... posted today (21 January) is a must-see for everyone in the blogger universe.
Have you had your face time today? :)
Great blog! It sounds like you have an interesting job, and your comments on detective fiction are quite humorous. Ironically, I happen to be a writer who reads and writes different types of fiction, including mysteries. I can definitely agree that there are some real "winners" out there in the genre. I thought I'd mention one you might find interesting. There's a book I came across the other day where one of the main characters/detectives was an Artificial Intelligence Personality. Yes, a computer. Just when I thought I've seen everything. I couldn't tell you more because I had no desire to read it myself, so it made its way safely back to the shelf.
Thanks, dude.
you have an interesting job
Well, I've seen the world and didn't have to join the Navy. I guess that's a recommendation. But bring your own bucks. :) :(
I happen to be a writer
Good on you, I don't know many folk who actually get paid to do this. Apart from this blog, the only things I have written are in popular titles like European Journal of Protistology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology. ([one, two, three] HUH??!? :) ) Keeps me busy but not rich. One pays for the privilege of publishing in these places, but if and only if your work gets by the critiques of the editor(s) and anonymous reviewers. Insult compounding injury.
a book I came across the other day where one of the main characters/detectives was an Artificial Intelligence Personality.
Sounds like a crossover from science fiction, where sentient computers have been a staple since Isaac Asimov wrote I, Robot, in the 1950s I believe. See also Star Trek: Make it so, Mr. Data. Almost as hackneyed now as Watson clones - though Watson as an AIP (a reject that somehow didn't get recycled and made it into society?) might be an idea worth exploring. If it hasn't been already, I can't claim to be well-read especially in the current outpourings.
Dude? lol... Does this require being male? If so, I don't qualify. I think having a fulfilling job is more important than money (not that I don't have bills to pay), which is why I think your job is interesting.
I haven't actually made a lot of money as a writer, but I write nearly everyday and intend to eventually make a living doing it. I'm an editor at a tech magazine as well. In fact, that's how I keep food on the table. :)
Anyway, I showed your blog to my fiance and he enjoyed it as well, so I'm sending a thumbs up from him as well.
Shame on me for slipping up on my knowledge of the Bene Gesserit, milady. Though Paul Muad'Dib once threatened the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam with his (Voice) gom jabbar.
I count editing (which I picked up on from an earlier post of yours) as within the writing craft. So my remark stands.
Keep writin'.
4 regular readers? This blog has 78 reads. Y'know what? For that I'm gunna call you an asshat. Asshat!
... it's now up past 85.
For that you can call me anything but "late for dinner". Besides, if a line like that's good enough for Dave Barry ... :)
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I hope you appreciate how many more reads you're getting because I called you an Asshat.
Now sure, you earned the moniker by being so damn pouty in all your blogs, but I put it out there so make sure you go where the data lead you.
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