Pinboard: bookmarks for sunpig tagged 'writing'

Neil Gaiman: how do you handle feeling discouraged?

Initially I usually handle it by announcing gloomily that I can no longer write, have never been any good at it, and anything I’ve managed to do so far in the writing business was probably just sheer blind luck anyway.

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27 days ago by sunpig

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Dirty 30s! - The Lester Dent Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot
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january 2012 by sunpig

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Anne R. Allen's Blog: Amazon Reader Reviews: 12 Things Everybody and His Grandmother Needs to Know

RT @byharryconnolly: "8) Anything less than 4 stars means 'NOT RECOMMENDED.'" lol

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november 2011 by sunpig

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inessential.com: Pub Rules

Pub Rules: "If I were to run a publication, I’d have a few rules" by @brentsimmons /via

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november 2011 by sunpig

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Advertising is a poison that demeans even love – and we're hooked on it | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

RT @tomcoates: A brilliant article by George Monbiot in the Guardian about Advertising:

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october 2011 by sunpig

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And that’s why you should learn to pick your battles. — TheBloggess.com

Hilarious: "And that’s why you should learn to pick your battles." (/via @codepo8)

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june 2011 by sunpig

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Ask Slashdot: Best Certifications To Get? - Slashdot

RT @dangoor: "programming is quite literally writing" – one of few Slashdot comments worth linking directly to

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june 2011 by sunpig

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Bacon Ipsum | A Meatier Lorem Ipsum Generator
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june 2011 by sunpig

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This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk

RT @codepo8: SCIENCE!

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september 2010 by sunpig

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David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit | Movieline
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march 2010 by sunpig

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For stranger maps [The Early Days of a Better Nation - Ken MacLeod]
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march 2010 by sunpig

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The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend)
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january 2010 by sunpig

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Write When Inspired – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
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august 2009 by sunpig

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How the Web and the Weblog have changed Writing

(via <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/05/30/greenspun-weblog">Daring Fireball</a>)

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june 2009 by sunpig

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Where I Write - Fantasy & Science Fiction Authors In Their Creative Spaces

(via <a href="http://twitter.com/rands/status/1982951987">Rands</a>)

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may 2009 by sunpig

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Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering

Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are quite unique. What follows is a list that every letterer eventually commits to his/her own mental reference file.

(via Abi)