[Meme Molly] You may call me... Her Nerdiness I had a little "argument" (it wasn't angry or anything, more of a discussion really) about whether I really qualified as a nerd. In case the fact that I immediately started looking up definitions to prove my point didn't prove the point in and of itself, I also found a test and took it. My result was more amusing than I expected...



It also said: "You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!"

The ironic part, to me, is that I didn't even exaggerate any of my answers. ;-)

*proud to be a nerd*


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Posted by Molly Morrison to Meme Molly at 8/21/2005 10:34:00 AM  ¶ 10:37 AM 2 comments

  The Law of Blank Pages, and a Corollary Thereof The Law of Blank Pages (familiar to any writer):

A writer, when faced with one or more blank pages (or alternately a blank computer screen) will at best feel a sense of vague unease at destroying the blankness, and at worst will succumb to complete paralysis comparable to writer's block.

Corollary to The Law of Blank Pages:

A writer will always come up with his or her best words, phrases, characters, and events, and plots when no blank page or other suitable writing material is available. Similarly, a writer whose muse has been completely paralyzed for the entire time that the writer was sitting in front of blank pages will, as soon as said blank pages are no longer available, suddenly have a breakthrough leading to one or more *brilliant* ideas. Which, of course, cannot be written down.


Yeah. I was just thinking about how every time I close a file, I always think of what I want to happen next, down to the exact words--but if I try to open the file up again to write it down, I usually lose my train of thought before I get there. The Law of Blank Pages strikes again!  ¶ 9:04 PM 0 comments

  San Francisco Chronicle Article Someone linked me to this article.. I wasn't sure if the hullaballoo regarding the Mugglenet/Leaky Cauldron interview with JKR was going to make a real news source, but apparently so!

(Also note: they blithely referred to Harry/Draco and Harry/Giant Squid... Only in San Francisco.. ;-) )  ¶ 10:20 AM 0 comments

  HBP - Still Spoiler-Free Here's a quote from a review I just read that seemed to capture part of what I disliked about the book:

The odd glumness of this novel is partly a consequence of its loss of a satisfying plot, its lack of shape. There is, I think, a clear reason for this, evident from the amount that we have been hearing about Rowling's plans for her characters. We must not think that she is making her stories up on the hoof, even though the idea of there being seven books, one for each of Harry's years at Hogwarts, must have come to her only belatedly. She has become so fixed on the overall sequence of her novels, that the narrative shape of this one book is no longer a concern. She is working out some prophetic scheme. But it has become a hard task. It is difficult not to think that, rich and adored, JK Rowling's gusto has gone. Now she is just, like her hero, set on completing the grand scheme. Into the gloom she is determined to take all those devoted readers.

John Mullan is senior lecturer in English at University College London.

Here's exactly why I have not been updating Lies, as well. I have no interest in taking my readers with me "into the gloom." I'll get through the gloom and then write, thanks. :-P  ¶ 7:54 AM 0 comments