Finished re-reading Frederica. So good, and often cited as a favourite by Heyer fans. Also read a lot of Aurélie today--will probably finish it tomorrow.
Bought some more music, just singles mostly.
Right now the balcony door is open and it actually feels coolish.
That was my day.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Awards, immortality, or a cult following? Hmmmm...
Friend Maewitch sent me a fun internet thingy. You put in a sample of your writing, and it tells you which writer your style is like.
http://iwl.me/
She put in a few samples and came out as Stephen King, JK Rowling, and a "dash of Dan Brown." Which means she's going to be rich!
I put in my personal blog, the edited version of a story I wrote for Nanowrimo in 2002, the novel I finished-finished this past year, and the unedited first draft of Henry V written for Nanowrimo in 2009.
The blog + unedited Henry V = David Foster Wallace = when I don't edit, I'm bound for awards! critical acclaim!
The finished-finished romance novel = Margaret Mitchell = immortality! Or maybe I'm just racist.
The somewhat edited romance story from 2002 = HP Lovecraft = cult following but fame only after death.
To test The Machine I put in some HP Lovecraft text, and the answer did at least come out right. And I know The Machine has Wodehouse in there, cause I entered some Wodehouse text and it came out right. However, I begin to suspect it since Georgette Heyer came out once as Shakespeare, twice as Charles Dickens.
Anyway, now I know what I need to do--just keep rewriting my works, and plugging them into this thing, until they come out as Wodehouse. I suspect if I remove all contractions from my writing, I'll achieve the status of Dickens. Or Shakespeare.
http://iwl.me/
She put in a few samples and came out as Stephen King, JK Rowling, and a "dash of Dan Brown." Which means she's going to be rich!
I put in my personal blog, the edited version of a story I wrote for Nanowrimo in 2002, the novel I finished-finished this past year, and the unedited first draft of Henry V written for Nanowrimo in 2009.
The blog + unedited Henry V = David Foster Wallace = when I don't edit, I'm bound for awards! critical acclaim!
The finished-finished romance novel = Margaret Mitchell = immortality! Or maybe I'm just racist.
The somewhat edited romance story from 2002 = HP Lovecraft = cult following but fame only after death.
To test The Machine I put in some HP Lovecraft text, and the answer did at least come out right. And I know The Machine has Wodehouse in there, cause I entered some Wodehouse text and it came out right. However, I begin to suspect it since Georgette Heyer came out once as Shakespeare, twice as Charles Dickens.
Anyway, now I know what I need to do--just keep rewriting my works, and plugging them into this thing, until they come out as Wodehouse. I suspect if I remove all contractions from my writing, I'll achieve the status of Dickens. Or Shakespeare.
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