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Just when I think I've shaken the bad habits I picked up hanging out with dubious fantasy novels in seedy taverns (boots with no socks, stew, etc...*), I trip over another one.

In this case, lack of contractions.

Contractions = good! Lack of contractions = clunky! There is only one character in all my universes that doesn't have to use contractions, and that's Nyarlathotep. And even he wears them when he's slumming.

All these other characters need to embrace the apostrophe.

All right, everybody back on your heads.

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* I'm finally reading A Tough Guide to Fantasyland, and mostly I'm boggled. I mean, I read some Brooks and Jordan and Eddings (okay, a lot of Eddings--I was young!), but geeze. Is there really so much bad fantasy out there that I missed?

Shinier than a polished apostrophe!

Psst, kid, check out the shiny!

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My new desk only has one drawer. My W2 is in it. Therefore my W2 will not be anywhere but that drawer when I need it.

Right?

Right.