Your theory on writing for your audience is exactly right, though. You always, first and foremost, write for your audience!

Thanks for responding! Yes, I was generous with you and let you get away with some things, too. :) You are not using “which” correctly, by the way. For example, you should have written, “I normally write books THAT are heavily edited.” And you insert commas where you shouldn’t sometimes, for example, before the word…

You have a very nice writing style and I enjoyed reading your article! I didn’t want to jump on the bandwagon, but you did open this up when you responded. I counted at least 10 grammatical and syntax errors, and at least one place where you completely left out a word. One sentence was also a complete fragment.

It’s a wonderful idea. I just have cleaned out my closets and found some afghans that my grandmother and aunt crocheted for me 30 and 40 years ago and some quilts that my grandmother and great-grandmother quilted for me. I’ll cherish them always. Hand-crafted items will always be cherished and appreciated. I also have…

My husband got a pizza stone for Christmas a couple of years ago from my niece. We make homemade pizza on it at least once a week, if not twice a week, and it’s delicious. I don’t usually like pizza, but the homemade stuff is really quite good.

This article is very timely. I am not yet 50 years old and have just been diagnosed with this. I just saw a retina specialist yesterday and he told me to eat green, leafy vegetables and to take those ocuvite vitamins that you can get at the drugstore.

My dad was in the 82nd Airborne way back in 1955-56! I had his uniform pressed a couple of years ago. He was so skinny back then! We have some pictures of him holding his chute and wearing his uniform. He said he was always scared to jump, but they got an extra $50 every time they jumped and the money was needed as he…

Thank you, tall person! I appreciate it so much!

GinAndTonic, the more you comment, the more I love every thing that you write. I have noticed over the past several days that you are the bomb and that I adore your wit and charm. We seem to share many views in common, but you are able to write them much better than I do! Thank you! (For example, the other day on the…

I suppose each addict's rock bottom is a different rock bottom and each turning point upward is different. At this point in Jackie's life, I don't think she's hit the turn upward, she's still going downward.

I agree with absolutely every thing that you have written—about Breaking Bad, about House not growing as a human, about Jackie being endlessly compelling. Having said that, in the season premiere, Jackie has finally passed into I'm-sick-and-tired-of-your-bullshit territory for me, and my empathy and sympathy for her…

I have never seen this before. Count me as an old. But, I think I just fell in lust. I just can’t stop smiling. I think I’ll watch it a time or two more. You’re doing God’s work by posting this. Thank you!

My dad had the surgery done while in his 70s, too. If I recall, he said that you had to have a certain percentage of your vision impeded by the hoodedness to get it covered through medicaid. My dad's was at about 70% or something. It was crazy. The doctor did a nice job. My dad didn't have that crazy wide-eyed look…

All these girls talk about BB cream. I feel so left out. What is it? Do you mind telling me?

Harlequin used to have a video series, as well. Back in the early 1980s, before Blockbuster opened and became a thing, I would go to the local video store and pick up a Harlequin video and watch it. I remember that they were coded as to how steamy the romance/sex would get in them, similar to the novels, I suppose.

This thread is the best thing in my life right now! You people are MY PEOPLE! NOW I NEED, MY HAVE, AN ELIZABETH TAYLOR CAFTAN!

I think South Dakota is a beautiful state. Not to mention that North by Northwest was filmed there, at least parts of it were. And that movie has that wonderful, sexy, seduction scene in the train car between Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.

I got the same one! I wish I had kept it, but darnit, it got thrown out along the way somewhere and I don't have it any more. It was truly frightening.

Your dressing table is absolutely marvelous.

I have several pairs of these and they keep my ears warm. I love them. They're really great.