Sentences with phrase «writes snarky»

Until the zombie apocalypse, she lives in the Tucson with her husband and two cats and writes snarky urban fantasy about monsters and zombies.

When some Evangelical magazines and websites wrote snarky things about my participation in my gay son's wedding, several prominent Evangelicals contacted me in private and said, «You did the right thing.»

Not exact matches

Over the next few hours this blog will move to springplans.ca / news, where Julia and I will continue writing thoughtful, snarky, intelligent stuff about...

Over the next few hours this blog will move to springplans.ca / news, where Julia and I will continue writing thoughtful, snarky, intelligent stuff about all things financial.

I have to laugh at so many of these comments, it's relatively easy to decipher the mindset behind most of them, especially the negative, snarky ones written obviously by a 20 something or even younger whose biggest challenge in life to date is what video game to play while mom is making his eggs and bacon.

True, if I write something snarky in my word processor, I can go back and fix it before I send it to the recipient.

Then, a well - known writer and blogger, Matthew Paul Turner wrote a rather snarky but fantastic response.

While I am not prone to writing in the somewhat snarky and definitly sarcastic tone Wise employed in his Tuesday column, and although he seemed to mostly align himself with the group at Aspen - led by Dr. Bob Cantu - that views football as too dangerous to be played before the age of 14 (a position with which I respectfully disagree), I did find myself agreeing with what seemed to be his main point: that whatever measures are instituted to protect player safety will get us nowhere if the culture on NFL fields (and by extension, the high school, middle school, and youth gridiron) doesn't change.

It's also obvious how much easier it is to fill space with thoughtless, snarky rants and vents than to take time to write with civility, kindness, understanding, and empathy.

Snarky and has a great writing style.

Deadpool told an essentially simple love - and - revenge story, drenched in snarky attitude and unceasing cleverness in the writing, direction and acting.

Whedon's skill at combining heroic speechmaking with smartly snarky humor — a trait he honed writing «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Firefly,» and that he perfected in the «Avengers» movies — gets a workout here, with Miller benefitting the most with his reading of Barry as a socially awkward speedster whose mouth is nearly as fast as his feet.

If you're writing for a younger audience, then be pithy, smug and snarky.

Fans of Whedon, of course, love his perpetual insistence on hip, snarky banter at all times, but there's always a tinge of smugness to the way these characters are written that will likely irk those who aren't already decidedly on board.

In other hands (let's take a moment to note Joaquin Phoenix is hard to imagine in the role as written) the character might have been difficult to pull off, but like RDJ - Stark, Cumberbatch is so charming you cheer along with his snarky demonstrations of skills and as he playfully alpha dogs his colleagues.

«With a sneaky comic tone swerving between earnest compassion and snarky derision, a middle - aged protagonist chewed up by ennui, and a colorful array of character actors populating a kitsch - Americana setting, «Downsizing» has all the hallmarks of an Alexander Payne film,» IndieWire's Ben Croll wrote in his B - review out of Venice.

As the blogger and founder of Reel Talk Online, I write film reviews, news and features that bridge the gap between critical and audience response, and engage readers through honest, sometimes snarky commentary that explores core themes of film, with an emphasis on the collision of politics and entertainment.

What those people overlooked is that Whedon excels at writing for an ensemble cast, and that he has other voices in his dialogue bag besides snarky teen.

Deadpool 2 plays like a YouTube video review of itself, with snarky commentary about how some bit of knowledge might have been useful in the first act, comparisons of «that moment when things hit rock bottom» with the same moment in Cool Runnings, announcing a big CG battle, or offering: «that's just lazy writing.»

And that one star, the one with the especially snarky, and yet cleverly crafted, dissertation - length review, may likely drive you from your dreams of writing anything ever again.

I'm not saying this to be snarky, some things don't translate well over text but how would you feel if someone told you how to write your books.

(Later clarification: Despite my snarky comments regarding Gomez» book, in general, I found that I agree with much of what he writes — except I still think the title is bad and, frankly, not what the book is truly about.)

Some can be snarky and useless, so do check with other users before you put your fledgling writing out there.

In relating the Schmalhausen controversy, Time magazine took what I thought was a somewhat snarky position about the superintendent's objections, writing «Heaven only knows how many neuroses little David might develop.»

Point taken, and I'd love to hear more from Dizzle, whose snarky and well - written blog is titled «i drank the kool - aid clutching my dixie cup of apple goodness.»

And other than a few moments of mild pleasure gained from writing your super clever and snarky response, there's absolutely nothing to be gained from being nasty with anyone, much less people who can directly affect your book sales.

As I mentioned in the previous post, it would be prudent to write with a style that fits the genre of the manuscript you are querying, as well as your own personal flair (is your MC a snarky fifteen - year - old or an 18th century vampire?

I mention this because I have received snarky comments about errors / typos for posts I've written for this blog.

I had to ask myself whether the priority of the post was to vent my own frustration and nail specific writers or publications for biffing it (and give readers a weapon with which to bludgeon future transgressors), or to provide a snarky - but - instructional guide to the writers who want to write well about comics.

Zoe is perhaps the most realistically - written teenager and female protagonist in gaming right now, balancing her insecurities with snarky observations and kind - heartedness in equal measure and making for a truly rounded character.

Some great writing went into the levity this snarky ghost brings to the game.

Even his more snarky writing is diplomatic and empathetic.

My wish — for the mentioned climateaudit writers who comment there after reading here, as well as for those writing here — footnote even the snarky, witty, insider jabs — remember those of us who aren't insiders on the science do pay attention to how it's presented, and value the effort made here in public to talk about it as it's being researched.

Since Mike Mann has a penchant for flailing out with snarky insults at anyone who questions anything he says, writes, or does, the really juicy and libelous stuff he shared with the rest of the Team trioika (i.e. Handen and Bradley) is probably hiding among those University of Virginia e-mails he's so desparate to claim as his very private and very personal correspondence.

Hi Scott, I understand what you are saying and do regret some of the more snarky preambles I have written.

I could say something snarky like» Yer all pansies, I used to toggle binary programs into an Altair MITS on the front panel and read the output from the blinky lights»... or mention the time I learned «APL» out of curiosity (and wrote a program about 40 characters long that did about 5 pages worth of work — but they don't call it a «write only» language for nothing, the next day I couldn't read it... Yeah, that APL, the one that needs a custom keyboard with hieroglyphics on it... Ah, the days... I'm SO glad they are gone

Posts include snarky op - eds related to the legal news of the day, columns written by law students and young practicing lawyers about their experiences in the profession, coverage of quirky legal news stories — and a weekly caption contest.

Despite my overly charming personality and writing style, I occasionally get snarky comments on a post.

I wrote once that «Justice Scalia is often snarky, but he gets as good as he gives.»

Jack believes that your being snarky or trying to impress by writing in third person makes you look cocky.