Now I want to see the one that turns all nouns into strippers.
"Funny...Joe never has a second noun at home..."
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Miracleman - Jan 10, 2008 9:34:05 am PST #4674 of 28380
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Dana - Jan 10, 2008 11:38:08 am PST #4675 of 28380
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2008 11:39:57 am PST #4676 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
As a writer, a reader and a victim of plagiarism, I feel very strongly on this issue.
She does not appear to feel very strongly on THE SERIAL COMMA.
Dana - Jan 10, 2008 11:41:01 am PST #4677 of 28380
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She's probably used to AP style, which eschews the serial comma.
Edit: Or possibly what I meant to say is that the article's in AP style. I don't know how they handle direct quotes from e-mail.
lisah - Jan 10, 2008 11:45:01 am PST #4678 of 28380
Punishingly Intricate
"When you write historical romances, you're not asked to do that," Edwards said, speaking from her home in Mattoon, Illinois.
god. Dumbass.
Volans - Jan 10, 2008 11:45:55 am PST #4679 of 28380
move out and draw fire
And coincidentally, I was just listening to an interview with William Gibson, in which he said "Now there's a metanovel hovering over my work, the idea that readers can, and will, go google everything in the book."
I suppose Cassie Edwards didn't think her reader base would google.
meara - Jan 10, 2008 5:05:00 pm PST #4680 of 28380
Sure, you're not asked to attribute your sources, or footnote, when writing a historical novel (though I have seen BOTH done. And endnotes).
But not even bothering to freakin' PARAPHRASE? That's what really gets me. Just paraphrase a LITTLE bit, and no one would ever have noticed. YEEESH.
hippocampus - Jan 10, 2008 5:07:41 pm PST #4681 of 28380
not your mom's socks.
I love the Gibson quote. I almost want to add "Google everything, or create it online if it doesn't exist..." but it's Gibson, so I leave it perfect as is.
about the CE, I think not even bothering to freakin' PARAPHRASE? That's what really gets me. Just paraphrase a LITTLE bit, and no one would ever have noticed. YEEESH.
Polter-Cow - Jan 10, 2008 5:12:31 pm PST #4682 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well played, Sox.
meara - Jan 10, 2008 5:24:50 pm PST #4683 of 28380
Hah! It even took me a second...