tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post1620736562053284088..comments2019-06-03T08:47:02.972-07:00Comments on A Lapse of Memory: computer brain deathseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-24813867968150562752009-10-31T21:17:14.712-07:002009-10-31T21:17:14.712-07:00By all means, keep beating this thing to death. It...By all means, keep beating this thing to death. It may finally get me started.<br /><br />I don't know if I have 5,000 words' worth, though. My three best titles froum Bouchercon were 7, 2 and 4 words.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-45687274894225727482009-10-31T21:13:14.507-07:002009-10-31T21:13:14.507-07:00Well, not to beat this thing to death, but the gre...Well, not to beat this thing to death, but the great beauty of Nanowrimo is that you are going for word count, which is quite liberating. So you can use all your jokes, quips and set-ups, and then with, say, 45,000 words to go, you have to reach for something more. You just get a raw batch of something, but you'll find great, unexpected things in it. I think the process is this very felicitous blend of it doesn't matter at all, and it matters tremendously. Which of course is all any writing process ever really is. You could write Ulysses and the vast majority of the world Does Not Care.<br /><br />Still worth doing, though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-86184675754199852062009-10-31T21:07:25.126-07:002009-10-31T21:07:25.126-07:00Thanks. I might even be able to push myself on my ...Thanks. I might even be able to push myself on my own, though. I am a font of quips, jokes and clever set-ups. I'm not so good at going beyond that and making stories, though, possibly because that takes work.<br />=============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-11989296592077591532009-10-31T21:02:48.164-07:002009-10-31T21:02:48.164-07:00People do actually do other wrimos in other months...People do actually do other wrimos in other months, because November is not the most ideal time for some. Actually, I don't think it's the best time for anyone, but there are degrees and then there are degrees. <br /><br />Anyway, if I see some sort of notice on the forums of another, I'll let you know.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-80844564034730945652009-10-31T20:56:59.801-07:002009-10-31T20:56:59.801-07:00Having a friend to go through it with you could be...Having a friend to go through it with you could be a great help. I will have to overcome my unwillingness to write drivel if I am ever to write anything on a large scale. The organizers of Nanowrimo come write out and say: "You will write loads of crap!" and recognizing that is good.<br /><br />But I relaly do have deadlines to meet in November. Maybe I'll make my own Nanowrimo later. I'll call it Petnowrimo.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-31395072143035892692009-10-31T20:49:30.357-07:002009-10-31T20:49:30.357-07:00Peter, I think the difference between you and me i...Peter, I think the difference between you and me is that you are not willing to bother writing 50,000 words of pure drivel and I am. <br /><br />It looks like I'm making the attempt this year, though midnight hasn't hit yet, and I don't even have a title, much less a plot. But I do have a friend here who wants to try and wants a friend in the process. This more than anything else is what is making me go for it. I am not full of enthusiasm this time around. Still, enthusiasm isn't everything.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-67239297353654989922009-10-31T20:34:19.387-07:002009-10-31T20:34:19.387-07:00I wish I could work my way up to vague plot ideas....I wish I could work my way up to vague plot ideas. I did spend the first two days of Bouchercon amusing everyone around me by coming up with titles.<br /><br />No foreign climes for me this time. I have axed the Sicily trip and will instead speand a few days in Houston and then a few more and Murder and Mayhem in Muskego -- efforts to recapture that old Bouchercon magic.<br /><br />I think it's my looming deadlines that will keep me out of Nanowrimo this year, though, not the travel.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-39388191019283809052009-10-31T20:27:09.806-07:002009-10-31T20:27:09.806-07:00Peter, save up these titles and the vague plot ide...Peter, save up these titles and the vague plot ideas that go with them for the year you can do Nanowrimo instead of traipsing about foreign climes.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-78701265045170662662009-10-31T20:12:24.882-07:002009-10-31T20:12:24.882-07:00My fellow Canadian was a step or two ahead of me, ...My fellow Canadian was a step or two ahead of me, but yes, that's the sort of thing I had in mind.<br /><br /><i>Data Death</i> is a good title for something, isn't it?<br /> ==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-63018230919142823252009-10-31T19:54:55.391-07:002009-10-31T19:54:55.391-07:00I don't think I mentioned in this post that I ...I don't think I mentioned in this post that I heard Margaret Atwood in an interview with my friend Rick Kleffel where he was talking about the obsolescence of floppy discs, and she said, well, if you want a <i>really</i> scary thought, think about how a large solar flare could simply erase all electronically stored data. <br /><br />Yikes.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988234147611386839.post-83035158863788275172009-10-31T19:47:47.691-07:002009-10-31T19:47:47.691-07:00I've read musings about what reliance on elect...I've read musings about what reliance on electronic storage means for preservation of vital records for the future. On the one hand we can preserve communications and other records to a degree unprecedented in human history (meaning ample emplyment for archivists in future centuries, perhaps). On the other, these records are unprecedentedly fragile and vulnerable.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com