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- January 14th, 2010, 10:53 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Birth of Slipstream
- Replies: 0
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The Birth of Slipstream
Slipstream is a hybrid genre. It’s not quite science fiction and yet not quite mainstream literature. Slipstream was born in an essay by Steam Punk writer Bruce Sterling in 1989. He wrote of science fiction’s failure to become “worthy literature” and felt its chance to do so have passed. Sterling al...
- January 1st, 2010, 9:05 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: A forum game: three word story
- Replies: 83
- Views: 28072
Re: A forum game: three word story
block of cheese
- January 1st, 2010, 9:03 am
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Top 5 Favorite Christmas Albums?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7086
Re: Top 5 Favorite Christmas Albums?
I am a huge Dylan fan and bought his Christmas from the heart album. It's worth a listen if your a fan. Even if your not it's kind of funny to hear Bob's tradmark hoarse voice draging his way through I'll be home for Christmas, even if it does sound like a threat rather than a promice!
- December 9th, 2009, 9:17 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: Spelling errors get my goat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4476
Re: Spelling errors get my goat
I use the autocorrect option in Word but sometimes if you’re typing quick and not paying attention you end up with some very funny sentences
- December 7th, 2009, 7:27 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: the query letter blues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2922
Re: the query letter blues
Right on! It's like this funky sickness we have, we can't help ourself. I like your image of the bookstore shelf...or the virtual one!
- December 7th, 2009, 6:59 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: the query letter blues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2922
the query letter blues
I finished my first Novel two years ago and started the query letter process. It takes several hours to research, and submit a query letter to an agent. Multiply this many times and reading that your "project has merit" but no thanks, leaves little time for eating, doing things away from y...