Harry Potter's parents were killed because their personal data, data that they thought was secure and would not be used without their consent, was compromised by Peter Pettigrew, the very person to whom they had entrusted the data.
Sometime today I'll put the last of the maple and oak that we cut in the spring of 2010 into the woodstove.
By now, most readers will have seen or heard about this year's manger scene on the lawn of the Claremont United Methodist Church in Claremont, Calif.
There is a dramatic principle, relevant for all writers of narrative whether fiction or non-fiction, known as “Chekhov’s Shotgun”.
