Functionally, I use supernatural to mean anything that exists in violation of the known laws of nature. This is a relative definition, but also a fluid one. It allows for some overlap between science and the supernatural. Things that are considered supernatural at one time might be realized as natural later.
I use the terms supernatural, otherworldly, and paranormal as synonyms in my book. Most of the time, I favor the term otherworldly. The agency that investigates and tracks supernatural creatures and events for the U.S. Government in my books uses the term otherworldly in their name: Section for Otherwordly Research and Defence, SORD. This is a new name for the agency, taken when it was placed under the Department of Homeland Security. Before, it was two separate agencies, one in the FBI the other in the NSA. The former was called Weird Events Bureau (WEB) and the latter Otherwordly Research Division (ORD). These were combined into one agency after 9/11. ORD was mostly scientists and analysts, while WEB handled the law enforcement aspect. The combined agency makes an appearance in Max's first book, then again in the 3rd and 4th Dragon's Blood Chronicles books.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
From Formspring: What is your biggest pet peeve? Something that makes you want to pull your hair out?
Use of the following alleged words or phrases:
Irregardless - NOT a WORD!
Could Care Less - It's "couldn't care less." If you COULD care less, it means you care to some degree.
At this point in time - Unless you are giving a lecture on temporal physics, don't say this.
Get-r-done - Was never funny.
More/Most Unique - Unique means one of a kind, nothing else like it. Something is either unique or not.
Mankind - I don't give a rats ass about political correctness, but it annoys me when people say this when they could easily say "humankind."
Antisocial - Commonly misused when people mean asocial, as in refusing to socialize. An asocial person stays in his room during the party. An antisocial person burns down the house.
Irregardless - NOT a WORD!
Could Care Less - It's "couldn't care less." If you COULD care less, it means you care to some degree.
At this point in time - Unless you are giving a lecture on temporal physics, don't say this.
Get-r-done - Was never funny.
More/Most Unique - Unique means one of a kind, nothing else like it. Something is either unique or not.
Mankind - I don't give a rats ass about political correctness, but it annoys me when people say this when they could easily say "humankind."
Antisocial - Commonly misused when people mean asocial, as in refusing to socialize. An asocial person stays in his room during the party. An antisocial person burns down the house.
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