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by Rik
March 8th, 2010, 7:51 am
Forum: Books
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 528
Views: 319440

Re: What are you reading now?

I've just started reading KIM, by Rudyard Kipling - a book I've been meaning to read for the past 30 years. After that, I'm going to read Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS and other stories - again, a book I've been keen to read for ages. Once those two are out of the way I can get back into my comfort zon...
by Rik
March 1st, 2010, 10:32 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: NaNoWriMo
Replies: 17
Views: 6784

Re: NaNoWriMo

I need to get NaPoWriMo out of my system before I even consider signing up for NaNoWriMo again.
by Rik
December 21st, 2009, 8:17 am
Forum: Self-Publishing
Topic: e-book fonts
Replies: 2
Views: 2131

e-book fonts

I'm about to embark on re-publishing my poetry book in eBook format, and I'm wondering about the best fonts to use for eBook publications. The general rule seems to be that for hardcopy publishing a serif font is easier on the reading eye than a sans-serif font, while the opposite holds true for onl...
by Rik
December 20th, 2009, 8:11 am
Forum: Procrastination
Topic: Favorite writing distractions
Replies: 30
Views: 15144

Re: Favorite writing distractions

Oh, gods. Where to start? I have so many distractions. I subscribe to too many blogs, for starters, and then there's the authonomy thing ... But when it comes to serious anti-writing displacement activity, I have to admit I'm my own worst enemy: drawing maps , for instance, or inventing my own langu...
by Rik
December 20th, 2009, 7:41 am
Forum: Writing
Topic: authonomy
Replies: 12
Views: 6242

Re: authonomy

I posted some chapters of my first book on Authonomy over the Summer. I'm shallow enough to admit that receiving the gushing praise was excellent therapy at a time when I was going through the process of drafting query packages and sending them out to victims ... oops, I meant agents. I also discove...