Category: Commentary
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More thoughts on Naming
Was pondering the naming architecture further. What about “Categorate?” Sounds more professional – but still awkward and contrived – compared to Categorify (or Categoryfy, or Categorafy, all three of which I’ve registered. Will continue to explore the naming hierarchy for my self-publishing brand. More thoughts on naming may seem like gibberish right now, because I…
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Nomenclature for genrefying is coming along
I’m thinking of substituting one of the following terms with regard to branding my self-published fiction: cogenre genrafy cosubject subjectafy cocategory categorafy coversioning versionafy Will be giving this more consideration in near future. For now I just wanted to get these terms into the public sphere in case I need to claim first use when…
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Is Cli-Fi A New Genre?
Climate Fiction. I first heard of it just today, though apparently it’s been around since concerns over climate change first emerged. That’s decades ago. Remember Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring? Back in 1962 she sounded the alarm over our planet’s altered ecosystem. She was labelled an alarmist by many. However today she’s regarded as a prophet…
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My Intent Is To Genrefy My Writing
One of the differentiating elements of my debut novel is the notion of genrefying it. As an author who has begun to write my first novel, and as an appreciator of the need to market oneself uniquely and in a targeted manner – especially when self-publishing, as I plan to (certainly initially) – I will…
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Insulting Autsim Commercial That Ends Hopefully?
Video Starts By Vilifying Autism The video here claims to be the work of #AutismSpeaks, a controversial organization that advocates in the autism realm. The entire first half of the vignette depicts autism as taking delight in ruining lives. For instance, it says “I will make sure your marriage fails,” and “I will bankrupt you…
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Some Reasons Not To Change An Autistic Person
From a concerned mother: RT @mamabegood (Brenda Rothman) “The response to autism has usually been to work on changing the child. If they are highly reactive to noise, we think we need to get them used to it. If they are playing alone and not with others, we think we need to teach them to play with…
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Should Religious Conscience Justify Discrimination Against Gays?
Discrimination. It is supposed to be outlawed by the government and constitution. So should we allow exceptions if your religious beliefs conflict with legal reality? According to the Christian Post, “The #ACLU is busy chipping away at religious freedom in our country again. They have successfully brought suit in the Denver area to force a…
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Are People With Autism An Endangered Species?
Are People With Autism Endangered? The Autism Right To Life Debate – it’s raging now that “cures” and embryo therapy are being developed in earnest. There will come a time in the not too distant future when we’ll have the medical technology to “fix” embryos with genetic markers for Autism Spectrum Condition. What implications does…
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Broke 1,000 Twitter Followers
Hit some important (though not earth shattering) social media landmarks yesterday. As of this morning: FB Friends 885, Page Likes 305. Yesterday morning I broke 1,000 Twitter Followers. But of those, at least 70 were garbage. So I used Unfollow.me and ManageFlitter.com to prune them, forcing “unfollows” of the junk Followers. I Followed another hundred…
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try