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My latest Babel Clash, in which I agree with Sam–mostly–and so the world must end.

…mostly for you other writers out there, but I’ll take help from anyone.

Do any of you know of any resources online that give suggestions on how to convey certain accents in written dialog? I can, if necessary, just search for specific examples in fiction of the accents in question, but it’d be a lot easier if there were a centralized source.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

One of my final Babel Clash entries is up (at least for this go-round), in which I am forced to resort to ever-desperate insults because we keep agreeing with each other. Bleah.

(And yeah, it’s up a lot later in the day than normal. Sorry ’bout that…)

Just a reminder that voting is still open for the David Gemmell Legend awards, and that The Conqueror’s Shadow (British edition, published by Gollancz) is one of the nominations.

There’s a huge amount of very impressive competition, so I can’t honestly say I expect to win, but I’d love to at least make a halfway decent showing. A little help, kind sirs and ladies? 🙂

I cheated and did two columns this time around. (But it’s Sam’s fault, for trying to change the subject.)

First column is here.

Second column is here.

(And you can find Sam’s most recent one here, though I can’t imagine there’s any good reason to read it, except maybe for context.) 😉