRAMA-Eleanor-Addy-Binnings-ebook/dp/B0BM5V8CL8
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Submitted the final versions of Solotramp. I achieved my goal of recording it during Winter Break!
I found a spot for custom magnets for bumper stickers. Maybe orange color?
And I went back into Midjourney to play a bit.
Then I upgraded Sound Forge. I will be mastering Solotramp. Then I will submit to Audible.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Prologue SOLOTRAMP my Novel
Friday, December 09, 2022
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Can I believe I did it? Last night Dec. 5, I published the e-version of SOLOTRAMP at Kindle. I'll be getting the paperback up quickly.
Why does a teen girl run away from home? How does a runaway make it? Now 18, Micky runs once more -- this time from her difficult husband. SOLOTRAMP begins the night Micky prays to lose her troubling memories. A glowing GO and arrow appear in her mind, and she runs again, this time driving a Falcon to her missing father's mountain cabin -- where her prayer is answered with a bullet.
Sunday, December 04, 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Flat Adverbs
While it's good to avoid adverbs, I think adverbs may be used as a shortcut. We don't need to tell everything -- not provide every detail about the inconsequential.
From Word Genius.
He spoke quietly. They shivered violently. She ran quickly. Adverbs are a handy writer’s tool to describe an action or give more detail about a verb. We're usually able to spot adverbs easily, as most end in "-ly."
But not always! A flat adverb refers to a descriptive word that’s missing that "-ly" suffix. They're a little trickier to find and can be confused with adjectives. Here's how you can spot flat adverbs and tell them apart from other descriptive words.
Adverb vs. Adjective
Flat adverbs often look identical to their adjective counterparts — both are used to modify or describe another part of speech. But adverbs describe a verb instead of a noun. It seems simple enough, but many adverbs and adjectives are interchangeable.
Take, for example, the word "fast." It can be both an adjective and an adverb. As an adjective, you might say, “She was on the fast track to success.” As a flat adverb, the meaning changes when you write, “She ran fast.”
To confuse the issue, there are regular adverb synonyms ("quickly," "swiftly," "hurriedly") for the flat adverb "fast."
Flat Adverb/Adjective Pairs
There are some traditional adverbs that have a flat adverb mate, such as "soft" and "softly," "quick" and "quickly," or "bright" and "brightly." How did these come about?
In Old English texts, adverbs usually had an inflection at the end of them — like brighte. When these were dropped over time, they were more easily confused with their adjective counterparts, so "-ly" was added to help clarify when you were intending to use the adverbial form. The good news is, you can use either version —"soft" or "softly" — and get your message across, although it should be noted that flat adverbs do tend to have a more casual vibe.
However, there are other adverb/adjective pairs where the meaning differs between the two words. For example, "late" and "lately." You can arrive late, or you cannot have stopped by lately.
If you've been told that using a flat adverb like "fast" was a mistake, you can blame 18th-century grammarians for that. But in modern linguistics, it’s commonly understood that flat adverbs are OK to use — if the meaning of your sentence doesn’t radically shift. But as a general rule, most of us are so used to that "-ly" ending that it just comes naturally.
https://www.wordgenius.com/what-is-a-flat-adverb/