Google Grouse

Can I just take a moment to complain about something librarian-ish? I just read this article, a scientific study conducted on Google searches. Here’s the abstract: An eye tracking experiment revealed that college student users have substantial trust in Google’s ability to rank results by their true relevance to the query. When the participants selected […]

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Finished

16,400 words cut later, the third draft of Lesana–now known as Vodnik–is complete. I’ll be mailing it out to an agent and an editor tomorrow, both of whom have asked to see it in its entirety. This has been an interesting book to write. All along, I felt like it had promise, but somewhere in

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Orienteering

Once again, I find myself lacking the time I need to create a really nice blog post. Not having internet at home is becoming less and less of an option, and now I think it’s just a matter of time before I get it set up. That and television. In the meantime, though, you’ll just

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Rejection

Rejection is so much easier to take when you’ve already forgotten you might get rejected in the first place. And it’s even better when you no longer care. Yesterday and today, I got two notices that I wasn’t selected for jobs I applied for back in April or May. Darn. Now, if I could have

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Writing

I’ve now been back on the writing track at my normal pace for two days, which is an encouraging sign. Of course, I did that last night be refusing to unpack until I was finished, and then when I was finished, I decided to watch Ghostbusters instead of unpacking. Hmm . . . Everyone needs

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