Canary In The Bitmine

Link dump

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:32:12 GMT

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Link dump

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:42:50 GMT

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Narrative timelines

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:57:10 GMT

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Xkcd has what I can only say is a brilliant rendition of

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Link dump

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:54:07 GMT

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Delicious.com tag cloud at 25K links

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:25:06 GMT

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The tag cloud for 25,000 links is:

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Just slipped over the 25,000 links mark on delicious.com

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:05 GMT

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I just posted my 25,003-rd link to delicious.com and, after checking for the exact date, I found that my last major bookmark milestone was 20,000 back on March 27th, 2008.

AAAWG notes

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:43:36 GMT

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First, congratulations goes out to Stephanie Feldstein for landing an agent this last weekend.

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Link dump

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:19:49 GMT

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Link dump

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:19:31 GMT

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AAAWG notes

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:55:48 GMT

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The Tuesday meeting of AAAWG

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Link dump

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:26:16 GMT

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Example of ‘killing your darlings’ from All You Quantum Zombies

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:27:08 GMT

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If you are a writer you may have heard of the admonition “kill your darlings“.

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16 well-regarded books on the craft of writing compiled by Patrick

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:32:49 GMT

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Patrick handed out the following list of recommended books at yesterday evening’s AAAWG meeting.

In descending Amazon.com users’ 5-star ranking percentage.

On Writing: Memoirs of the Craft by Stephen King (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 94% (638/682)
Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent’s Eye by Katharine Sands (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 88% (21/24)
Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 85% (76/89)
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne and Dave King (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 83% (105/127)
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 80% (37/46)
Creating Poetry by John Drury (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 80% (8/10)
The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 79% (312/394)
Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 78% (49/63)
On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinseer (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 76% (135/178)
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 75% (15/20)
Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript by Cynthia Laufenber (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 73% (11/15)
How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 72% (71/98)
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 72% (43/60)
How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them by Sol Stein (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 65% (20/31)
Give ‘Em What They Want by Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 63% (5/8)
The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 58% (81/140)

Note: Amazon.com title searchs are used when there are multiple editions.

Date: 2009/10/06 AAAWG Tuesday night meeting at Borders Books, Arborland, Ann Arbor

Wiki version: 16 well-regarded books on the craft of writing compiled by Patrick

Link dump

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:21:41 GMT

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Link dump

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:54:25 GMT

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AAAWG notes

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:40:25 GMT

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The Tuesday meeting of AAAWG

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Link dump

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:32:11 GMT

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AAAWG notes

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:28:22 GMT

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The Tuesday meeting of AAAWG

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Link dump

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:03:43 GMT

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AAAWG notes

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:15:28 GMT

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The Tuesday meeting of AAAWG

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Link dump

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:03:34 GMT

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Submitted “Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree”

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:36:28 GMT

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I managed to finish the rewrite on "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree" and get it submitted to the Ann Arbor Book Fair Short Story Contest, too.

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Submitted “All You Quantum Zombies”

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:16:18 GMT

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I’ve submitted "All You Quantum Zombies" to the Ann Arbor Book Fair Short Story Contest and am trying to put enough polish on my heavily tweaked "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree" in time to get it in by midnight. It’s a bit dicey as to whether or not I’ll get it into shape and within the word count (you can guess which of those is more difficult for me). Nose to the grind-stone and no writers' group for me tonight.

Last minute work on “Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree”

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:22:19 GMT

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Hacking and slashing, I’ve been busy rewriting the last third of "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree". More action! More danger! Less words! (But not less dialogue.)

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Productive workout leads to opening scene for “Nulspace Sargasso”

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:59:47 GMT

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Just finished up an hour on the epicycle.

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