January 2012
14 posts
Free Download: "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor... →
via Project Gutenberg multiple formats (including Kindle)
Three Pieces of Formatting Advice for Writers
zagorin:
I’ve just gone through the process of submitting some short stories — for other writers out there, I’d figure I’d toss out a few tips that I learned today which may save you some busywork.
1 — Publishers care about formatting; to create a manuscript that EVERYONE will accept, do the following:
a. Use this template — its by no means universal, but if you’re someone who gets distracted...
“Reading gives one something to think about other than one’s self.”
– Tom Bissell (via mythologyofblue)
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“Attempting to live life the way they’ve always lived it — by preserving...”
– Why E-books Are Turning the Library and Publishing Worlds Upside Down « The Scholarly Kitchen (via infoneer-pulse)
“Attempting to live life the way they’ve always lived it — by preserving...”
– Why E-books Are Turning the Library and Publishing Worlds Upside Down « The Scholarly Kitchen (via infoneer-pulse)
A must read collection of my posts on social...
“New Era” for Klout
Whuffie in 2012
Whuffie in 2012 (addition)
Monetizing Tumblr
The Need For a Non-Monetary Currency (Related to SOPA)
These are short and sweet, but important. Please reblog to share these thoughts with others.
Cory Doctorow's Little Brother becomes a must-see... →
blessedarethegeek:
This is cool! And if you haven’t read Little Brother, I highly recommend it. Actually, I recommend any Cory Doctorow. His Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is one of my favorite books of the last decade.
Mine too.
December 2011
28 posts
“Yet, he said, it is often our mightiest projects that most obviously betray the...”
– W. G. Sebald, “Austerlitz.”
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“The danger in writing science fiction is that, like masturbation, if you do too...”
– physicist Robert L. Park
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The Foundation Trilogy is available for free on... →
thebombbag:
“This has been a public service announcement.
CORRECTION: I thought this was an audio recording read by Asimov himself. Turns out, as I’m listening to it, it’s actually the BBC Foundation radio play which is 10x more awesome, maybe, don’t know…never heard it.”
Edan: Chapter 25 "Hoadi" →
Short excerpt from my soon to be published sci-fi novel.
“I’ve lived too long with pain. I won’t know who I am without it.”
– Andrew (Ender) wiggin (via harveyscool)
“1. Write every day. Anything you do every day gets easier. If you’re insanely...”
– Cory Doctorow in this article (via turnwrite)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain (via throughbulletsandhaze)
Ben Kingsley is Mazer Rackham in 'Ender's Game' →
captaintightpants:
notjanine:
AWESOME!!!
I’m going to find the casting director for this project and shake his hand (if male) or marry her (if female).
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth...
kindlerss:
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction:...
Out of a Writer’s Imagination Came an Interactive... →
When he was asked, toward the end of lunch, where he thought computing might be headed, he paused to rephrase the question. “I’ll tell you what I’d like to see happen,” he said, and began discussing what the future was supposed to have looked like, back in his 1960s childhood. He ticked off the tropes of what he called “techno-optimistic science fiction,” including flying cars and jetpacks. And...
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new...”
– Isaac Asimov (via azspot)
Kindle Fire Usability Findings →
azspot:
Amazon.com’s new Kindle Fire offers a disappointingly poor user experience. Using the web with the Silk browser is clunky and error-prone. Reading downloaded magazines is not much better. Still, user testing with the Fire did help us understand what the new generation of 7-inch tablets is good for: Are they more like 10-inch tablets (e.g., the iPad) or more like 3.5-inch mobile phones?...
Publishers Gild Books With ‘Special Effects’ to... →
infoneer-pulse:
Even as more readers switch to the convenience of e-books, publishers are giving old-fashioned print books a makeover.
Many new releases have design elements usually reserved for special occasions — deckle edges, colored endpapers, high-quality paper and exquisite jackets that push the creative boundaries of bookmaking. If e-books are about ease and expedience, the publishers...
“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, ‘Do not worry. You...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via fwarg)
“”I would rather be ashes than dust.
I would rather that my spark should...”
– Jack London
November 2011
22 posts
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Interview with Esau Kessler - on WRITING & my book... →
Half-hour scifi comedy makes it to pilot →
mattcaruso:
Paul McGillion, who played the late Dr. Beckett on Stargate Atlantis, is starring in the pilot of Captain Starship. The show follows McGillion’s character, an actor in an always-tacky scifi series. The show is said to have an edgy and 30 Rock-inspired sense of humor. The folks at GateWorld say it’s worth watching and I usually trust their taste.
Other Stargate actors make...
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Encounter, 1982 Low Budget Sci-Fi Animated Short by Joel Fletcher
“The more I dive into this matter of whaling, and push my researches up to the...”
– Herman Melville, on, according to Michael Chabon, the writing of fan fiction.
Today in 1851, Moby Dick was published in America to critical disdain, thus effectively ending Melville’s writing career. I’m happy we’ve warmed to the virtues of the book. Consider for a moment: the work that is...