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@ sbvk - Semantics, I think you are onto something here. I'm going to look into this in more detail. Thanks.
@ ALHSS - I'll look into McCarthy, thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to see if I still have a copy of Strunk & White. I know I had one during my time at university. Otherwise it's not terribly expensive and is a must have after all.
@ bladefixation - thank you sir. I appreciate the support. I've been interested in writing for a long time. A lot of my work, while being technology related is also very communicative to clients, other technologists, and newb technicians as well. It never hurts to exercise expressive writing muscles. I too like reading older book, as digital copies may tend to get "updated" or revised in some way and usually things get lost by way of improvement. The suggestions of Hemingway are more than likely a good starting point. I don't care to read too much variety at a time because I feel as if I tend to miss important things that should be noticed throughout the text.
@ Alex - I read a bit of a biography on David Foster Wallace last night, all I can say is that it sure is a shame to have lost someone with such a vivid and expressive mind. I found a snippet of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, it was good, need to find the rest of it. Unfortunately, those that suffer from chronic depression are more likely to succeed at a suicide attempt when it is lifting than when it is being controlled by medication or other remission. This author was truly talented in his ability to delivery a mental image through words with what appeared to be little effort. I also looked at the Infinite Jest, and the summary looks like it would make for a great read. Thank you.
@ Piso Mojado
- That will come in handy too, Thank you. I've read some stuff from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, just before he passed away. My brother really enjoys non-American literature, usually in Spanish or Italian. I'm going to look into the Bryan Garner, Fowler, and Orwell books for sure, and see if I can find some stuff from the other science authors you mentioned. This will be pretty fun to research these works. 
@ mete - I too have killed many a spell checker. I type too fast for my own good and constantly make the same typos (teh for the, tihs for this, etc). What is really interesting is that when I type out IP addresses a Macbook I use wants to automatically save it as a phone number or at times latitude and longitude coordinates.
@ chopchop - I agree with the sentiment that simpler can be better. Sometimes I feel like my peers enjoy immersing themselves in jargon and bloviation to feed their ego instead of learning and sharing information. I'm going to change things up a little in the next couple weeks and see how it goes. I remember hearing of Randy Olson through a friend a few years ago. The friend coincidentally wanted to become a journalist for print media, and ended up working for a local newspaper and has various blogs on local and touristy stuff.
@ ALHSS - I'll look into McCarthy, thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to see if I still have a copy of Strunk & White. I know I had one during my time at university. Otherwise it's not terribly expensive and is a must have after all.
@ bladefixation - thank you sir. I appreciate the support. I've been interested in writing for a long time. A lot of my work, while being technology related is also very communicative to clients, other technologists, and newb technicians as well. It never hurts to exercise expressive writing muscles. I too like reading older book, as digital copies may tend to get "updated" or revised in some way and usually things get lost by way of improvement. The suggestions of Hemingway are more than likely a good starting point. I don't care to read too much variety at a time because I feel as if I tend to miss important things that should be noticed throughout the text.
@ Alex - I read a bit of a biography on David Foster Wallace last night, all I can say is that it sure is a shame to have lost someone with such a vivid and expressive mind. I found a snippet of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, it was good, need to find the rest of it. Unfortunately, those that suffer from chronic depression are more likely to succeed at a suicide attempt when it is lifting than when it is being controlled by medication or other remission. This author was truly talented in his ability to delivery a mental image through words with what appeared to be little effort. I also looked at the Infinite Jest, and the summary looks like it would make for a great read. Thank you.
@ Piso Mojado
- That will come in handy too, Thank you. I've read some stuff from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, just before he passed away. My brother really enjoys non-American literature, usually in Spanish or Italian. I'm going to look into the Bryan Garner, Fowler, and Orwell books for sure, and see if I can find some stuff from the other science authors you mentioned. This will be pretty fun to research these works. @ mete - I too have killed many a spell checker. I type too fast for my own good and constantly make the same typos (teh for the, tihs for this, etc). What is really interesting is that when I type out IP addresses a Macbook I use wants to automatically save it as a phone number or at times latitude and longitude coordinates.
@ chopchop - I agree with the sentiment that simpler can be better. Sometimes I feel like my peers enjoy immersing themselves in jargon and bloviation to feed their ego instead of learning and sharing information. I'm going to change things up a little in the next couple weeks and see how it goes. I remember hearing of Randy Olson through a friend a few years ago. The friend coincidentally wanted to become a journalist for print media, and ended up working for a local newspaper and has various blogs on local and touristy stuff.
