meta user
network profile
| bio | website | |
|---|---|---|
| location | London, United Kingdom | |
| age | 42 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | Apr 15 at 12:08 | |
| stats | profile views | 10 |
Quite boring, really. Have faffed about with computers since the mid-80s, have worked as a network engineer, unix sysadmin and (occasionally) developer.
|
Nov 18 |
awarded | Yearling |
|
Sep 28 |
comment |
Which well-established vanity publishers offer publishing for money and how much money is enough? @Derfder While not an exhaustive list, there may be some information to be gleaned from sfwa.org/for-authors/writer-beware/vanity |
|
Sep 10 |
answered | How can I learn how to outline, so I can write like an architect? |
|
Feb 3 |
comment |
LaTex vs. Word vs. etc It is definitely possible to convert LaTeX to an assortment of other formats. |
|
Jan 20 |
comment |
What is the difference between writing in the first and the third person? Charles Stross has written two novels using second-person perspective ('Halting State' and 'Rule 34') and (at least IMHO) managed to make it work. |
|
Nov 18 |
awarded | Yearling |
|
Oct 14 |
comment |
Less universe-specific synonyms for “squib”? I could've sworn that in special effects, a squib is a small bag of fake blood, with a small charge underneath, set off by a supervisor during the filming, usually used to mimic gunshot hits. Looking at Wikipedia, it does indeed seem to be an actual, exploding, small charge. |
|
Oct 6 |
answered | Is there any good time-line software out there? |
|
Oct 6 |
answered | Author's notes: yay or nay? |
|
Aug 22 |
comment |
What's the distinction between “vanity publishing” and “self publishing”? @Jürgen A. Erhard - I can't speak for German, but the Swedish word "förlag" (cognate to "Verlag") does indeed have a connotation of advancing money (or, rather, pay for the initial publishing run). |
|
Jul 28 |
comment |
Best e-book formatting process? I use LaTeX for (almost) all of my writing. Since I am a fan of using \include statements to structure my longer works (essentially one file per chapter), I ended up rolling some code to emit 9among other formats) EPUB files. |
|
Jul 28 |
answered | What are the advantages and disadvantages of digital rights management for self-published authors? |
|
Jul 14 |
comment |
How do I better handle my nameless main character when trying to retain mystery? One way to (possibly) inject a sense of mystery and an air of "I am private in nature" in a first-person POV would be for each person to refer to the character by a different name. |
|
Apr 11 |
awarded | Commentator |
|
Apr 11 |
comment |
What's a clear way to simulate web text in a story? It depends on what effect you're going for, it'd certainly be a stylistic clue to "short communication, without due care and attention". |
|
Mar 22 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
|
Feb 24 |
answered | What's the best way to show a foreign language in a manuscript? |
|
Feb 23 |
awarded | Critic |
|
Feb 18 |
awarded | Organizer |
|
Feb 18 |
answered | Very Dark Fantasy |
