When Ravna had worked for Vrinimi Org, she'd noticed customer interest in romance literature. It was probably the most idiosyncratic of all written art forms. No surprise there; when it was intelligible, romance lit gave more insight into an alien culture and psyche than anything this side of Transcendence. - Vernor Vinge, The Children of … Continue reading The Role of Romance
Month: October 2011
The Twitter Deal
or, as I like to think of it: Voluntary Public Embarrassment. Starting Wednesday, November 2, I am going to tweet daily one sentence from the night before's NaNoWriMo work. I'll tag the tweet #NaNoWriMo #SoD (sentence of the day), which will actually restrict me to 124 characters. (I am thinking in some cases this will … Continue reading The Twitter Deal
On Editing
(Warning: I'm sick, therefore this will be long-winded.) I have been reading a really good technical book. Those of you who read technical books know what a rarity this is. So many technical books are impenetrable, for one reason or another: they explain too little, they explain too much, they are poorly (or completely un-) … Continue reading On Editing
Less Is More
Sometimes I think Twitter is going to ruin my writing. Everything comes out now in 140 characters or less. I tweet more than I write on Facebook - although sometimes I think that's because the people who've friended me on Facebook expect real, profound thoughts when I post there - or at least some bit … Continue reading Less Is More
