Today I posted a selection of quotations from some of the fiction and nonfiction books and periodicals that I’ve read over the years. They appear in roughly the order that I encountered them, and you’ll probably see some evolving themes that are reflected in other writings on this site. Many of these pertain to specific writing projects. For example, the quotes dealing with “first principles” are ones I collected for my work on — you guessed it — First Principles.
March 15, 2004
March 11, 2004
More Cognicentrism
I added some additional thoughts and implications to the Tutorial School Dispatch on cognicentrism this morning.
March 8, 2004
Novel and Essay
I’ve been a busy boy. I finished the first and second revisions of my YA novel, now called Seeing Through Clouds. I’ve come up with a list of lucky publishers who will have the privilege of sending me my first rejection letters, and this week I’m going to be writing a kick-ass synopsis and chapter outline to accompany my solicitation for rejection — er, I mean my query letter.
No one can accuse me of going into this with unrealistic expectations!
In the meantime, I’m putting up an article that I wrote a couple of years ago that was published elsewhere on the Web under a different title. I think it’s just as timely as ever, and I’m hoping that the act of putting it up here will inspire me to write some more on the subject. Public access to government information may seem like a dry topic, but it really isn’t; it’s an essential civil right and a foundation stone of a truly democratic society.