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Tuesday Links and Random Thoughts
Sep. 16th, 2014 10:21 amRandom Thought #1
I am amazed at the lengths certain Professional Cranks on the Internet will go to argue that John Scalzi is not as successful a writer as Larry Correia. I'm especially amazed that they make this argument with zero data in support of it.
Random Thought #2
A libertarian once told me, "next time you go to the barbershop, ask them if the reason they don't slice your ear off is that they are afraid of losing their license." Well, actually the reason they don't slice me is they know I would immediately react and implicate them. This is unlike say a meat packer who knows that I would have a hard time tracing my food poisoning to their operations.
Links
1) Liz Burke visited England for Loncon. Like me, she was struck by how tiny the shower was in her hotel room.
2) An interesting article on common writing mistakes that break reader immersion.
3) Related to writing, 10 lessons from real-life revolutions that fictional revolutions rarely use.
I am amazed at the lengths certain Professional Cranks on the Internet will go to argue that John Scalzi is not as successful a writer as Larry Correia. I'm especially amazed that they make this argument with zero data in support of it.
Random Thought #2
A libertarian once told me, "next time you go to the barbershop, ask them if the reason they don't slice your ear off is that they are afraid of losing their license." Well, actually the reason they don't slice me is they know I would immediately react and implicate them. This is unlike say a meat packer who knows that I would have a hard time tracing my food poisoning to their operations.
Links
1) Liz Burke visited England for Loncon. Like me, she was struck by how tiny the shower was in her hotel room.
2) An interesting article on common writing mistakes that break reader immersion.
3) Related to writing, 10 lessons from real-life revolutions that fictional revolutions rarely use.
