Link dump for Fri. 2010/02/05 after the cut. The wiki version includes a tag cloud.Links:
- 12 Secrets To Being A Super-Prolific Short-Story Writer – Writing – io9 (Writing,SF,SciFi,Advice,ShortStory,io9)
- 17 Reasons Manuscripts are Rejected (Writing,Submission,Advice,Rejection)
- 50 Brilliant CSS3/JavaScript Coding Techniques – Smashing Magazine (CSS,JavaScript)
- 7 Essential Features Left Off of the iPad | Mac|Life (Watch,Apple,IPad)
- 7 of the Best Science Fiction Short Stories Over the Past 30 Years – Associated Content – associatedcontent.com (SF,SciFi,ShortStory,Best,List,Top)
- A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Booty Call (Writing,Publishing,Ebook,Piracy)
- A. Trevor Thrall, Ph.D. || trevorthrall.wordpress.com (Blog,Friend,AnnArbor)
- Abigail's Big Table Of Latin Phrases (Latin,Phrase,List)
- Aircruise � A Sustainable Way To Travel In Utmost Luxury – Ecofriend (Future,Tech,Airship)
- Aliens visiting Earth will be just like humans, scientist claims | Science | The Guardian (Hmmm,Flawed,Analysis,Alien,Evolution)
- Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider's guide to the fight – Charlie's Diary (Publishing,Economics,Apple,Amazon,Watch)
- Anachronism Stew – Television Tropes & Idioms (TvTrope,Anachronism,Reading,Writing,Viewing)
- Apex Book Company � Annihilating History: The Creative Engine of SF (SF,SciFi,Writing,Reading,Trope,History)
- Apple + iPad + Huxley = Orwellian nightmare | Technology | The Observer (Watch,Apple,IPhone,IPad,Tech,Culture,Freedom,Surveillance,Future,Comment,Critique)
- Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers� �Guilds� (Writing,Publishing,SelfPublishing,Publishing.Self)
- Author! Author! � Blog Archive � What do you mean, most submissions are rejected on page 1? Isn�t that a trifle�judgmental? (Writing,Query,Submission,Advice,Rejection)
- Avatar shows how dumbing down works | Stuart McGurk | Film | guardian.co.uk (Movie,Critique)
- Avatargate: The Case For The Prosecution (Comic,Movie)
- BBC News – Why do people often vote against their own interests? (Politics,Psychology,USA,Culture,BBC)
- Book Authors Should Share Free Content on the Internet – The Savvy Book Marketer (Writing,Author,Content,Online)
- Breathtaking Pillar-Like Rocks in Zhangjiajie National Park | ZuZu Top (Landscape,Photo,China)
- Children's Fantasy || xkcd.com (Humor,Fantasy,xkcd,YA,Imagination)
- Colliding Particles Can Make Black Holes — Cho 2010 (122): 1 — ScienceNOW (BlackHole,Theory)
- Comprehensive guide to .htaccess- Redirects (htaccess)
- Conceptual Fiction.com (Writing,SF,SciFi,Reading,Literature,Fiction,Blog)
- Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk (Copyright,Law)
- Critiquing tips || shortstorygroup.com (Writing,Critique,Advice,Tip,HowTo)
- Cyclone Steam Engine Pushes Closer To Land Speed Record – MotorAuthority (Watch,Tech,Engine,Engine.Steam,Steam)
- Dan Solin: The $3 Trillion 401(k) Rip-Off (401K)
- Did Google Just Multi-Punch Apple In The Face? (Google,IPhone,Apple,Watch)
- Digital Book World: Get Noticed! How to Earn Attention for Every Book � The Book Publicity Blog (Publishing,Writing,Publicity)
- Digital quantum batteries inspired by plasma TVs (Watch,Tech,Quantum,Battery)
- Elastic Theme Editor | Change the way you think about WordPress themes (WordPress,Theme,WYSIWYG,Editor)
- Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas (Watch,Tech,Antenna,MetaMaterial)
- Finish it. � Storytellers Unplugged (Writing,End,Advice)
- Five Reasons Why Literary Agents Reject Manuscripts Out of Hand (Writing,Submission,Advice,Rejection)
- Friday Forum: Plotting � Girl Meets Word (Writing,Plot)
- Futurity.org � Economic �perfect storm� brewing? (Politics,USA,Security,Government,Economics,Energy,Globalization,Consumer,Scarcity,Leadership,Future,Strategy)
