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keilexandra) wrote2008-12-10 11:48 pm
keilexandra) wrote2008-12-10 11:48 pm
Yuletide update + Link Anthology 12/10/2008
Yuletide is due in exactly 10 days, and I haven't written a single word yet. Nor have I even finished rereading the book, although I think I have enough of a refresher to write on. Strangely, I am not yet in panic mode, probably because I'm panicking about other nearer things. And last year, I wrote my fic in two sittings three days before the deadline. I didn't even hate it. Still, I don't know if I can pull off the same feat when ficcing an author I idolize. Not to mention that I have secured a beta in the form of kate_nepveu, so I should be answerable to her and finish my story earlier. I do have some vague noodling, but no concrete ideas--any prompt suggestions, for image/theme especially? I am generally incapable of cramming plot into 1000 words and will not have the energy or willpower to set myself up to write more.
* Almost a month late, but better late than never: POC in SF Carnival, IBARW3 Edition. Blogging about racism isn't limited to one week!
* On SH, William Mingin's review of Realms: the First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Nick Mamatas and Sean Wallace provides links to free stories, Clarkesworld being a free online magazine. With good taste, I might add--I had read two of the stories in the anthology already from internets-linkage. I skimmed the others, but my favorite is definitely the cutting and powerful tale by Michael de Kler (who is unknown to me), "The First Female President." I admit that I have a weak spot for dystopia politics; still.
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two_star, whom I know solely via yhlee for his awesome song "The Maid of Féil," discusses the look-and-say mathematical sequence and fractalizes it. The result is quite pretty.
* Not atheistic, really--God for the Godless: Salman Rushdie's Secular Sermon.
* Let me Google that for you.
* 28 reasons that Twilight the movie is better than Twilight the book, presented as a picture essay; also, the terribly intelligenthelen_keeble with adroit analysis of Twilight's appeal that resonates with me for perhaps obvious reasons.
* For those who care, the College Board's new SAT score choice policy and how it may be no help at all.
* Finally, xkcd posters! This is so going on my Xmas wishlist, if only as a self-reminder. The Online Communities poster would be so much fun to put in my room. And about half the products would be good presents for one programmer-geek friend, but unfortunately (and fortunately) I've already bought his present (it was a lot cheaper too).
A final musing: exactly how much do I love Semagic with quick links, quick user-links, and sensible HTML implementation? Much.
* Almost a month late, but better late than never: POC in SF Carnival, IBARW3 Edition. Blogging about racism isn't limited to one week!
* On SH, William Mingin's review of Realms: the First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Nick Mamatas and Sean Wallace provides links to free stories, Clarkesworld being a free online magazine. With good taste, I might add--I had read two of the stories in the anthology already from internets-linkage. I skimmed the others, but my favorite is definitely the cutting and powerful tale by Michael de Kler (who is unknown to me), "The First Female President." I admit that I have a weak spot for dystopia politics; still.
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two_star, whom I know solely via yhlee for his awesome song "The Maid of Féil," discusses the look-and-say mathematical sequence and fractalizes it. The result is quite pretty.* Not atheistic, really--God for the Godless: Salman Rushdie's Secular Sermon.
* Let me Google that for you.
* 28 reasons that Twilight the movie is better than Twilight the book, presented as a picture essay; also, the terribly intelligent
helen_keeble with adroit analysis of Twilight's appeal that resonates with me for perhaps obvious reasons.* For those who care, the College Board's new SAT score choice policy and how it may be no help at all.
* Finally, xkcd posters! This is so going on my Xmas wishlist, if only as a self-reminder. The Online Communities poster would be so much fun to put in my room. And about half the products would be good presents for one programmer-geek friend, but unfortunately (and fortunately) I've already bought his present (it was a lot cheaper too).
A final musing: exactly how much do I love Semagic with quick links, quick user-links, and sensible HTML implementation? Much.