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Writing roundup

March 24, 2004 Stephanie Leary

It seems we’re all in agreement that this woman is a farking loony. Of course the Making Light comments thread is an unending delight, even offering up a few theories on Jane’s identity. And I feel compelled to quote from the Nick Mamatas link above:

The following do not necessarily make you wise: getting cancer, growing up po’, growing up wealthy but in a former imperial holding, having a miscarriage, marrying well, paying $275 per square foot for an apartment, extramarital affairs, being very well-read, having a blog with lots of readers, living out in the woods and peeing in a creek, worrying aloud about how authentic you are, declaring that you’ll leave the country if a Republican is elected, and giving birth to an autist.

(Update: Salon has received a lot of letters about this piece.)

John Scalzi’s long-winded (but practical) writing advice is about to get added to writing and publishing 101.

Mary Doria Russell’s website is back at last.

I almost forgot to add the Serious Writers LiveJournal community.

Texas readers, note that Jacqueline Carey is a guest at AggieCon this weekend.

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Fascism Watch

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Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

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WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

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The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

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Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
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