- Google Economist Explains Why You Won't Pay For Online News – San Francisco News – The Snitch (Newspaper,Economics)
- Google uses mobile Web to bypass Apple's app block (Watch,Google,Apple,IPhone)
- Grande Arm�e – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (NapoleonicWars,Europe,History,19thCentury,France,Napoleon,Wikipedia)
- Help! I Need a Publisher!: PITCH YOUR HOOK (Writing,Pitch,Hook,Submission)
- Help! I Need a Publisher!: POINTS OF VIEW (Writing,POV,View)
- Hiding Information in Plain Sight – TalkToYoUniverse.blogspot.com (Writing,Infodump,SF,SciFi,Fantasy)
- Hilobrow | Middlebrow is not the solution (SF,SciFi,PodCast)
- Hollywood studios lose landmark Internet download battle (Watch,Hollywood,Media)
- How SF Crushes Highbrow Fiction – Books – io9 (SF,SciFi,History,Literature,20thCentury,40s,50s,io9)
- How the space race changed computing | News | TechRadar UK (Tech,Computer,Space,SpaceRace)
- How to Write a Novel by ~BarbecuedIguana on deviantART (Writing,HowTo,Process,Novel)
- Information, Freedom, Flame-bait – Charlie's Diary (Commentary,Publishing,Free,DRM,Copyright,Business,Internet,Culture,Information)
- Kindle Fantasies Are Running Wild — But, For Now, Amazon Is Losing Its Shirt (Publishing,Economics,Analysis,Ebook,Kindle,Amazon)
- Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion (Physics,Fusion,Power,Power.Generation,Watch,Tech)
- Luc Reid – How to Turn an Idea Into a Story (Writing,Advice,LiveJournal)
- Name generators — Seventh Sanctum (Name,Generator,Link,List,Writing,Tool)
- Napoleonic Wars – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (NapoleonicWars,Europe,History,19thCentury,France,Napoleon,Wikipedia)
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: Guest Blog Week: How to Make a Book Trailer (Writing,Author,Book,Trailer,HowTo)
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: It's a Great Time to Be An Author (Writing,Publishing,Agent)
- nihilistic_kid: All right, why writing isn't like music (Writing,Publishing,LiveJournal)
- norilana: Introduction to Wonder (Writing,Theme,SF,Fantasy,Wonder,SenseOfWonder,LiveJournal)
- Notes from the Labyrinth – Don't talk back, just drive the car (Writing,Publishing)
- nzakas's computer-science-in-javascript at master – GitHub (JavaScript,DataStructure,Algorithm,Reference)
- odysseyworkshop – Writing Tip: Looking/Eye Words (Writing,Advice)
- On Publishing and the Modernization of the Hunch – Genreville – Blog on Publishers Weekly (Publishing,Ebook,Price)
- Paradox Lost: The Fredric Brown Homepage (Author,Fan,Homepage,SF,Mystery)
- Peninsular War – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (NapoleonicWars,Europe,Spain,Portugal,England,History,19thCentury,France,Napoleon,Wikipedia)
- PLANETARY ENGINEERING BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Bib,Engineering,MegaEngineering)
- Point of View || irosf.com (Writing,POV,PointOfView,View,Viewpoint)
- Power : The Frontal Cortex (Economics,Psychology,Power,Corruption,Ethics,Empathy,NeuroScience,Hypocrisy,Isolation)
- Pub Rants: Why Prologues Often Don�t Work (Writing,Craft,Advice,Prologue,Agent)
- Puffin: the one-person electric aircraft (w/ Video) (AeroSpace,Watch,Tech,NASA)
- Question: Freewriters vs. Outliners – Suvudu – Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games (Writing,Outline)
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: The Top Ten Query Mistakes (Writing,Query,Advice)
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: We DO Publish Debut Authors (Writing,Publishing,Agent)
- Raleigh NASFiC 2010 (SF,SciFi,Convention,NASFIC,2010)
- Search Patterns: Design for Discovery (Search,Pattern,Usability,Book)
- Self Editing – A Bit Like Weeding — Help! I Need a Publisher! (Writing,Editing,SelfEditing,Advice)
- SF Signal: [GUEST POST] Sarah A. Hoyt on The Death of Science Fiction: It Ain't Over Till The Fat Droid Sings (SF,Fantasy,Reading,Criticism)
