March 2010
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“METAPHOR IS NOT A MAGIC GET-OUT-OF-STUPID CARD.”
– the always awesome Dr. PZ Myers
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gatsbylives asked: What do you think about unfinished works being published after an author dies? Would you want someone to publish any unfinished work of yours posthumously, or would you prefer it to stay unpublished?
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“The only winning move is not to play.”
– Voltaire, I think. Or maybe Dante.
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"The dream always starts the same way. The sound...
Bit from a short story in progress. You can read the entire first draft over here if you’re so inclined.
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There is a clear difference between hyperbolic...
Those who can’t discern subtlety should probably find better things over which to pick silly fights.
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O HAI
Hello to the approximately 100 new followers I’ve gained in the last hour via the Tumblr Radar.
As an explanation, the illustration of the jetpack dinosaur is not mine. It was drawn by my awesome pal Angela Black, who co-authors the Low Resolution Theatre webcomic with me.
This particular dino was from an old comic of ours, and I’ve adopted him as my personal mascot of sorts. This...
fuiru asked: On an artistic as well as a practical level, what's your favourite type of shorthand, Pitman or Teeline?
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Jeeves and the Order of Battle
“Jeeves!” I called from the roiling waters of the tub, “That was the third bell. Could you please answer the door?”
“At once, sir,” he said as he strolled past the open washroom door.
By the huffing noises coming from somewhere down the hallway I inferred that my visitor was, alas, my Aunt Myrtle, who I’d explicitly told not to drop by when we’d spoken on the telephone earlier in the day....
everythinginthesky asked: God, you smell good. What is that, the pungent pheromones of Elder Gods?
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My impression of March Madness
Dribble dribble dribble.
Shoot.
Airball.
Foul.
Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial.
Freethrow.
Commercial. Commercial. Commercial.
Timeout.
Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial.
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You know that tired adage "write what you know"?
It’s utter crap. Forget it.
At the very least, outgrow it.
Write what you want to know.
Confront the questions and puzzles and secrets and I-wonder-hows and what-ifs that itch at the back of your brain late at night, and make up the answers. Just make them up. Then write the living fuck out of them.
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"Lando's cape" is the new "MacGuffin"
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I'm certainly not going to lobby any of you to...
Because that’s just tacky.
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milkglassmao asked: What was your favorite toy as a child?
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scotttfriday-deactivated2011021 asked: i think i would cry if i met either member of LRT in real life.
for different reasons than ange's tweet.
for different reasons than ange's tweet.
froggeek asked: Kraft Singles, or Borden Sliced American?
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The story was written by her.
There is a woman in my MFA program whose Passive Voice switch is permanently stuck in the “ON” position. It’s maddening.
I can’t decide if she got admitted because she’s boning the department chair, or if she is actually a genius who defies all common grammatical edicts as a way of elevating her storytelling into a completely new form of art.
wordishness asked: What do you think John Steinbeck's favorite iPhone game would have been?
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Just made some brown sugar simple syrup
themattsmith:
so that I can try a prototype of a drink that Tony is working on.
First I thought, “Huh, I didn’t know I was working on a drink.” Then a microsecond later I reminded myself I’m not the only Tony on the internet. Apparently.
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I think I'm the only person I know who's *not*...
No one would have wanted to hear my “Harness the Energy of Jell-O™ Jigglers” talk anyway.
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Note mostly to self:
First drafts are supposed to suck.
Apparently it is "Unsolicited Pedantry Week"
I wish I had noted it on my calendar beforehand.
What is this pill, and why is there a walrus in my...
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notactuallyme asked: Sweetie wants to read about Shackelton. Which is your favorite book by/about him?
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I consider it "startup capital".
The ROI will most assuredly exceed the initial investment.
