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I’d been thinking — a dangerous pastime, I know. In this case, those thoughts led to the first new comic I’ve done since January of last year.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
This comic was inspired by a number of conversations I’ve had online.
Look, it’s not that men don’t get harassed or threatened. But for guys to go around stating that they’ve had people talk crap about them online too, and using that as the basis to declare that women are too thin-skinned and are overreacting to harassment and threats, is just overflowing with wrongness. Not to mention an utter lack of sympathy, and a profound ignorance of the very real epidemic of violence against women.
Trigger warning: the comic’s final panel includes graphic threats of rape and violence.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
I wanted to put some of my thoughts about the Internet these past few weeks into stick figure comic form.
Have a great weekend, all!
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
Also, I saw Saturn last night with the telescope, which makes the weekend even better.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
Possible title: The Downside to Foursquare and Other Location-Tagging Services…
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A while back, I did a comic called Writing: A Reality Check. I figured it was time for another follow-up, this one about the dreams vs. the reality of having a new book come out…
Enjoy!
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
I’ve always liked this particular quote, but as I struggle with Libriomancer, I decided it didn’t go far enough.
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I know not everyone is going to get this one … but my guess is that most folks on the con circuit will understand both the joke and the situation.
Note #1: Yes, I am still employed.
Note #2: For those of you who don’t get it but want to, please click here for a summary of this particular internet meme.
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I wasn’t 100% sure about this one, but my wife thought it was amusing. (Of course, she’s married to me, so she’s pretty much lived it…)
Full text on the blackboard, for anyone who’s curious:
Ideal velocity (v) = 1000 words/hour
t = time to write first sentence each day (in minutes)
Actual t ≈ 5 x (1 + n/10 + Cz/4) where n = number of days off of writing and Cz = number of new LOLCat pics.
w = wordcount; w(written)/w(total) = percentage of book written
Deadline 1/1/2012 = 365 days; d=days left
100,000 words x 3 rewrites = 300,000 words = 821.9 words/day!!!
c = coffee consumed (inv. correlation betw/c & d)
Ideal daily wordcount (Wi). [# words written – # of words deleted the next day]
Wi ≈ 2000 + 1000 x [1/(c+1)].
I’m not sayin’ how much of these equations I’ve actually worked out and how much I made up for the sake of the comic…
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
ETA: By request, I’ve added a mug and T-shirt with this design to my Zazzle store.
This is where my brain goes when I’m stuck on a plane for several hours…
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I haven’t done a comic in a while, so figured I’d share my two cents on Amanda Hocking’s commercial publishing deal and Barry Eisler’s decision to self-publish.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
On a completely related note, I’ve gotten about 23,000 words done on the first draft of Libriomancer…
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Normally, I’d run a First Book Friday post here. Alas, I didn’t have one ready. I’ve got several invitations out, but since I’m not paying for these posts, I don’t feel right setting deadlines or pressuring people who are already taking the time to write something for us.
So then I was going to do a First Book Friday roundup with links back to all the posts. (The clip show of blogging.)
But then I had another idea. Since the Writing Reality Check comic was the most popular post I’ve done in months, why not do another comic? And I knew just the message I wanted to get across.
(Yeah, I don’t think Randall Munroe has anything to fear from me.)
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
Yes, I’m totally laughing at myself here. But I take comfort from the fact that I’m laughing at all the rest of us, too.
(Official copyright notice: feel free to do whatever the heck you want with this one. Credit would be nice if you decide to repost, but I’m not about to go all DMCA on your ass over a cartoon that took me a half hour to throw together.)
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
