Picked up The Jewel Hinged Jaw, Samuel Delany. Because Delany came up in a conversation recently and then I came across this little screed on io9:overmind http://io9.com/5910814/what-samuel-r-delany-can-tell-publishing-about-its-latest-trend Typically shallow but hits a pain point of mine about how many authors have succumbed to the production line via ghost writers and co-authors and how the product …
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Leaving Gmail. It’s Not Me It’s You.
New Look Sux. That’s the title of an email thread that went around my universe. No one likes the new look of Gmail. You can search the web for details of the usability nightmare. But let me just offer this one tidbit. The CSS is so broken that the pages often don’t render well in Google’s …
Brief Note: Who’s in Your Twitter?
Coming under the heading of Don’t Put Yourself in the Position to be Jealous. I have a twitter stream full of authors whose work I adore, or whose way of working I admire. Every time one of them gets a good review, publishes a book, or places a story, I cheer. I love that the …
#FridayReads — 3.feb
This week was all about the short stories. Many available free on the ‘net From the World SF blog. The City of Silence by Ma Boyong. A little too easy update of 1984 for the web ruled city. I suspect that there is better material by the same writer. The House of Aunts. Zen ChoTo …
Why Morning Linkage Died and What’s Next for ShinyMagpie
Short version. A switch from curation to creation. Slightly longer version. Morning Linkage was path to finding my way back into thinking about story telling. It is now time to start telling stories of my own again. There’s an even longer version but that should probably stay between me, my therapist, and the happy band of …
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