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile? (Reading,Recommendation,2009,MindMeld)
- SF Signal: The SF Fanatic: SF Explores The Ideas Mainstream Fiction Won't (Writing,Reading,SF,SciFi,MainStream,Literature,Comparison,SenseOfWonder)
- SF Signal: What are Ursula K. Le Guin's Best Short Stories? (SF,ShortStory,Best)
- Short Story Writers – writers, poets critique group for short story writing and poetry with writing and poetry resources and exercises (Writing,Critique,Group,ShortStory,Writing.Group)
- Short Story Writing Tips || shortstorygroup.com (Writing,ShortStory,Tip,Advice)
- Short Story: Science Fiction's Lifeblood (SF,SciFi,ShortStory,History)
- Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything (Watch,Tech,MaterialScience,NanoTech)
- Spray-on miracle could revolutionise manufacturing – Science, News – The Independent (Watch,Tech,MaterialScience)
- Story Mapping: How I do It (Writing,SF,Fantasy,HowTo,Process)
- Strange Tunnels and Architecture Gallery – The World�s 18 Strangest Tunnels Pictures – Popular Mechanics (Tunnel,Engineering,Architecture)
- T.J. McIntyre: A Southern Fried Weirdo – Money for Nothing (Publishing,Reading,Ebook,Economics,LiveJournal)
- Table of Contents � The Homebrew Industrial Revolution (DIY,Tech)
- TalkToYoUniverse: "Show, Don't Tell" – Exposed! (Writing,ShowDontTell,SF,SciFi,Fantasy)
- TalkToYoUniverse: Point of View: more personal than pronouns (Writing,POV,View,Viewpoint)
- Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy (Physics,Energy,Quantum,Teleport)
- Teenager invents low-frequency radio for underground communications — Engadget (Watch,Tech,Radio)
- The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures � OkTrends (Photo,Psychology,Analysis,Social,Media)
- The Best Problem Solving Method Ever Devised (Thinking,ProblemSolving,Thinking.Tool,ScientificMethod)
- The Importance of Style Sheets (Writing,StyleSheet,CopyEdit,ProofReader)
- The Moon may have formed in a nuclear explosion (Moon,Theory)
- The Moon may have formed in a nuclear explosion (Moon,Theory)
- The Other Side of the Story: Brains on a Page (Writing,Advice)
- The Other Side of the Story: Get Your Head in the Game (Writing,Start,Start.False)
- The Real Rules for Time Travelers | Cosmology | DISCOVER Magazine (TimeTravel,Physics,Cosmology,Reference,SciFi,SF)
- The Willpower Engine (ebook) | willpowerengine.com (Writing,Process,Advice,Ebook)
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Almost Like We Planned It (Writing,Plot,Planning)
- Toward an Interstellar Archaeology (SETI,KardashevScale,Astronomy,SF,SciFi,Space,FermisParadox)
- Toyota Matrix Owners Forum > Cd Player Error And Jam – Help Needed (Car,Help,Forum,QandA)
- U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google – CNN.com (USA,Politics,Security,Google,Privacy,Censorship,China,Hacking,Surveillance)
- What We Can Learn from Episodic Television (Writing,Series,Plot,Character,TV)
- What Won't Sell || Bookslut.com (SF,SciFi,ShortStory,Publishing,Market,Critique)
- When Science Asks, �What If?� � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM (Science,Futurism,SF,SciFi,Writing,Essay,Inspiration,Culture,Tech)
- Why 'Avatar' is actually the 26th biggest movie — The Live Feed | THR (Film,Movie,Ticket,Sales)
- Why Manuscripts Get Rejected: Five Tricks to Polish Writing and Avoid Rejection Letters (Writing,Submission,Advice,Rejection)
- WordPress � Search Regex � WordPress Plugins (WordPress,Search,PlugIn,RegExp)
- WordPress � Syndicate Out � WordPress Plugins (WordPress,PlugIn)
- Words from the Wise: CJ Cherryh – BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG (Publishing,Writing,History,CJCherryh)
- Writer Unboxed � Blog Archive � Something isn�t right: Is it my query or my manuscript? (Writing,Query,Submission,Advice,Rejection)
