tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4181680361834496825..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Required Reading/Required WritingTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-55838954451819392312012-07-19T20:56:43.583-04:002012-07-19T20:56:43.583-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67rc96joOz8
Oh, wa...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67rc96joOz8<br /><br />Oh, wait. You were channeling <i>Yoda!</i>TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-69412845196165399402012-07-19T18:53:50.899-04:002012-07-19T18:53:50.899-04:00Not many folks will spontaneously emit the name of...<i>Not many folks will spontaneously emit the name of W. Ed in normal conversation.</i><br /><br />Depends, that does, on the local density of Statisticians.<br /><br /><i>[H]ow many remember the name of Jacinta Rosario[?]</i><br /><br />Properly nurtured, Honor Harrington, a run for her money, Jacinta could give!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-81873186401891296762012-07-18T20:25:19.143-04:002012-07-18T20:25:19.143-04:00ANALOG is always looking for new writers. Look at...ANALOG is always looking for new writers. Look at Juliette Wade (who had the odd habit of winding up in issues that I am in.) There are a wide range of non-professional zines, but most of them came into being after I was more or less known. More less than more, I fear. They often make fair proving grounds for beginners. Of course, they tend to come and go. Much depends on the meaning of "amateur."TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-65356630699587689452012-07-18T20:21:04.365-04:002012-07-18T20:21:04.365-04:00Not many folks will spontaneously emit the name of...Not many folks will spontaneously emit the name of W. Ed in normal conversation. <br /><br />And how many remember the name of Jacinta Rosario. In fact, I had a notion for a coupled story "The Search for Truth" and "In Panic Town on the Backward Moon" that would involve her and the Visitor base on Deimos.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-69583871178988084722012-07-18T20:15:02.884-04:002012-07-18T20:15:02.884-04:00You still need to write more of the adventures of ...You still need to write more of the adventures of Captain Jacinta Rosario, and of the voyages of the hoop-ships <i>Coughlin</i>, <i>Poole</i>, <i>Frechet</i> and <i>Zaranovsky</i>.<br /><br />And you need to write some non-fiction about W. Edwards Deming's thinking concerning the evaluation and ranking of individuals, with particular reference to the application thereof to Students and Teachers.<br /><br />In your Copious Spare Time, of course!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-16095830653213676172012-07-18T17:57:58.014-04:002012-07-18T17:57:58.014-04:00TOF,
What advice would you give to an aspiring fi...TOF,<br /><br />What advice would you give to an aspiring fiction writer? And is there still a market for short fiction stories? (I suppose Analog would itself be a good choice there, but I'm not aware if that's an amateur target.)Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.com