Comments | karen_w_newton: In the beginning was the word

karen_w_newton

In the beginning was the word

Feb 05, 2011 21:46

Next came the story. Someone strung a bunch of words together to relate what had happened. That was nonfiction. Then someone got the idea not to be limited to what had already happened but to relate a story that could happen. That was fiction. I don't consider early mythology to be speculative fiction because my definition of spec fic is, the ( Read more... )

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out_totheblack February 6 2011, 06:23:31 UTC

Yay!

karen_w_newton February 7 2011, 04:01:13 UTC

Yup. Nice to finish SOMETHING.

misha_mcg February 6 2011, 17:02:05 UTC

Sigh, so true. But it's good that you've been able to stop yourself.

karen_w_newton February 7 2011, 04:01:47 UTC

Yeah, I can tell better with books than with, say, water colors.

bogwitch64 February 6 2011, 17:20:29 UTC

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karen_w_newton February 7 2011, 04:02:09 UTC

Thank you for the sparkles. No one does sparkles like you do.

tracy_d74 February 7 2011, 03:59:42 UTC

Congratulations on finishing!!!

karen_w_newton February 7 2011, 04:02:24 UTC

Thanks!

bondo_ba February 7 2011, 13:09:36 UTC

"you have to know when to put down the tools and pronounce the thing DONE"

Amen. So many people just don't seem to understand that simple truth.