13 hours ago by j_leigh_nelson

Here's Chapter 2 By the time Tian got to the window, only Basil’s legs were indoors. The man in the chocolate beanie leaned outside, holding Basil by the throat. Basil sunk his dirty nails into the man’s wrists like he could hook into him and stay off the pavement five stories down. “Stop it, just l ...

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2 days ago by Madderhorn

John McCain, a self-confessed luddite who relies on his wife to handle his technology for him, is sponsoring a bill he calls "The Internet Freedom Act". That's a pretty awesome name for a bill, huh? Who the hell wouldn't want that? You're probably pretty much ready to sign on the dotted line, right? ...

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3 days ago by j_leigh_nelson

Here's my NaNoWriMo Chapter One, part 2. Robin’s apartment didn’t have an elevator. Tian reached the fifth floor landing out of breath. “Don’t wimp out on me yet,” Sil said. Sil had exercised every inch of fat off her bones. She bent her knees like an ibex and sweat spring rain. Tian’s legs ached an ...

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3 days ago by j_leigh_nelson

Here it is. Chapter One of my NaNoWriMo novel. Live Journal is telling me my post is too large, so I will cut it into pieces for you. Cut me some slack. Do you know how fast I'm writing? But if you have suggestions or criticism, please share! Novel title suggestions are appreciated too. It was a Fri ...

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4 days ago by j_leigh_nelson

Okay, I've calmed down a little. It's not a complete disaster. I'm going to post the full chapter one at the end of the weekend when it's done. In the meantime, do you want to see what crap looks like? Here are the first two drafts of the first scene. They're really bad. I don't even want to show yo ...

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5 days ago by Hava

A Luddite was a member of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed labour saving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment. Although not entirely correct in it’s current day use, it is accepted by most as a term to describe people ...

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11 days ago by autumn_buttons

This wasn't the post I intended for today, but today's post might have to wait until later in the weekend. No, it got superseded by phone silliness. metkat texted me "warm and sunny" from his destination. I tried to text back "Oooooh! Jealous!" but my phone took all those "o's" and came up with Loop ...

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12 days ago by Tee Jay

I never would have thought that I would have welcomed ereading technology. When it came to reading novels, reading literature, I was a true Luddite. Books, I thought, must be read as books—not on a gadget. Well, little did I know how much I would enjoy reading on an ereading devise. In my case, I us ...

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14 days ago by Patrix

Vaccines are become the new ‘abortion’ for the science-illiterate masses; complete with a scientist to hate and death threats.

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14 days ago by Piers Young

The anxious rhetoric around new technology is really quite shocking in its vehemence, from claims that the player piano will destroy musical taste and the "national throat" to concerns that the VCR is like the "Boston strangler" to claims that only Hollywood's premier content could make the DTV tran ...

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