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Entries from September 2007

Loglines #2 (and book descriptions)

September 30th, 2007

Book descriptions on alibris are a great help with getting together a logline and a book description for your own (not written or not finished) novel. A solid logline and short book description are the key starting points to effective novel-length storytelling. Once you have these in place, you can constantly refer back [...]

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M-W’s word of the day : synca-wha?

September 28th, 2007

Is this even ENGLISH? I get the Word of the Day emails from M-W.com. Usually, if I don’t know the word, I understand the definition. It’s very rare that the definition actually confuses me more. The etymology of the word is my last resort - in this case it’s [...]

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Title that song contest

September 28th, 2007

One of my fav local bands, RedHead Betty Takeout, sent an email (see below) asking for naming help for their song.
Give it a listen and see what you come up with. We’re writers! It’s kind of our job, isn’t it, coming up with the right words and names for things? I sent [...]

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New web stuff, fridge poem “Weaving.”

September 25th, 2007

Since attending podcamp philly, I’ve come upon a bunch of cool new sites lately, like BlipTV, Viddler, Upcoming and Twitter. One in particular is quite fun: StumbleUpon. Stick in the types of websites you’d like to surf to, download a toolbar and click. “Writing” is a category, “Poetry” is a category. [...]

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One Web Day!

September 22nd, 2007

http://www.onewebday.org/?p=252
“what should I do for OneWebDay?” Here’s the one thing: Leave your mark online, directly or indirectly. Do a blog post, or a video, about the most interesting thing you’ve seen online recently. Teach someone how to edit a wiki or send a link to a digital photo. Find a way to help more people [...]

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OFF-TOPIC: Recycling links

September 19th, 2007

NO, this isn’t about dusting off your old poems - It’s about stuff, and how you can get rid of it (or get it back, working like new!) safely and be totally eco too! Click for some great links.

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Changing T-Shirts with Alan at Podcamp Philly

September 18th, 2007

Video of me at Podcamp. How do I get myself in these situations?
Via Alan from Otaku Generation.

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NANO

September 17th, 2007

National Novel Writing Month comes soon. Go and register. The forums and chatrooms are fun stuff.

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when I kissed you on Uranus…

September 14th, 2007

Science Fiction and Romance genres should never, ever meet
Cafe de Nihara: Why Science Fiction and Romance don’t go together…

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Podcast things I need help with

September 11th, 2007 3 Comments

Hey PodCampPhilly peeps. The principal of my kid’s elementary school said that he’d go for the podcasting (after I explained what it was), but that we need a solid release form for the parents to sign, and he wants to check out other school’s examples. I’ll send him to the Philly School District’s [...]

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