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bio website dalewriting.dale.emery.name
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I write non-fiction about leadership, software development, testing, and resistance to change.

I also write fiction (primarily the beginnings and middles of yet-to-be-finished novels) in a variety of speculative genres.

I also write about writing.


May
19
answered Forming a tagline for customers, drivers and software
May
11
answered What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas?
May
6
answered How to format dialogue with an embedded long monologue
May
5
answered Writing style — comma, period and re-referring the object of the first sentence again as subject in second sentence
Apr
23
answered Critique: Make excerpt more visual/flow better
Apr
16
answered Improving techniques independently: Description
Apr
15
answered Does DRM affect copyright or the restrictions on distribution by the author?
Apr
11
answered Hooking the reader by omitting a piece of information
Apr
9
answered 1st person story, but the main character will die in the end and some of the story needs to be told after his death. How to solve this problem?
Apr
8
answered Is it unusual for a flashback to have a very long dialogue?
Apr
2
answered Ways to speed up my writing to 15 - 20 pages a day
Mar
27
answered Is it acceptable practice to use contractions in a fictional first person narrative for children?
Feb
21
answered Do I include the method of my research in the title?
Feb
17
answered how should a writer use version control to track drafts, rewrites, and revisions?
Jan
31
answered Software for collaborative writing for a small team
Jan
9
answered What genre appeals to the widest audience?
Jan
8
answered Very simple markup language for writing fiction
Jan
2
answered avoiding making all your characters sound the same
Dec
29
answered How can I keep my characters' identities a mystery successfully?
Dec
27
answered alternatives to “he said” in dialog