If the earth were a sandwich, right below me would be the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia. That’d be a lot more interesting if the same weren’t true for the entire continental United States.
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ARC reviews
Posted by melydia on March 28, 2006
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Another review of mine showed up on the Harper Collins First Look pages, this time of Maybe Baby
web drama advice
Posted by melydia on March 17, 2006
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Most brilliant thing I’ve read in a long time: “They’re interested in what you have to say because they’re interested in [the subject matter], and they think it’s neat someone’s writing about them. Never confuse that with being more important than your subject matter.” (It was difficult, but this same article says marvelous things about self-promotion, criticism, credibility, retraction, agendas, pleas for affirmation, and thunderous silence. I had a lot of trouble picking just one sentence, but that one’s definitely in the top ten.)
Oh, oh, I found another passage, but this one’s so awesome that it needs to be set off in italics:
No one is under any obligation to you.
They’re under no obligation to agree with you.
They’re under no obligation to respond to you.
They’re under no obligation to link to you.
They’re under no obligation to acknowledge you.
The subject of your essay is under no obligation to listen, to change their ways, to acknowledge, to point their audience in your essay’s direction or to in any way make any indication they know who you are.
Your audience is under no obligation to give you feedback, to agree with you, to get the point of your essay, to understand you, or to come back for more, tomorrow.
Your peers are under no obligation to consider you a peer.
No one is under any obligation to take you seriously.
No one is under any obligation to you whatsoever.
He’s talking about blogging, and webcomic critiques in particular, but the whole essay applies to internet posts in general. And it’s fantastic. Read it. All of it. Now.
Brokeback to the Future
Posted by melydia on February 12, 2006
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Brokeback to the Future: This is ten kinds of wrong. And funny as hell.
Chuck Norris
Posted by melydia on December 15, 2005
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PotO in 100 words or less.
Posted by melydia on November 30, 2005
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I copied The Phantom of the Opera (courtesy of thecheshirekat.com) into MS Word and used the AutoSummarize tool, using the “100 words or less” option. This is what it came up with:
Christine replied.
“Christine!”
“Raoul!”
“Listen, Raoul. YOUR LITTLE CHRISTINE.
thought Raoul, furiously. “Christine!”
CHRISTINE.
Of Raoul? “Christine! “Christine!”
“Erik!”
“Christine! Christine! Raoul said:
Enough!” cried Raoul. “I understand, Christine. “Erik! Erik! Raoul implored.
“Raoul! Raoul! Raoul!”
Christine!
“Christine! “Christine! Christine!”
“Christine! Christine!…”
“Christine! “Christine! Christine!”
“Christine Daae’s.”
“Like Christine Daae.”
“Christine! Christine!”
“Christine, Christine, it is I, Raoul!”
Raoul! Raoul! Listen, Christine, darling! “Erik! Erik!” said Christine’s voice. Erik!”
Christine Daae’s voice said:
“Raoul! Raoul!” “Erik! “Erik! “Erik! Erik! “Christine!” cried M. de Chagny. “Christine! “Erik! Erik!”
“Christine! Christine!”
“Erik! Erik!” Erik!”
“Raoul de Chagny and Christine Daae?”
Blue Balls
Posted by melydia on November 18, 2005
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Blue Balls: Damn, this is mesmerizing.
fantasy novelist’s exam
Posted by melydia on October 26, 2005
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The Fantasy Novelist’s Exam: This cracked me up, especially Question #33. People who like this will probably also enjoy Diana Wynne Jones’s Tough Guide to Fantasyland.
amusements
Posted by melydia on October 14, 2005
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For those of you who enjoyed James Lileks’s Gallery of Regrettable Food, there are similar delights to be found at Candyboots and The Company Cookbook. I always get a kick out of snarky commentary on photographs of unappetizing food. (And if you haven’t already, be sure to check out the rest of Lileks’s site – it’s got some really great stuff.)
cuteness overload
Posted by melydia on August 31, 2005
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