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the triumph of pollyannaism

July 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

It was the first evening of the CSSF workshops (short story writing taught by Jim Gunn and Chris McKitterick, and novel writing taught by Kij Johnson), and we were all gathered informally to have dinner and get to know one another before diving into the real work the next day. People introduced themselves and chatted [...]

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word count tool from the beta site Writertopia

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Writertopia, a work in progress that promises to be a home on the web for writers, has created a free tool to help you display your writing progress visually on a blog or web site. Here’s a sample: They have a cheesier cartoon version of the meter as well, but I’m frankly a bit disturbed [...]

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