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lol I'm not Atlantic Information Services, Incorporated
How do I tell GoodReads that I'm not Atlantic Information Services, Incorporated and, sadly, didn't write Managed Care Facts, Trends and Data: 2005-06 or any of the related books?
I imagine those people would probably be quite scandalized to see the books related to all the gay pr0n over on this side of the net...
I imagine those people would probably be quite scandalized to see the books related to all the gay pr0n over on this side of the net...
New ICoS summary ideas?
Also, guys, I'm no longer digging the summary we have for ICoS. I suck terribly at writing summaries. Does anyone have any suggestions?
This is the summary we have right now for the series:
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In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well.
Miscommunication, periods of distance, fleeting smiles and learning to trust someone when a person can't even trust himself, these are what they struggle with while still trying to do their jobs. One is a psychopath, called a murderer and monster and generally deemed subhuman by nearly everyone who knows of him; the other is an introvert, cold and emotionless and so lost in thoughts that he would agree that he can be called a monster of inhumanity. But what makes a person human; is it humanity, compassion, or is it simply the ability to reason? Can a monster be human, and general humanity breed monsters?
While they learn about each other, they learn about themselves; where their loyalty and morality lies, and how learning to trust another person can be incredibly difficult, bittersweet, and rewarding all at the same time.
This story contains explicit adult content and is not intended for anyone under 18!
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Ideas, anyone?
This is the summary we have right now for the series:
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In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well.
Miscommunication, periods of distance, fleeting smiles and learning to trust someone when a person can't even trust himself, these are what they struggle with while still trying to do their jobs. One is a psychopath, called a murderer and monster and generally deemed subhuman by nearly everyone who knows of him; the other is an introvert, cold and emotionless and so lost in thoughts that he would agree that he can be called a monster of inhumanity. But what makes a person human; is it humanity, compassion, or is it simply the ability to reason? Can a monster be human, and general humanity breed monsters?
While they learn about each other, they learn about themselves; where their loyalty and morality lies, and how learning to trust another person can be incredibly difficult, bittersweet, and rewarding all at the same time.
This story contains explicit adult content and is not intended for anyone under 18!
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Ideas, anyone?
Research resources?
I'm curious what research resources people might have bookmarked that they use.
These are the places I know about:
http://www.absolutewrite.com/ and http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/
http://www.scribophile.com/
http://little-details.livejournal.com/
I also like Mythbusters as a show to use for reference on things like explosions, Hollywood vs reality, and more. But you can really only find super specific information there.
I would love to find places that are accurate on research topics like medical issues, fighting, survival, etc. Does anyone have any good sites or blogs they go for that? So far I'm understanding that there isn't a good catch-all place and that a lot of it requires specialized research for individual topics. But I figured it doesn't hurt to ask :)
If no one knows about a blog, I might end up just creating one myself to keep track of the different stuff I learn through research... but since research can be inaccurate I'm not sure how useful that would be. I wish there were a place with a well-designed search engine or complete index to locate topics by various ways, and the ability for people to comment on each topic so any inconsistencies can be challenged. In that case, having a way for the challenger to specify their experience in whatever topic or cite an accurate source as explanation for their protest would be useful. (Sort of like the way they do it on Yahoo answers). Maybe also a place for people to list all the sources they've found on different topics so at least a person can easily find links/sources without having to troll the internet first to locate the more accurate places and cull out the less accurate.
Basically, I want to find an awesome research super-center but have it be a place where a lot of the research can be pre-done and it's at this point searching through what's already been discussed. It seems like whenever I've found anything close to this, it's a forum. And I love forums, but they're much more unwieldy to navigate and doesn't provide a great way to get quick answers, with the choice to delve into it further only if wanted. Plus, a lot of these places seem to focus more on writing/editing tips and secondarily on research.
Most likely I'm just imagining some sort of crazy place that doesn't exist, but if anyone knows of a place like this, I would love to hear about it!
If I'm rambling, I apologize... chai makes me even more distractible than usual....
These are the places I know about:
http://www.absolutewrite.com/ and http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/
http://www.scribophile.com/
http://little-details.livejournal.com/
I also like Mythbusters as a show to use for reference on things like explosions, Hollywood vs reality, and more. But you can really only find super specific information there.
I would love to find places that are accurate on research topics like medical issues, fighting, survival, etc. Does anyone have any good sites or blogs they go for that? So far I'm understanding that there isn't a good catch-all place and that a lot of it requires specialized research for individual topics. But I figured it doesn't hurt to ask :)
If no one knows about a blog, I might end up just creating one myself to keep track of the different stuff I learn through research... but since research can be inaccurate I'm not sure how useful that would be. I wish there were a place with a well-designed search engine or complete index to locate topics by various ways, and the ability for people to comment on each topic so any inconsistencies can be challenged. In that case, having a way for the challenger to specify their experience in whatever topic or cite an accurate source as explanation for their protest would be useful. (Sort of like the way they do it on Yahoo answers). Maybe also a place for people to list all the sources they've found on different topics so at least a person can easily find links/sources without having to troll the internet first to locate the more accurate places and cull out the less accurate.
Basically, I want to find an awesome research super-center but have it be a place where a lot of the research can be pre-done and it's at this point searching through what's already been discussed. It seems like whenever I've found anything close to this, it's a forum. And I love forums, but they're much more unwieldy to navigate and doesn't provide a great way to get quick answers, with the choice to delve into it further only if wanted. Plus, a lot of these places seem to focus more on writing/editing tips and secondarily on research.
Most likely I'm just imagining some sort of crazy place that doesn't exist, but if anyone knows of a place like this, I would love to hear about it!
If I'm rambling, I apologize... chai makes me even more distractible than usual....
