onefinemess | November 26, 2009
by: Tony Ballantyne I’m pretty sure it’s the idea that sold this book. It’s a good one, and I suspect the writer is either a computer programmer, or read up a lot on how to sound like one. It’s believable enough, but at times it seemed a bit forced. The writing is serviceable, but not [...]
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onefinemess | November 17, 2009
Currently reading: Recursion by Tony Ballantyne. I forget how I found this, suggested by people who liked something or other, somewhere webmagical maybe? It’s decent so far although there is a glaring typo on the first page. Second paragraph. Wow, really?? Unless … in British English does “prize” mean the same thing as “pry”? “Now [...]
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Tags: Bird by Bird, Death is No Obstacle, Recursion, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, The Anvil of Ice, Writing the Breakout Novel