Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

MEME: Top 100 Books of All Time!

Stolen from here (I’m only using the top 100 because 778 is way too big). I’m going to mix up the rules a bit this time. Rules: Bold the titles you’ve read. Italicize the titles you really want to read. Put ** by titles you hated or couldn’t finish reading or won’t read again. If […]

Ask the Bloggers Series: Question #6 (I’m in it!)

Grasping For the Wind has put up yet another of the Ask the Bloggers questions, which, of course, I answered. You can find out more about it here. The question this time was: What kind of book cover attracts your attention? What attributes of the cover make you more or less likely to take it […]

Steam Engines Sample: Your Thoughts?

Okay, so my girlfriend and I have been discussing the opening paragraph of a new story I’ve been working on. She’s been mostly displeased with it because she doesn’t know what the engines actually are, and I’ve said that I shouldn’t have to say what the engines are or what they necessarily do in that […]