Points of interest

The Carina Press blog has an entry about what the acquisitions team won't reject for. I like it because it highlights many common fears that writers get caught up in during submission. Notice it all boils down to: write a damn good story.


The IF Theory Reader, at last! Worthwhile, I think, for anyone interested in writing parser-based interactive fiction.


Tribal Writer on whether writers should be blogging. I confess that I've wondered this about myself sometimes, mostly because I have heavy constraints on what I can talk about in my offline life (which is what I find interesting in many other writers' blogs), and because I have a rambling blogging style that is mostly used to think out loud, so to speak.


The Choice of Games blog reports on Michael Todd's presentation at the Games Developer Conference about designing games while depressed. Dan Fabulich points out that these techniques are valid for other creative endeavors as well.


Janni Lee Simner tells people it's all right to give her books negative reviews. The comments get interesting as the dual roles of author and reviewer are discussed.


The Postertext Blog has a fun picture of encouraging higher education.


A short, simple love poem: "Coda" by Octavio Paz.


Current book of interest: Song of Scarabaeus (although, talk about titles that aren't easy to remember/spell) by Sara Creasy, because I heard it described as a science fiction romance and yet it's hit the list of Philip K. Dick Award nominees.