What did you blog about today?

[Stephen Palmer]

Things I didn't know when I started out...

Words to That Effect: What They Don't Tell You About Writing A Novel

I like 4 especially.
And 6, of course!

 

[AlexH]

If you had to choose, would you prefer to be dominated by America or by China?

Hmmm. You present a compelling case but I'm not sure about your answer: Big Brother is rating you: life under China’s social ranking system

There will be life after Trump.

I also don't think recycling is the answer as plastic, for example, can only be recycled a limited number of times. We need to reduce consumerism in general.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

It's an exercise in imaginative realpolitik :/ America was like that for the 60 years before Trump.

Agree with you about recycling, but there are bacteria-digestion options arriving, so that might be an answer to the present madness.

 

[Toby Frost]

Got to say that I completely disagree, but it was well-argued!

 

[CTRandall]

Investigating Poplar Culture.

Read that title carefully before you click. Bernart is once again surprised--and frustrated--by the behaviour of trees.

 

[CTRandall]

@Toby Frost Thank you, thank you, thank you for #6! My wife, dog and I have been arguing over that for a month. They were all set to leave me before that bit of wisdom!

 

[Juliana]

Things I didn't know when I started out...

Words to That Effect: What They Don't Tell You About Writing A Novel

Fabulous post Toby. I happen to agree with all of them.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

@Toby Frost @AlexH the SF novel I begin three weeks today is mostly set in China, I've been researching a lot...

 

[thaddeus6th]

Alex, I saw that on Twitter a little while ago. Creepy as hell.

Anyway, I rail against the desire by some to shift videogames to a digital-only approach: Thaddeus the Sixth: Why moving to digital only is a Bad Thing: part 1 - Games

 

[Vladd67]

Alex, I saw that on Twitter a little while ago. Creepy as hell.

Anyway, I rail against the desire by some to shift videogames to a digital-only approach: Thaddeus the Sixth: Why moving to digital only is a Bad Thing: part 1 - Games

Seeing as your next blog is about ditching cash I thought this might interest you.
Cash has almost gone extinct in Sweden

 

[thaddeus6th]

Mr. 67, cheers for posting that. I'll slightly amend my forthcoming cash post. Ok if I give you a hat tip for it?

 

[Vladd67]

No problem

 

[Juliana]

This one's a repost of something I originally wrote for @crystal haven's blog...
Since for the past week or so the internet has been full of 'rules for writing', here are three things I've learned:
With All Your Heart

 

[thaddeus6th]

On the madness of seeking to abolish physical money: Thaddeus the Sixth: Why moving to digital only is a Bad Thing: part 2 – Money

 

[Biskit]

Cats again. Sorry. The neighbour's oversized, amazing and adorable ginger beast strikes again.

Hands Up – An Educational Experience

 

[CTRandall]

A post on The Migratory Behaviour of Joggers.
This is actually a piece of original research conducted entirely by an AI. Not only that, it is scheduled to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The folks at County Durham College of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fine Arts (where the AI was developed) say this is a world-first for AI. Cool!

 

[Toby Frost]

In which I go to a steampunk event, decide my new book actually isn't terrible, and contract a Medieval ailment.

Words to That Effect: Steampunks in Space, Editing the Novel - and, er, Henry VIII

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Recent book reviews.

 

[The Big Peat]

"Fantasy Does Immersion Best": An Interview with Daniel E. Olesen

 

[night_wrtr]

The Small Victories - Trying to realize the cup is half full, and that I need to enjoy writing a bit more.