Failing again. Failing better.
Today Bruce Schneier posted a snippet of Isaac Asimov’s 1956 short story, “Let’s Get Together.” Schneier notes that Asimov predicted security theater 55 years ago. Here’s the clip: “Consider further that this news will leak out as more and more people become involved in our countermeasures and more and more people begin to guess what…
A few weeks ago, I told you to keep an eye on LitReactor.com. The site has now gone active, and it looks like it has a lot to offer writers. Also, I’m not being paid by LitReactor or anything. I’m just a fan who likes what he sees. YMMV. The posts vary from general opinion…
Yesterday, I posted an article that noted how an interview on design and marketing could be useful for writers when deciding which idea you should run with. One of the tips presented was to have something more than just that original idea or spark. I asked if you had considered structure, characters, or themes. But…
This morning, the Twitter account of brainpickings.org (@brainpicker) linked to an interview of Beth Comstock, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer of GE. Although the conversation is primarily focused on marketing, product development, and innovation, I think the interview is particularly useful for writers as well. At 3:32, Comstock responds to a question of how to…
Today The Art of Manliness discussed “The Gains of Drudgery.” Although this site can sometimes have an “old man shaking his fist at the young whippersnappers” feel to it, as an old man at heart, it’s a site I check fairly frequently. Even if you are not a man or not even genetically male, there…