The world is your oyster
Hey guys, I sent an email out yesterday about how this blog is now being linked to from the library's webpage. If you are looking for an audience now is the time to post. I'd like to see a few haikus from the last meeting up on here. Sure, mine are awesome but let's see some of yours.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
The Haikus from our exercise
OK, here's my three haikus based on the Lord of the Rings. One for each part of the trilogy.
The Fellowship of the Ring
An uncle's gold ring
a menagerie meets
I'll go on alone.
The Two Towers
"We'll fight the wizard."
"We'll enter the Dark Lord's land."
"Hey look! Walking trees!"
The Return of the King
That's one huge army...
Let's challenge a bigger one
Four fingers, no ring.
OK, here's my three haikus based on the Lord of the Rings. One for each part of the trilogy.
The Fellowship of the Ring
An uncle's gold ring
a menagerie meets
I'll go on alone.
The Two Towers
"We'll fight the wizard."
"We'll enter the Dark Lord's land."
"Hey look! Walking trees!"
The Return of the King
That's one huge army...
Let's challenge a bigger one
Four fingers, no ring.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
W.H. Auden on poetry
This quote from this article really caught my eye: "The girl whose boyfriend starts writing her love poems should be on her guard. Perhaps he really does love her, but one thing is certain: while he was writing his poems he was not thinking of her but of his own feelings about her and that is suspicious. Let her remember St Augustine’s confession of his feelings after the death of someone he loved very much: “I would rather have been deprived of my friend than of my grief.”"
This quote from this article really caught my eye: "The girl whose boyfriend starts writing her love poems should be on her guard. Perhaps he really does love her, but one thing is certain: while he was writing his poems he was not thinking of her but of his own feelings about her and that is suspicious. Let her remember St Augustine’s confession of his feelings after the death of someone he loved very much: “I would rather have been deprived of my friend than of my grief.”"
Monday, March 19, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Pass the paper
OK, this is the third time I have tried to write this post. Blogger!!!!
If you enjoyed the game of passing a paper around at writers night I found a website via John Scalzi that is trying to be the internets version of paper passing. You can check it out here. It's called Ficlets.
OK, this is the third time I have tried to write this post. Blogger!!!!
If you enjoyed the game of passing a paper around at writers night I found a website via John Scalzi that is trying to be the internets version of paper passing. You can check it out here. It's called Ficlets.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Free! Audio! Books!
Yes, they are free. Yes, they are in public domain and yes, they are read by volunteers. Still, free audio books.
Yes, they are free. Yes, they are in public domain and yes, they are read by volunteers. Still, free audio books.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
A survey by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg planning Dept
Got some opinions on how Charlotte is being developed? Tell the yokels in charge at the survey link to here.
Got some opinions on how Charlotte is being developed? Tell the yokels in charge at the survey link to here.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Poking around on the blog of the Scalzi guy Ed linked to, (yes I have no life) I found this pretty interesting post entitled "10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing." I thought some people would find it interesting/useful.
Here ya go!
Here ya go!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Accessible SF
I've read in quick succession recently two novels by an up and coming SF writer named John Scalzi. I've been reading this blog and he brought up an entry he made a while back concerning entry level SF. Specifically, SF for people that don't read science fiction. If any of you are not overwhelmed by schoolwork take a gander at his essay.
Personally I have always found good science fiction to be entry level science fiction. Every new science fiction (or fantasy) novel has to introduce readers to a new universe and a good writer should be able to do that for a long time SF reader and someone that has never picked up a SF book before. I think Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," Roth's "The Plot Against America" and Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" all straddle that line nicely.
I've read in quick succession recently two novels by an up and coming SF writer named John Scalzi. I've been reading this blog and he brought up an entry he made a while back concerning entry level SF. Specifically, SF for people that don't read science fiction. If any of you are not overwhelmed by schoolwork take a gander at his essay.
Personally I have always found good science fiction to be entry level science fiction. Every new science fiction (or fantasy) novel has to introduce readers to a new universe and a good writer should be able to do that for a long time SF reader and someone that has never picked up a SF book before. I think Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," Roth's "The Plot Against America" and Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" all straddle that line nicely.
Monday, February 19, 2007
SF Writers who blog
I do not remember if I have posted this before but a SF website out there has a list of SF writers who have blogs.
