“I posted this on Twitter but posting here too. Just learned the great concept of "Fnord" so as a special writing project, you should research Fnord and write a post. I will link all together at the end of the week. Tag #fnordproject”
Does this mean that you're going to read the Illuminatus! Trilogy? And maybe Schroedinger's Cat? Cause I can tell you the punchline. Or lend you the books. - Thursday Bram
How do you think the two writing styles affect readers? It seems like some readers will automatically skip Eastern-style pieces: if there's nothing in the first line to 'hook' them, they're gone. - Thursday Bram
A lot of what Cory Doctorow says about writing fiction for YA also holds true for writing non-fiction (books, articles, etc.) for the same age group. - Thursday Bram
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There's an issue present in BoingBoing's response that I think is going to be a crucial issue for bloggers in the years to come: posting responses, links, etc. are a subtle form of support — even if you don't agree with the person you're discussing. In the long run, who wants to pay for server space to maintain posts that effectively give another person more juice? I have no problem doing that with people I like, but not so much for people I don't agree with. - Thursday Bram
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Just because AP is being a PITA about quoting their articles doesn't mean that it's time to throw out the AP Style Guide. - Thursday Bram
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This post right here is how Chris talked me into buying a PS3 — clearly he needs one if he's going to blog the High Def beat, right? - Thursday Bram
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Standard procedure before querying a new market is (or should be) leafing through a current issue of that magazine and reading a few similar articles. - Thursday Bram
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