Monthly Archives: October 2006

John Gardner on detail

October 31, 2006
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“In addition to watching the rhythm of his scene–the tempo or pace–the writer pays close attention, in constructing the scene, to the relationship, in each of its elements, of emphasis and function. By emphasis we mean the amount of time spent on a particular detail; by function we mean the work done by the detail within the scene and the story as a whole.” John Gardner, The Art of Fiction

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Writers Beat

October 23, 2006
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Daniel Fischer has started a new online writing community called Writers Beat, which is a place for discussions of craft, publishing, books, etc. Interestingly, the site also hosts free online workshops in various genres, where participants read and critique one another’s work. A good spot for beginners to test the waters, get writing advice, and share their work with others. The Writers Beat blog is a meaty affair with headings like How to Write Your Backstory Without Burying Your Story, wherein longtime editor Fischer warns against the “Info Dump.”

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fluent–a blog about bundang and other stuff

October 20, 2006
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Here’s a great blog called Fluent. Here’s how the author describes her blog: One of my favorite words in Japanese is an onomatapeia (pera pera) which describes what it sounds like when someone is speaking fluently. I like that fluency has a sound. I also like how fluency can refer to speaking a language, or just the flow of words, either written or spoken. Thus the name of this blog. I have lived in both Japan and Korea and I am often thinking about my experiences in Asia. I’m currently writing a memoir about a year spent teaching English...

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who is grace khobe…

October 20, 2006
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and why won’t she leave us all alone? I get this email from her a few times a week at all of my email addresses: How are you, My name is Grace Khobe and me and my husband own a company that sells Chinese and African textile and fabric material in Hong Kong, I am looking for a trustworthy representative in USA /Canada that can help as a link between me and my client over there. I would like to know if you are interested to work from home for us ACTEXO TEXTILE LIMITED needs a book-keeper or representative...

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disappearing act

October 19, 2006
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Invisibility goes mainstream today, with the revelation that David Schurig and David R. Smith of Duke University have created a cloak that renders objects invisible to the eye. AP Science writer Randolphe Schmid reports: Viewers can see things because objects scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. “The cloak reduces both an object’s reflection and its shadow, either of which would enable its detection,” Smith said. The cloak is made of metamaterials, which are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite.

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