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Aug 03, 2006 13:53

The air conditioning in my office is back on, thank dog.

This morning we drove my daughter Maud to the Eastern Iowa Airport; on the way up, Theo exclaimed, "It's totally corn!"

Very true. A new motto for our state. Iowa: It's totally corn!Now to sum up all those how-I-started-writing stories from yesterday, for which I thank you. They helped ( Read more... )

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ccfinlay August 3 2006, 19:40:48 UTC

The male/female, solitary/community observation is very interesting. The sample's too small to draw any conclusions, but golly does it explain a lot about mailing list, chat room, and other crit group dynamics on the OWW if there really is a tendency or pattern that way, whether it's due to gender socialization or some other cause.

sallytuppence August 4 2006, 02:19:17 UTC

...or some other cause.

Because men are aliens.

Yeah! All first contact SF stories? Are really about the gender divide.

snurri August 3 2006, 19:56:35 UTC

I can only speak for myself, obviously; but I think that, while I had been writing on my own for some time, it was the community that I first found at Odyssey that cemented my own self-identification as a writer. Nowadays it's massively helpful to have people both locally and Internet-accessible to exchange and discuss work with. I'd probably still be a writer without that, but I don't think it would be nearly as rewarding.

sallytuppence August 4 2006, 02:20:59 UTC

See, I'm not sure I would write without the community support. A big part of why I write is because if I'm a writer I get to hang out with other writers.

And hey! It means I don't have to feel guilty about blogging!

charmingbillie August 3 2006, 20:13:47 UTC

Has Theo heard the I-80 song?

I haven't had a chance to catch up on the 'when I became a writer' thread yet--I'm looking forward to it. Related to the 'when did you start' there's a really great article on genius and age at Wired (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/genius.html)

sallytuppence August 4 2006, 02:14:40 UTC

Funniest song ever.

I'm also partial to Greg Brown's "Speed Trap Boogie," where the cop says to the speeder, "I know you been drivin through corn, corn, corn corn..."

sallytuppence August 6 2006, 02:12:39 UTC

I just want you to know that my family has listened to the "corn, corn, corn" song about ten times today.

charmingbillie August 6 2006, 02:59:57 UTC

Yes!

I feel my work here is done.

haddayr August 3 2006, 20:18:21 UTC

No conclusions, but I love your state's new motto!

It might be Illinois' motto, too, though . . .

jennreese August 3 2006, 20:30:45 UTC

I freakin' love "It's totally corn." I think we should start using that for other stuff, too.

"Did you like my story?"
"It's totally corn!"

(I'm not sure if being "totally corn" is a good or bad thing--I imagine the context and delivery would be the clues.)

michaeljasper August 3 2006, 20:36:32 UTC

And Wisconsin would be "It's totally cheese!"

sallytuppence August 4 2006, 02:12:15 UTC

Actually, in Iowa it really should be, "It's totally soybeans."

Or maybe hogs.

sallytuppence August 4 2006, 02:22:32 UTC

I'm totally doing that at my next writing group meeting.

Hear that Deb? I'm going to say your story is "totally corn" and you have to figure out whether that's a good thing or not.