I do not remember if I have posted this before but a SF website out there has a list of SF writers who have blogs.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
A writer
I've read some of China Mieville's short stories and they are excellent and just weird enough that he might appeal to some of you. He is coming out with a fantasy novel for younger readers and he discusses it here. If anyone picks up the novel, reads it and loves it I hope you give me due credit.
I really like his reason for writing a book for youngsters: "I've always wanted to write a children's book. No book that I read as an adult, no matter how much I love it, has an impact on me the way books did when I was a child, and I think there's something very inspiring about that absolute fervour and abandon with which children read. It's also because the kind of fairy-tale logic I can use in a YA book I could never get away with in an adult book, so there's a real narrative freedom."
Writing Contest
Just in case one of you has a near future science fiction story concerning successful space travel in our solar system stored either in your brain or on paper or on your hard drive there is contest posted here.
I've read some of China Mieville's short stories and they are excellent and just weird enough that he might appeal to some of you. He is coming out with a fantasy novel for younger readers and he discusses it here. If anyone picks up the novel, reads it and loves it I hope you give me due credit.
I really like his reason for writing a book for youngsters: "I've always wanted to write a children's book. No book that I read as an adult, no matter how much I love it, has an impact on me the way books did when I was a child, and I think there's something very inspiring about that absolute fervour and abandon with which children read. It's also because the kind of fairy-tale logic I can use in a YA book I could never get away with in an adult book, so there's a real narrative freedom."
Writing Contest
Just in case one of you has a near future science fiction story concerning successful space travel in our solar system stored either in your brain or on paper or on your hard drive there is contest posted here.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Oblivious Regurgitation
Ever mentally compose a tune, only to realize later on that you're just repeating something that you've already heard? Happens to me every once in a while.
I just realized that one piece of writing I came up with at a meeting, thinking that it was original, was almost an exact quote from somewhere else.
Damn you, xkcd, damn you!
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(Whee, blogger is letting me post again!)
Ever mentally compose a tune, only to realize later on that you're just repeating something that you've already heard? Happens to me every once in a while.
I just realized that one piece of writing I came up with at a meeting, thinking that it was original, was almost an exact quote from somewhere else.
Damn you, xkcd, damn you!
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(Whee, blogger is letting me post again!)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Internet Goodness
Click on the open spaces of this test and when you are finished the website will display where you clicked and where everyone else clicked.
Click on the open spaces of this test and when you are finished the website will display where you clicked and where everyone else clicked.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Way advanced purchase
I bet all you Harry Potter maniacs will be very interested in seeing what the current biggest selling book on Amazon.
If you want to get on the library's hold list you better do it now. It's already pushing 200.
I bet all you Harry Potter maniacs will be very interested in seeing what the current biggest selling book on Amazon.
If you want to get on the library's hold list you better do it now. It's already pushing 200.
Monday, February 05, 2007
What kind of reader are you?
I am a dedicated reader.
Q and A with the Chicago Manual of Style
This may be the nerdiest thing I have ever posted here and I've posted some pretty nerdy stuff.
Found this link via Robert Sawyer's website.
I am a dedicated reader.
Q and A with the Chicago Manual of Style
This may be the nerdiest thing I have ever posted here and I've posted some pretty nerdy stuff.
Found this link via Robert Sawyer's website.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
High dollar SF books
Check this out. The used and rare book website Abebooks has published a list of the highest priced science fiction books sold in 2006 through their site. Big Bucks.
Check this out. The used and rare book website Abebooks has published a list of the highest priced science fiction books sold in 2006 through their site. Big Bucks.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Next Meeting
OK gang, next Thursday the 25th of January will the be the next meeting of the Writers Club. This week, please be sure to bring something to read. Bring something that you wrote or something someone else wrote. You can read anything from Zelazny to the Book of Amos or something your grandmother wrote back in finishing school. I want to emphasize my desire for everyone to bring something to read. We haven't had a lot of original writing recently so I would very much like to see you, at the very least, bring in a piece of writing that you love and would like to share with the room.
OK gang, next Thursday the 25th of January will the be the next meeting of the Writers Club. This week, please be sure to bring something to read. Bring something that you wrote or something someone else wrote. You can read anything from Zelazny to the Book of Amos or something your grandmother wrote back in finishing school. I want to emphasize my desire for everyone to bring something to read. We haven't had a lot of original writing recently so I would very much like to see you, at the very least, bring in a piece of writing that you love and would like to share with the room.
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