Author: deborahb
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Mountains and molehills
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-44), French writer
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State of change
“It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.” — Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman http://www.quoteworld.org/ Updates on the state of things can be found at: girliejones‘s blog: I guess though I’d be really interested in what people in the scene think…
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If you’re not part of the solution …
Shane Jiraiya Cummings has some energetic solutions over at his blog (where lj feed? I can’t cope with no lj feed!): The solution to all this debate is to act. And more action from benpayne: That said, I’m not intending to copy those magazines, nor am I looking for material which is derivative of their…
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No things left unsaid
Over at the discussion on editing, girliejones said: Our site is a good step but I wonder if we are properly reviewing the editing? In some places we are. But in what cases is a bad story the fault of the editor and not the writer? Prompting a thoughtful response from newish lj holder, Tansy…
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I cannot look away
Like too much candy, too many mundane-beautiful images make me sick. I began with sympathy. I could see why the airbrushing occurred, why the smoothing of skin was desirable, why pleats were ironed out and bruising and other marks swept away. By the end, I craved the bags under the eyes and the stray hairs…
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What really matters
boingboing rounds up noodly links for the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Also, benpayne gives us a fairly reasonable to-do list. benpeek says something about audience. canoblivious is pleased we’re talking scene. azhure has a poll. And probably more besides. What an engaging week! Also: it is difficult to type around the edges of a cat. In…
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This’ll get letters
Ouch! girliejones fearlessly asks: Do editors/publishers know what is *good*? Who wants to play? :)
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Mopping up
Whew! I’m surprised & delighted by the amount of debate that spun out of the mention of punkrocker1991‘s editorial. Very cool! Russ, I suspect you really could do with some functioning forums over at Ticonderoga Online. I like that people are willing to engage on this, & that the intelligent to-ing & fro-ing rarely degenerates…
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Still happily self-indulging
August 24, 2005 “We are all failures–at least, the best of us are.” — Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), British writer http://www.quoteworld.org/
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Plethoria Mediocrita?
Over at Ticonderoga Online, punkrocker1991 muses in his editorial about the state of modern SF writing in Oz. “Yes, we’re publishing more, but is our writing getting better? I’m not convinced.” Healthier, he says, but not stronger. (Also, he mentions my name. I wish he wouldn’t do that, it makes it harder to quote him…