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Why Are Ghost Writers More Important Than Ever

Remember all those predictions about how the internet would decimate the writing profession (journalists, novelists, etc.)? That turned out to be true for some, but not for all. The fact is that there are more writers today than ever. I wonder if the seers ever stopped to consider how the Web or the Internet could possibly function without the written word. Somebody has to write what we need to read just to get through a normal day (in cyberspace).A text here, a text there, everywhere a text.Ghost Writers

Reminds me of an old tune from the early 70s (“A sign here, a sign there, everywhere a sign”).The next written text you read may be nothing more than snappy spiel about some company’s unique wares or services. It may be as pithy as a slogan, title or a news headline. And no doubt it contains an important visual aspect flickering within sight. Visual effects are all-important to modern communication.But can you imagine googling off to a website or blog, navigating it, purchasing a product or service, or doing anything at all with only icons to go by? I mean no guiding text or instructions. Icons aren’t standardized to a point of universal recognition.Ghost Writers

It’s just humanBlind people have the advantage of using special software to listen rather than having to read, say, a product description. However, the content they listen to also has to be created by copywriters, ghosts and editors. Unless of course it is “computer-generated.”When I was very young, it pained me to imagine any human having to endure the task of writing a whole book (re: the kind adults read, with no pictures in it). Writing on such an “awesome” scale seemed purgatorial.Ghost Writers

So, I took comfort in the thought that the longest books, at least, might mercifully have been written by “machines.” How else?The people who invented language-generating software, as we now call this technology, must have had equally “troubled” childhoods. The difference is that the fruits of their labor are observable everywhere today.Ghost Writers

Mind you, language software still manages to produce grammatically sound but nauseatingly generic, disembodied and rickety writing. This “genre,” if I may dignify it with a label, will always be the Muzak of the writing field.Which brings us back to “writers,” that subspecies of the human race that can do so much more than machines, because we writers happen to be both human and beings capable of writing.

Try to imagine the Internet or Web without our profession. That bookshelf you just purchased with no instruction manual? No, wait–that’s too easy (if the instructions can be understood in Chinesenglish, they would in computenglish as well.)Ghost Writers

Look, all you have to do is imagine everything written out there. Billions of web pages, blogs, e-mail correspondence, not to mention the SPAM?There are definitely more “writers” than before, though still not enough to do all the writing necessary to meet the present demand. And the best among them, already more numerous than at any time in history, are making a good living at it, to boot

Haunted Beardslee Castle Ghosts and Other Paranormal Activity

Built on haunted Mohawk Valley ground, Beardslee Castle , now a restaurant, has ghosts, poltergeist activity and other inexplicable events. When Augustus and Lavina Beardslee were on a European vacation in the early 1860s, she fell in love with the castles, especially an Irish one. He hired an architect to create a copy of that castle, then brought back the blueprints and Irish stone masons to build it in the Mohawk Valley on land that had already seen its share of tragedy. Also read How to Detect Paranormal Activity One-hundred years earlier, during the French and Indian War, the land housed a French homestead or fort, according to varying references, filled with ammunition. A band of AmerIndians slipped into the fort and accidentally blew it up when sparks from their torches ignited gun powder. Beardslee Castle was the scene of subsequent tragedies. The building and its grounds are haunted. Ghosts of Beardslee Castle People have sensed a strong AmerIndian presence on the grounds and ...

Classical Music-A History of Classical Music: Basic Terms

A History of Classical Music: Basic Terms This page will help familiarize you with any musical terms you may need to brush up on during our ongoing discussion of classical music history. A History of Classical Music: Basic Terms to Know In our series tracing the history and development of classical music, we will be using the following terms, explained here for your reference. Atonal : The lack of tonality (see Tonal). Atonal music contains pitches or harmonies in which there is no hierarchy or order in relation to a “home” or tonic pitch of a key. Atonal music, because it lacks a sense of structure, tends to sound disconcerting to some listeners. Counterpoint : An advanced type of polyphony in which two or more different melodic voices move independently of each other but are related harmonically. It differs from mere overall polyphony because of this harmonic element. Two or more melodic lines played together but with no regard for the harmonies that are created is polyphonic, but...

Purebred Dogs - What, me resemble my dog?

Purebred Dogs - What, me resemble my dog? More than meets the eye…. We’ve all seen those articles that infer that a dog owner begins to take on the outward appearance of their dog. I for one, feel I have little physically in common with my dog (a KBT). I’m sure you would agree this premise does not have enough documentation! Certainly I did not choose Maggie because she would resemble me! People own dogs for different reasons and in an earlier article I dealt with choosing your pet based on exercise time, training time, home alone time, grooming time, and physical attributes. Now I’d like to look at the less objective reasons for dog ownership. Are dog owners of the same breed similar? Do you fit the profile of other owners for your breed? Check How dogs and their Owner’s Personalities are Similar where significant research is posted on the similarities among owners of same breeds as compared to other dog breed owners. This site is worth a visit if you own, or if you are...

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