jeffvandermeer.com - 9/6/2009
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Just like dogs, writers have their own conversion to human years to make. If you’re a 32-year-old writer writing for 20 years, you’re probably much, much older than a 40-year-old writer writing for 10 years.
How do you go about determining your true writer age? It’s simple. ...
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September 7, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... Fiction. Related: Crotchety Old Fan on The Science Fiction Knight. Tero Ykspetäjä on Rise of Women. John C Wright on Tales of Mystery and Imagination; or, What is the first SF novel? Justin Kahn on How I Got Out of Writing an essay on H.G. Well's The Time Machine. Edward Boyden on The Singularity and the Fixed Point. Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Look to the Skies! Jeff VanderMeer on How Old Are You In Writer Years? Here’s the Formula… Rose Fox on I Don't Want to ...
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Lakeshore —
Stories from the Flash Fiction Open Round [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Celebrity judges are reading this week to winnow finalists, watch next Monday for further developments. In the mean time, check out the stories! How Old Are You In Writer Years? Heres the Formula — jeffvandermeer with some critical information. Dean Wesley Smith on the myth of the rewrite scott_lynch is touched by a crazy person — Funny, mostly. ...
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