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Archive for February, 2008
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On Eating Elephants, and Ketos
Posted on February 29, 2008 | 2 CommentsA while ago, I quoted Karen Miller’s wonderful Book Swede Quote of the Week about the eating of elephants – her way of describing the process of how to write... -
On Cloverfield
Posted on February 15, 2008 | No CommentsWas the hype worth it? Is Cloverfield as scary as its trailer? (I was blown away when I first saw those wild hand-held camera images culminating in the head of the... -
On the Columbus Lab
Posted on February 8, 2008 | No CommentsFinally, after numerous delays, the space shuttle Atlantis has launched, carrying its valuable cargo – a new space laboratory called, rather nicely, Columbus. This is another vital step forward in... -
On More is More
Posted on February 7, 2008 | No CommentsJohn Scalzi does an interesting feature in which he asks writers to talk about their ‘Big Idea’ – the guiding principle behind their writing. I’ve had a stab at explaining...