Michael Flynn's Blog, page 109
May 21, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-20T20:01:00
Butthurt Report
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May 20, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-20T14:48:00
Cutting Spending
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m_francis @ 2009-05-20T10:52:00
Quote of the Day
No one has mistaken our day as an age of powerful, rational discourse. The McLaughlin Group doesn’t usually evoke memories of Lincoln-Douglas, and Twittering about your favorite bagel from Panera isn’t exactly correspondence on the level of John and Abigail Adams.-- Kevin deYoung
No one has mistaken our day as an age of powerful, rational discourse. The McLaughlin Group doesn’t usually evoke memories of Lincoln-Douglas, and Twittering about your favorite bagel from Panera isn’t exactly correspondence on the level of John and Abigail Adams.-- Kevin deYoung
m_francis @ 2009-05-19T20:45:00
Up Jim River
I am informed by my editor that he has finished reading Up Jim River and that he likes it a lot, as much as The January Dancer. This is what we in the writing business call "good."
I am now in the process of trying to cut back the wordcount. This is called "not so good." So far, 14,000 words of immortal prose have perished. I'm hoping to lop as much as 20-25k. More if I can. But there are no extraneous scenes; only extraneous words, sentences, and paragraphs.
And there are al
I am informed by my editor that he has finished reading Up Jim River and that he likes it a lot, as much as The January Dancer. This is what we in the writing business call "good."
I am now in the process of trying to cut back the wordcount. This is called "not so good." So far, 14,000 words of immortal prose have perished. I'm hoping to lop as much as 20-25k. More if I can. But there are no extraneous scenes; only extraneous words, sentences, and paragraphs.
And there are al
m_francis @ 2009-05-19T20:33:00
Mothers Day
I haven't decided if this is genuine or a parody, or whether it is a warning or not. (Cue ominous music)
umarlee.com/2009/05/19/fear-of-the-muslim-mother/
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I have now decided that it is genuine, and not intended as a parody. That's a pity, because as a parody it is excellent; but as a genuine post it is pitiful.
I am informed that the author is a taxi driver named Brett in St. Louis. He is blond and white, but hates white people. Go figure. He writes for pay; that is, he wi
I haven't decided if this is genuine or a parody, or whether it is a warning or not. (Cue ominous music)
umarlee.com/2009/05/19/fear-of-the-muslim-mother/
+ + +
I have now decided that it is genuine, and not intended as a parody. That's a pity, because as a parody it is excellent; but as a genuine post it is pitiful.
I am informed that the author is a taxi driver named Brett in St. Louis. He is blond and white, but hates white people. Go figure. He writes for pay; that is, he wi
May 18, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-17T21:11:00
SFSNNJ
I was the guest at the Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey , famous for having the least-pronounceable acronym in skiffydom. A slide show, after-action report, and two brief cliplets of yr. obt. svt. reading can be found here:
www.sfsnnj.com/ftfFlynn.html
A friendly and hospitable group, and it was my displeasure that the long ride home required me to leave without having dinner with them.
I was the guest at the Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey , famous for having the least-pronounceable acronym in skiffydom. A slide show, after-action report, and two brief cliplets of yr. obt. svt. reading can be found here:
www.sfsnnj.com/ftfFlynn.html
A friendly and hospitable group, and it was my displeasure that the long ride home required me to leave without having dinner with them.
May 17, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-16T15:18:00
Against Triangles
It has come to our attention -- or, rather, certain sensations have activated neurons in our brain -- that there are people who believe in unseen and immaterial beings. This must stop.
We refer, of course, to Triangle.
Supposedly, this is a figure comprised of three straight lines, each pair of which meet at a point. About this Triangle, all sorts of absolutist statements are made; for example, that its internal angles sum to 180 degrees.
No rational person can accept such
It has come to our attention -- or, rather, certain sensations have activated neurons in our brain -- that there are people who believe in unseen and immaterial beings. This must stop.
We refer, of course, to Triangle.
Supposedly, this is a figure comprised of three straight lines, each pair of which meet at a point. About this Triangle, all sorts of absolutist statements are made; for example, that its internal angles sum to 180 degrees.
No rational person can accept such
May 15, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-15T14:38:00
Nice review of
The January Dancer
from Soundcommentary.com:
Michael Flynn has crafted an epic space opera in every sense of the word. His layered story has a large and distinctive cast of characters, and a fully realized intergalactic space-faring society that is remarkably complex. The careful plot contains story lines that jump organically among character points of view. Stefan Rudnicki's clear, concise and richly dynamic reading starts strong and gets progressively stronger as the story con
Michael Flynn has crafted an epic space opera in every sense of the word. His layered story has a large and distinctive cast of characters, and a fully realized intergalactic space-faring society that is remarkably complex. The careful plot contains story lines that jump organically among character points of view. Stefan Rudnicki's clear, concise and richly dynamic reading starts strong and gets progressively stronger as the story con
May 14, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-14T00:47:00
Up Jim River
I admit to a passing fondness for the following paragraph. The harper Mearana had just told a big whopping lie to a Hound.
O Vanity, thy name is Woman! What sort of person, in search of her missing mother, would pause to shop for jewelry? Surely, one who would blush to admit to it! That the same individual might also blush to lie to a League marshal only equivocates the sense. Hounds are always sniffing around after scents, but what they flush is not always what they think it i
I admit to a passing fondness for the following paragraph. The harper Mearana had just told a big whopping lie to a Hound.
O Vanity, thy name is Woman! What sort of person, in search of her missing mother, would pause to shop for jewelry? Surely, one who would blush to admit to it! That the same individual might also blush to lie to a League marshal only equivocates the sense. Hounds are always sniffing around after scents, but what they flush is not always what they think it i
May 13, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-05-13T18:19:00
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