{"id":445,"date":"2009-12-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/13\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-13\/"},"modified":"2009-12-13T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T01:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/13\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-12-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

@lizargall<\/a> often writing changes by epoch (though current age seems more treelike than past). any ideas of possible profitable directions? in reply to lizargall<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@lizargall<\/a> sounds like a fine goal to me. but is that risk special, or just what good writers do? in reply to lizargall<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
a sleepy, quiet morning. i like this kind. #<\/a><\/li>\n
i just accidentally tore a gum wrapper. fomenting suspicion that i may indeed have superpowers. #<\/a><\/li>\n
these cards make me want to have kids: http:\/\/is.gd\/5f1Aq<\/a> (or i could buy them for myself, i suppose…) #<\/a><\/li>\n
huh. well, that’s that, then. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@chrislibey<\/a> no worries, dude. i’m glad you’re reading them! give them back when you’re done; i’m in no hurry. in reply to chrislibey<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@lizargall<\/a> i was more trying to discern if there was any difference between risk & writing well, if this new risk was really a new quality. in reply to lizargall<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Quis talia fando temperet a lacrymis? http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=64a_1fWTsls<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just realized that my 3000th tweet was a quote from virgil, in latin. #ireadalotofbook<\/a>s #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @hollyblack: Boooks. Small Beer Press is having a sale and $1 per book sold goes to Franciscan Children’s Hospital: http:\/\/is.gd\/5ff0j<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just read “the rabbi’s hobby,” by peter s. beagle, on tor.com. what an excellent story. starts slow and the ending is beautiful, tingling. #<\/a><\/li>\n
peter sellers, as dr strangelove, reciting the beatles’ “she loves you.” http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Peter+Sellers\/_\/She+Loves+You?autostart<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“All we are saying is to give fleece a chance.” — John Lennon, from his book, Shear Out of Luck #<\/a><\/li>\n
the word “pitchblende” just popped into my head. http:\/\/bit.ly\/6i3Efz<\/a>
\n i think via paul park’s roumania books. a fun word to say. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@paolobacigalupi<\/a> congratulations! in reply to paolobacigalupi<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@hollyblack<\/a> lovely hair-cut! (also: i only hope you own a motorcycle to go with those zippers.) in reply to hollyblack<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i can’t remember who pointed me at this umberto eco interview, but i bet it was somebody smart. eco discusses lists: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2LJUra<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @GreatDismal: RT @PinkTentacle: Strange spiral in the Norwegian sky – http:\/\/bit.ly\/5tm6KB<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> it’s true. i’m generally not a fan of lists, especially in fiction, but eco makes interesting points. i’m almost fully convinced in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i choose: nice price books & lazy lion books & dain’s place. http:\/\/bit.ly\/380uGa<\/a>
\n (via @MaryRobinette<\/a> & @sfwa<\/a> & @eosbooks<\/a>) #spendlocal<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i am newly inspired to read moby dick: http:\/\/bit.ly\/6FrG85<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT for truth. @tofermoran: Cold pizza is still pizza. #<\/a><\/li>\n
cuteness, via boing boing: http:\/\/bit.ly\/7i5BDc<\/a>
\n (jp nataf, “viens le me dire”) #<\/a><\/li>\n
the illustrated moby dick, in a more easily readable format: http:\/\/bit.ly\/5FS3Br<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
dear alternator of my car: why you hurt me like this, baby? you know i love you. #<\/a><\/li>\n
proust on metaphor: http:\/\/bit.ly\/6SdviF<\/a>
\n #writing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @hollyblack: Guest blogging at witchy chicks – talkin’ about critique. http:\/\/bit.ly\/yfyli<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
anybody else bored with the black matrix yelling? even swfa pro rates are untenable. selling 5k words every week is 13k per year at 5\u00c2\u00a2\/word. #<\/a><\/li>\n
but then, nobody expects to make a living writing short fiction. because the year is not 1926. #<\/a><\/li>\n
that said, i agree with @scalzi, and i appreciate him waving his mechanized semaphore about black matrix. but writers: stop whinging & write #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> you know it is true, sir. always agree with me. in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
bradbury on libraries: “I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.” http:\/\/bit.ly\/4I5aON<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mynameis_shoe<\/a> yes, precisely. i care nothing for any of those topics. nothing! in reply to mynameis_shoe<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@elleeffect<\/a> i am jealous of this. in reply to elleeffect<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @sfwa: A common misconception… .05 is the minimum that SFWA thinks writers should be paid per word. Please aim for higher. #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @boingboing<\/a> Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border Boing Boing http:\/\/bit.ly\/6hAL9B<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> yes, exactly. i just put a space between each letter, so it looks like i have written more words. in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Jenga and eggnog. Only the brandy and whiskey and rum make this drink okay. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@elleeffect<\/a> well. there is that. i am only medium cold comparatively. in reply to elleeffect<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
now is time for dismantling my bed and table and dresser and lighting them all on fire for warmth. #noheatinmycar<\/a> #distances<\/a> #molecules<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
your eyes are made of molecules. we all know. #science<\/a> #molecules<\/a> #usknowing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
each star you can’t see because of light pollution is made of molecules. scientists all know. #molecules<\/a> #science<\/a> #themknowing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
in short, and in closing: MOLECULES–THEY ARE THE UNIVERSE (except when they are not) #molecules<\/a> #theyarenot<\/a> #sometimes<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tiffaniangus<\/a> actually, i haven’t ever played a board game under any influences. #molecules<\/a> #fatigue<\/a> in reply to tiffaniangus<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
dear saturday: i punch your face. #<\/a><\/li>\n
warpig warpig warpig, i made you out of clay #<\/a><\/li>\n
how much better would the UN be if all the delegates wore dj-style headphones? and then spun records? i dare say the result would be fresh. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@elleeffect<\/a> cards are good. i don’t know when, exactly… soon? in reply to elleeffect<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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