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Of the 208 posts I published on this website in 2015, these five had the largest readership:<\/p>\n

#5 \u2013 Pump Up Your Vocabulary<\/a> \u2013 Test the size of your vocabulary, and use these resources to rejuvenate the tired array of words we overuse. Awesome, no?! Plus a reminder of the importance of reading\u2014fiction, especially\u2014in building a rich vocabulary. With more words you can express more ideas, with greater precision and subtlety.<\/p>\n

#4 \u2013 Fan Fic Fest<\/a> \u2013 Lots of people over 30 are only dimly aware of this phenomenon. I wanted to know more, so audited a class devoted to it at Princeton. Wow. Takeaways: fan fiction (loosely: derivative works) has always existed; people write fan fiction for love of existing characters (Holmes & Watson; Spock and Kirk; Little Ponies), not money; it\u2019s a tremendously diverse enterprise, though there is a strain of unexpected couplings and freewheeling sex; it\u2019s decoupling works from the intents of their original creators and making them fractal, with derivative works on top of derivative works.<\/p>\n

#3 \u2013 Best Reads of 2014<\/a> \u2013 Soon to be followed by Best Reads of 2015!<\/p>\n

#2 \u2013 *****The Cowboy and the Cossack<\/a> \u2013 this 2014 book review was near the top of the charts again in 2015. Generally rave reviews from everyone who\u2019s read it, as well as from me.<\/p>\n

#1 \u2013 Freelance Editing Services Booming<\/a> \u2013 At a time when book lovers complain about the poor quality of editing in books today (and forget proofreading altogether), this article covered reports of a cottage industry in freelance editing services. Included are links to some reputable-seeming services and some \u201cbeware of\u201d resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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