- Writing Funny || magicdistrict.wordpress.com (Writing,Humor)
Tagged Author
- Book Authors Should Share Free Content on the Internet – The Savvy Book Marketer
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: Guest Blog Week: How to Make a Book Trailer
- Paradox Lost: The Fredric Brown Homepage
Tagged Criticism
Tagged Critique
- Apple + iPad + Huxley = Orwellian nightmare | Technology | The Observer
- Avatar shows how dumbing down works | Stuart McGurk | Film | guardian.co.uk
- Critiquing tips || shortstorygroup.com
- Short Story Writers – writers, poets critique group for short story writing and poetry with writing and poetry resources and exercises
- What Won't Sell || Bookslut.com
Tagged Fantasy
- Children's Fantasy || xkcd.com
- Hiding Information in Plain Sight – TalkToYoUniverse.blogspot.com
- norilana: Introduction to Wonder
- SF Signal: [GUEST POST] Sarah A. Hoyt on The Death of Science Fiction: It Ain't Over Till The Fat Droid Sings
- Story Mapping: How I do It
- TalkToYoUniverse: "Show, Don't Tell" – Exposed!
Tagged FermisParadox
Tagged Futurism
Tagged Generator
Tagged Movie
- Avatar shows how dumbing down works | Stuart McGurk | Film | guardian.co.uk
- Avatargate: The Case For The Prosecution
- Why 'Avatar' is actually the 26th biggest movie — The Live Feed | THR
Tagged Plot
- Friday Forum: Plotting � Girl Meets Word
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Almost Like We Planned It
- What We Can Learn from Episodic Television
Tagged Publishing
- A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Booty Call
- Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider's guide to the fight – Charlie's Diary
- Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers� �Guilds�
- Digital Book World: Get Noticed! How to Earn Attention for Every Book � The Book Publicity Blog
- Information, Freedom, Flame-bait – Charlie's Diary
- Kindle Fantasies Are Running Wild — But, For Now, Amazon Is Losing Its Shirt
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: It's a Great Time to Be An Author
- nihilistic_kid: All right, why writing isn't like music
- Notes from the Labyrinth – Don't talk back, just drive the car
- On Publishing and the Modernization of the Hunch – Genreville – Blog on Publishers Weekly
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: We DO Publish Debut Authors
- T.J. McIntyre: A Southern Fried Weirdo – Money for Nothing
- What Won't Sell || Bookslut.com
- Words from the Wise: CJ Cherryh – BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG
Tagged Reading
- Anachronism Stew – Television Tropes & Idioms
- Apex Book Company � Annihilating History: The Creative Engine of SF
- Conceptual Fiction.com
- SF Signal: [GUEST POST] Sarah A. Hoyt on The Death of Science Fiction: It Ain't Over Till The Fat Droid Sings
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile?
- SF Signal: The SF Fanatic: SF Explores The Ideas Mainstream Fiction Won't
- T.J. McIntyre: A Southern Fried Weirdo – Money for Nothing
Tagged Recommendation
Tagged SF
- 12 Secrets To Being A Super-Prolific Short-Story Writer – Writing – io9
- 7 of the Best Science Fiction Short Stories Over the Past 30 Years – Associated Content – associatedcontent.com
- Apex Book Company � Annihilating History: The Creative Engine of SF
- Conceptual Fiction.com
- Hiding Information in Plain Sight – TalkToYoUniverse.blogspot.com
- Hilobrow | Middlebrow is not the solution
- How SF Crushes Highbrow Fiction – Books – io9
- norilana: Introduction to Wonder
- Paradox Lost: The Fredric Brown Homepage
- Raleigh NASFiC 2010
- SF Signal: [GUEST POST] Sarah A. Hoyt on The Death of Science Fiction: It Ain't Over Till The Fat Droid Sings
- SF Signal: The SF Fanatic: SF Explores The Ideas Mainstream Fiction Won't
- SF Signal: What are Ursula K. Le Guin's Best Short Stories?
