Home from DC
I'm back from DC, sitting on the bed, and CC is sitting with me eating ice cream. I've just commented on most people's blogs... leaving Scott out because there's nothing new to comment on.
One thing I don't like about the blogspot layouts: you can't add a 'gadget' for recent comments. Which means, when I visit all your blogs, I have to click through to every single posting to see if there have been any new comments. This is stupid. I was using a course blog on edublogs.org this past semester and it was really great to be able to have recent comments listed on the main page, just like recent posts.
In other news, today I had an idea for my novel that I probably won't pursue so let me throw it out there. As you know, my novel will be set in the 1920's. One technique I like for upping the word count is to have multiple forms of writing/texts within the novel. Like Scrap's blog postings from Rogue Intelligence, or like all the many novels that incorporate other novels into their structure (Possession, The Blind Assassin, The Art of Detection (an amazing Laurie R. King novel that blends the Kate Martinelli and Mary Russell series)). (Sorry for no hyperlinks but CC is annoyed that I am not spending time with him.) To get to the point - I was thinking of including a novel within a novel that is set in the future - 2009 - Toronto. I don't think it's a great idea but maybe one of you can turn it into genius.
One thing I don't like about the blogspot layouts: you can't add a 'gadget' for recent comments. Which means, when I visit all your blogs, I have to click through to every single posting to see if there have been any new comments. This is stupid. I was using a course blog on edublogs.org this past semester and it was really great to be able to have recent comments listed on the main page, just like recent posts.
In other news, today I had an idea for my novel that I probably won't pursue so let me throw it out there. As you know, my novel will be set in the 1920's. One technique I like for upping the word count is to have multiple forms of writing/texts within the novel. Like Scrap's blog postings from Rogue Intelligence, or like all the many novels that incorporate other novels into their structure (Possession, The Blind Assassin, The Art of Detection (an amazing Laurie R. King novel that blends the Kate Martinelli and Mary Russell series)). (Sorry for no hyperlinks but CC is annoyed that I am not spending time with him.) To get to the point - I was thinking of including a novel within a novel that is set in the future - 2009 - Toronto. I don't think it's a great idea but maybe one of you can turn it into genius.
I agree Indigo, something about new comments would be really useful.
ReplyDeleteI did figure out how to get 'recent comments' on the sidebar, plus i have an rss feed to the comments on all your blogs so I can keep up with them easily. I gave instructions on setting up the sidebar widget as a comment to Scott's recent post, so if you're interested, check there. If you want some help setting up a feed reader to keep track of blogs you read frequently (and comments) let me know and i'll help with that, too.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised, shocked, and saddened, that you did not add my novel to the above list. Clearly, I very successfully blended not one, but two additional novels into my rookie effort- written by two of my main characters! I thought it was a stroke of brilliance, I thought you agreed, but clearly that is not the case.
ReplyDeletePerhaps in your novel, one of your characters could be reading a novel set in the future that gives him/her some insight into his/her own plight. There is lots of room for comedic elements if the novel was written in the '20s, as in, what they thought the future would be like, and also, some room for foreshadowing (for your main plot), and bizarre details that are actually prophetic, in that they really happened, in a way. I'd like to add as an interesting sidebar, to bring it back to MY first novel... whilst editing, I accurately foretold that Mats Sundin would end up in Vancouver... eerie, isn't it?
Well, at least you weren't shocked and appalled, Jill. The reason I didn't include your novel is because I couldn't remember the name! I know, I'm a terrible person and an even worse sister.
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