Notes"I was still somehow brainwashed, though, as perhaps many people still are today, into believing that Word was the âseriousâ word-processor: the professional tool for anyone who did heavy lifting with language."Unfurl
Notes"You see, Iâve fallen into that blogging trap where you start to feel as if you have to write a very long and involved essay in order to post to your blog."Unfurl
Notes"take your XML source (using the format defined in RFC 2629 and its unofficial successor) and see how the results look like in the original ASCII look-and-feel or the new modern HTML rendition of that look-and-feel."Unfurl
Notes"CommentPress, a free, open source theme for the WordPress blog engine designed to allow paragraph-by-paragraph commenting in the margins of a text."Unfurl
Notes"where I was signing and where the books would be signed would be separated by 3,000 miles. This all seemed fairly science fictiony to me, so I said sure, Iâd give it a try."Unfurl
Notes"The problem is I just donât know what will happen in the future. And neither do you. So if youâre about to sign a contract of any sort with a noncompete clause, try to get out of it."Unfurl
Notes"A publishing agreement should be a partnership, and if an editor is doing his or her job it should be part of an ongoing relationship with the most valuable asset any publisher has - its authors. If both parties are reasonable and understand the otherâUnfurl
Notes"You know what? I'm bored with my trauma. That's it. I'm putting it out there and I am putting it to bed. I can't make the scars go away, and there is no catharsis that will kiss it and make it all better. But I can treat the damage just like everything eUnfurl
Notes"Although I don't spend much time in the blogosphere, I am awareâparticularly through emailings from various SFWA committee membersâ that the use of the term "webscab" has touched off something of a firestorm."Unfurl
Notes"This happens much more quickly now, sometimes at head-spinning speed. The downside is more bad writing is making it out there onto the internet; the upside is that good writers can find an audience, too. The other downside, of course, is that you might nUnfurl
Notes"I think that blogging is a natural fit for introverts. I blog because it's such a convenient way for me to connect with people. I blog when I want to. ... I can withdraw and re-join without anyone noticing."Unfurl
Notes"A ficlet is a short story that enables you to collaborate with the world. Once youâve written and shared your ficlet, any other user can pick up the narrative thread by adding a prequel or sequel."Unfurl
Notes"This lexicon was compiled by Mr Lewis Shiner and myself from the work of many writers and critics over many years of genre history, and it contains buzzwords, notions and critical terms of direct use to SF workshops."Unfurl
Notes"This lexicon was compiled by Mr Lewis Shiner and myself from the work of many writers and critics over many years of genre history, and it contains buzzwords, notions and critical terms of direct use to SF workshops."Unfurl
Notes"Iâm not suggesting that authors or publishers purposely try to game the Amazon.com reviewer system. However, there are several ways authors can participate to be sure that their voice is part of the conversation."Unfurl
NotesI want to go to Clarion someday. Need to start writing more, first. "This summer marks the first year that the venerable Clarion Writers' Workshop will run at the University of California at San Diego."Unfurl
Notes"Unlike the goal of 50,000 words in a month, which really isn't a goal at all, the goal of ShortStoryAWeek (that old sSaw) is to produce a good, readable short story once a week."Unfurl
Notes"Victor Hugo ... concocted a unique scheme to force himself to write: he had his servant take all of his clothes away for the day and leave his own nude self with only pen and paper, so heâd have nothing to do but sit down and write."FeedUnfurl
Notes"Just because most blog entries arenât written for posterity doesnât mean that many canât be or shouldnât be. My view is that blogs are becoming our resumes, our digital portfolios, our public identities."Unfurl
Notes"Being a self-employed writer is not a lifestyle that suits everyone. In fact, there are a lot of misconceptions about what the job entails."FeedUnfurl
Notes"Want to write a science fiction story but can't think of a character or problem to write about? Below is a suggested way to use the Mission Control chapter of the multiple-award-winning book, Space Station Science, as a springboard to create your own shoUnfurl
Notes"I sat next to Cory at a conference today. It was like playing basketball next to Michael Jordan. Cory was looking at more than 30 screens a minute."Unfurl
Notes"These rules (and their runes) create a scaffold for the brain, which, now able to engage with complex ideas in contemplative solitude as opposed to interlocution, begins to conceive of itself as an individual entity rather than as part of a collective. LUnfurl
Notes"Ever since Gamer Theory we've been thinking about how to design social environments for texts that aren't as conveniently hyper-structured as McKenzie Wark's."Unfurl
Notes"It seems the writing totem was a big source of support for participants in this yearâs NaNoWriMo and from this post in the forum it helped a lot of people achieve their target."Unfurl
Notes"There has never been a time when more people were reading more words by more authors. The Internet is a literary world of written words. What a fine thing that is for writers."Unfurl
Notes"WriteRoom is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, WriteRoom is just about you and your text."Unfurl
Notes"The purpose of writing prompts is to give yourself ideas to write when you don't have any - either to start off a short story or to get yourself unstuck in the middle of a story when you don't know where to go."Unfurl
Notes"The networked book is here: the new agora/plaza/forum where author, publisher, and readers congregate to ponder, discuss, joke, enjoy, and refer."Unfurl
Notes"It seems like itâs been forever since I stopped at an abnormally long traffic light in my hometown and wondered why the internet has daily blogs, daily webcomics, and no daily fiction."Unfurl
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