- Short Story: Science Fiction's Lifeblood
- Story Mapping: How I do It
- TalkToYoUniverse: "Show, Don't Tell" – Exposed!
- The Real Rules for Time Travelers | Cosmology | DISCOVER Magazine
- Toward an Interstellar Archaeology
- What Won't Sell || Bookslut.com
- When Science Asks, �What If?� � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
Tagged Tech+Watch
- Apple + iPad + Huxley = Orwellian nightmare | Technology | The Observer
- Cyclone Steam Engine Pushes Closer To Land Speed Record – MotorAuthority
- Digital quantum batteries inspired by plasma TVs
- Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas
- Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
- Puffin: the one-person electric aircraft (w/ Video)
- Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything
- Spray-on miracle could revolutionise manufacturing – Science, News – The Independent
- Teenager invents low-frequency radio for underground communications — Engadget
Tagged TV
Tagged WordPress
- Elastic Theme Editor | Change the way you think about WordPress themes
- WordPress � Search Regex � WordPress Plugins
- WordPress � Syndicate Out � WordPress Plugins
Tagged Writing
- 12 Secrets To Being A Super-Prolific Short-Story Writer – Writing – io9
- 17 Reasons Manuscripts are Rejected
- A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Booty Call
- Anachronism Stew – Television Tropes & Idioms
- Apex Book Company � Annihilating History: The Creative Engine of SF
- Author Solutions CEO Wants to Talk to Writers� �Guilds�
- Author! Author! � Blog Archive � What do you mean, most submissions are rejected on page 1? Isn�t that a trifle�judgmental?
- Book Authors Should Share Free Content on the Internet – The Savvy Book Marketer
- Conceptual Fiction.com
- Critiquing tips || shortstorygroup.com
- Digital Book World: Get Noticed! How to Earn Attention for Every Book � The Book Publicity Blog
- Finish it. � Storytellers Unplugged
- Five Reasons Why Literary Agents Reject Manuscripts Out of Hand
- Friday Forum: Plotting � Girl Meets Word
- Help! I Need a Publisher!: PITCH YOUR HOOK
- Help! I Need a Publisher!: POINTS OF VIEW
- Hiding Information in Plain Sight – TalkToYoUniverse.blogspot.com
- How to Write a Novel by ~BarbecuedIguana on deviantART
- Luc Reid – How to Turn an Idea Into a Story
- Name generators — Seventh Sanctum
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: Guest Blog Week: How to Make a Book Trailer
- Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent: It's a Great Time to Be An Author
- nihilistic_kid: All right, why writing isn't like music
- norilana: Introduction to Wonder
- Notes from the Labyrinth – Don't talk back, just drive the car
- odysseyworkshop – Writing Tip: Looking/Eye Words
- Point of View || irosf.com
- Pub Rants: Why Prologues Often Don�t Work
- Question: Freewriters vs. Outliners – Suvudu – Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: The Top Ten Query Mistakes
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: We DO Publish Debut Authors
- Self Editing – A Bit Like Weeding — Help! I Need a Publisher!
- SF Signal: The SF Fanatic: SF Explores The Ideas Mainstream Fiction Won't
- Short Story Writers – writers, poets critique group for short story writing and poetry with writing and poetry resources and exercises
- Short Story Writing Tips || shortstorygroup.com
- Story Mapping: How I do It
- TalkToYoUniverse: "Show, Don't Tell" – Exposed!
- TalkToYoUniverse: Point of View: more personal than pronouns
- The Importance of Style Sheets
- The Other Side of the Story: Brains on a Page
- The Other Side of the Story: Get Your Head in the Game
- The Willpower Engine (ebook) | willpowerengine.com
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Almost Like We Planned It
- What We Can Learn from Episodic Television
- When Science Asks, �What If?� � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
- Why Manuscripts Get Rejected: Five Tricks to Polish Writing and Avoid Rejection Letters
- Words from the Wise: CJ Cherryh – BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG
- Writer Unboxed � Blog Archive � Something isn�t right: Is it my query or my manuscript?
- Writing Funny || magicdistrict.wordpress.com
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