Daily Archives: January 3, 2008
If You Get This, You’re Probably a Dork
Posted on January 3, 2008 49 Comments
Note the following set: (For those of you hard of seeing, they are magnet versions of the following US States, in order: Louisiana, Indiana, Ohio, Alabama, Montana, Colorado, Idaho.) What is the next state that would be added to this set? And for extra credit, what would be the last state in the complete set? […]
Point of Privilege
Posted on January 3, 2008 172 Comments
Over the last week or so I’ve heard rumors of some sort of “privilege list,” which was developed by some academics to make their students aware that whatever level of privilege they had before they got to college, they were all at the same place now (which is Indiana State University, apparently). I heard about […]
On Rewriting
Posted on January 3, 2008 8 Comments
Justine Larbalestier has a bang-up post on rewriting, and how it gets done. Go, read, learn.
The 2008 Award Pimpage Post
Posted on January 3, 2008 15 Comments
As has become my annual thing, each early January I note what works I’ve had out there that are eligible for awards — specifically the Hugo Award, since that’s my genre most notable award at the moment. This year, I have quite a spread of eligible material, so let’s dive in to this round of […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying