John Scalzi's brilliant "Things I Don't Have to Think About Today" is a useful reminder not just for us, but for our characters. If you're writing characters who are not like you -- and I hope you are -- think about the things that they're going to have to deal with that you … [Read more...] about Things you might not have thought about today
Ending chapters with a Yugo
In this interview about their new book, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan mention how the Yugo got into Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: The co-authors even have a tradition of ending chapters by throwing in a sneaky surprise. "He ended one of his chapters in 'Nick & Norah' … [Read more...] about Ending chapters with a Yugo
The Great Wall of Suckitude
Today's link is for Lisa! It's Maureen Johnson on getting past "the Great Wall of Sucktitude." Sooner or later, no matter how lucky and talented and wonderful you are (whoever YOU are in this particular case) . . . you are going to hit the Great Wall of Sucktitude. You’re just … [Read more...] about The Great Wall of Suckitude
The Nine Stages of Dating a Novel
It's been a week! If you're still doing NaNo, you're probably past the "squee" stage with your book and well into "procrastination" or "expletive." Hang in there. … [Read more...] about The Nine Stages of Dating a Novel
They Fight Crime!
Here's another wonderful story generator: two unlikely characters meet. They fight crime! … [Read more...] about They Fight Crime!
Testers wanted: Content Audit, now with email notifications
I've been working on adding email notifications to Content Audit. It now has options to automatically mark things outdated after a configurable time period -- 3 months, a year, whatever. You can then email the assigned content owner or the original author a list of all their … [Read more...] about Testers wanted: Content Audit, now with email notifications
A Random Trope
This is the link for a random page from the TV Tropes wiki. Use with caution! TV Tropes is a sucking vortex of awesome. You could fall in and not come out for days. … [Read more...] about A Random Trope
Random Interestingness
Today's source of inspiration is the Flickr random interesting photos page. I love the crazy variety of stuff that ends up here. … [Read more...] about Random Interestingness
Cool Bits
The Cool Bits story generator is one of my favorite things to play with when I'm bored with my story. There's always at least one Cool Bit I can throw in to liven things up. … [Read more...] about Cool Bits
Flickrvision
Today's source of inspiration is Flickrvision. It's an early mashup prototype combining Flickr and Google Maps. If it's working, you should see images pop up from all over the world. … [Read more...] about Flickrvision
