The Temperamental Author in Motion, October 2025 Version – Bredemarket

Whereas transferring textual content from a reviewer’s copy to my grasp for a latest challenge, I inserted the next short-term remark into my grasp:

And sure, I used the Oxford comma to protect the integrity of George Washington, a seamstress and a pirate.

And there’s one remark I didn’t make in writing. I simply voiced it.

DON’T PUT TWO SPACES AFTER PERIODS.

Temperamental writers are temperamental, in spite of everything.