Seriously, where did all the toilet paper go?

((My graduate training is in epidemiology and public health, and I'd like to think I know whereof I speak. This will be off-topic—possibly a more inane blog post than I've ever made here. You know what it's about.))

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And to those of you who know what's going on, I am not at all being facetious.

I wrote something. I guess it's a bit of perspective for me to say it really doesn't matter that much to me whether you read it. But it concerns Flarity, if you're interested. (And if you're wondering, it's not a philosophical discussion about anything; it's just a story.)

((This is an explanation of I peered into oblivion yesterday., but it also elaborates upon many personal struggles, chief among them the title of this post. I'd advise you to read the story if you haven't already. I warn you once again: if you do not want to hear about sensitive personal matters or are not mature enough to respect them, do not read this post.))

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Listen > Language > Lust

Obsolete > Oneirology > O——

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If there was ever any doubt that I'm still a terrible author . . .

I thought I understood how to write characters, Rarity most of all . . .

Why didn't I catch something so obvious? . . .

Do I know what a good story is anymore? . . .

So much of future stories depends on what happens in this one; what does it mean when I got this one so wrong? . . .

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Wow. Do I have a lot to own up for with this post. I have a few things to talk about with all you guys. First off, to address the rather blatant elephant in the room . . .

Sorry. Fluttershy's been getting to know a new friend. She'll see him out. [Source]

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And now that I got your attention with that little expletive . . .

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This is Grammer a Week, the periodic blog program-thing where I soapbox about a grammar subject I find interesting. You might, too! This week's installment is about commonly confused words and whether they should be written as one or two. Onto vs. on to? Into vs. in to? Everyday vs. every day? There are dozens of these compound words that can either appear stuck together or separated by a space. Though some word pairs have the same meaning when stuck together, some are subtly different.

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This is Grammer a Week, the periodic blog program-thing where I soapbox about a grammar subject I find interesting. You might, too! This week's installment is about the active and passive voice. You might have heard of this term before. Maybe your teacher told it to you, or maybe some well-meaning critic informed you that your entire story was written wrong. However you came to know this term, or even if you haven't, it's important to know how to use each voice and where.

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I get it; grammar is confusing. I mean, there's a reason why I make these blog posts on grammar—it's because I know it's confusing, I do research so I can be less confused, and I figured some of my readers could benefit from that research. But that brings to mind the operative question: why? Why do we care about something so trivial as where to place dots with little twiddles at the ends? The answer is, as many things are, complicated.

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