Links-a-go-go

[alanajoli]

I have a post I intend to make that has actual thoughts and ideas in it -- two of them in the works, now that I think about it. However, they require me to have time to sit down and think those thoughts, and then change them into words, and as I'm in the middle of an upcoming deadline for a somewhat intense project, that time just hasn't been available.

So instead, I present you with interesting things around the Internet.

• The Guardian published a chat with cast and crew members of the Harry Potter series about coming to the conclusion. Favorite quote, unsurprisingly from Rupert Grint (regarding Alan Rickman/Snape): "Alan sort of stayed in character between takes. I mean, he wasn't evil or anything. But he's quite intimidating."


• In the Telegraph, Booker prize winner Penelope Lively criticizes e-book readers -- but then goes on to say that they'd be useful on vacation, or in the hospital. I find the pairing of those statements silly. You can love print books and find e-books incredibly convenient and it doesn't make you a "bloodless nerd."


• In TV tie-in news -- no, it's not a new Richard Castle book this time. It is from NBC: they're publishing a fictional history book about Pawnee, the setting for Parks & Recreation. Meta, meta, meta.


• Rose Fox at Genreville does the update on the latest gender disparity in an SFF anthology, showing how the conversation progressed among writers online quite nicely.


• Lastly, a good friend of mine passed along this essay on productivity for creative people by Alexander Kjerulf that I find brilliant. I'm trying to implement some of these philosophies into my own work-flow.

So, that's the Internet from this week in a nutshell, according to me!

Comments

Pawnee!

[citizenjaq.livejournal.com]

For the most obese town in America, there sure are some skinny attractive people working in City Hall.

Re: Pawnee!

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Ha!

I've not watched the show at all, but I find the idea of what's effectively a "setting bible" for a TV show prettied up and available to the public entirely amusing. It feels very... gaming industry. ;)