Comments on: The Business of Writing: Operations http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/ Patricia C. Wrede talks about writing Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Tiana Smith http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5070 Tiana Smith Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:12:12 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5070 To Mary - THANK YOU! I'll definitely look into them! To Mary – THANK YOU! I’ll definitely look into them!

]]> By: Mary http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5065 Mary Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:43:32 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5065 Thanks so much for this! It's really interesting. To Tiana Smith - if you're looking for everything you need to know on horses, see if you can get a look at the Pony Club manuals. They've got posture, commands, equipment, etc. ... basically, all you should need for horses and riding. There's several levels, though, so you might want to check them out for the right information before buying/IIL-ing. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for this! It’s really interesting.

To Tiana Smith – if you’re looking for everything you need to know on horses, see if you can get a look at the Pony Club manuals. They’ve got posture, commands, equipment, etc. … basically, all you should need for horses and riding. There’s several levels, though, so you might want to check them out for the right information before buying/IIL-ing. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Victoria Scribens http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5063 Victoria Scribens Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:43:54 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5063 I'm also very excited to look up the Alexander the Great logistics book. (I've wondered about that sort of thing!) I have "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" and "The Art of Blacksmithing" (which is fairly close!) -- and, much to the despair of my friends and relations, am an inveterate buyer of random books under the excuse of 'story research'. A gazetteer to London? a book on ships and seamanship in the ancient world? Egyptian hieroglyphics? a history of walking? Got them! (Got two in the last case!) It's very pleasing to know I'm not the only one . . . I’m also very excited to look up the Alexander the Great logistics book. (I’ve wondered about that sort of thing!) I have “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” and “The Art of Blacksmithing” (which is fairly close!) — and, much to the despair of my friends and relations, am an inveterate buyer of random books under the excuse of ‘story research’. A gazetteer to London? a book on ships and seamanship in the ancient world? Egyptian hieroglyphics? a history of walking? Got them! (Got two in the last case!) It’s very pleasing to know I’m not the only one . . .

]]> By: Jane http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 Jane Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:40:41 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5059 Thank you for mentioning "Alexander the Great and the Logistics...". I've just been trying to figure out the timeline for a small armed band including some civilians to get from a desert camp on the edge of the Thilassthian empire to the capital city of Sarhuntra, You've just given me the information I need! That's on top of the business info. Your posts are amazing. Thank you for mentioning “Alexander the Great and the Logistics…”. I’ve just been trying to figure out the timeline for a small armed band including some civilians to get from a desert camp on the edge of the Thilassthian empire to the capital city of Sarhuntra, You’ve just given me the information I need!

That’s on top of the business info. Your posts are amazing.

]]> By: David Y http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5055 David Y Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:22:16 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5055 I had to look it up, anyway. I haven't had a biology class since 1961. I had to look it up, anyway. I haven’t had a biology class since 1961.

]]> By: pcwrede http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5052 pcwrede Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:10 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5052 Frank, Mike, J.P., Tim - Yup, it's supposed to be saprophyte. I shoulda run the spell check AFTER I made the final changes. I have fixed the post; thanks for the catch. Frank, Mike, J.P., Tim – Yup, it’s supposed to be saprophyte. I shoulda run the spell check AFTER I made the final changes. I have fixed the post; thanks for the catch.

]]> By: Tiana Smith http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5051 Tiana Smith Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:35:04 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5051 I want your library. Seriously. I also want a good book that describes everything I would need to know about riding horses for long journeys, since I have never ridden a horse (alas!), which makes fantasy writing especially difficult. I want your library. Seriously. I also want a good book that describes everything I would need to know about riding horses for long journeys, since I have never ridden a horse (alas!), which makes fantasy writing especially difficult.

]]> By: Tim Silverman http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5049 Tim Silverman Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:35:45 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5049 A saprophyte is generally any organism that digests its food externally and then absorbs the released nutrients. It's generally meant to distinguish fungi and bacteria on the one hand from animals (which digest their food internally) and plants (which photosynthesize) on the other. Saprophytes are responsible for rotting and decay. A saprophyte is generally any organism that digests its food externally and then absorbs the released nutrients. It’s generally meant to distinguish fungi and bacteria on the one hand from animals (which digest their food internally) and plants (which photosynthesize) on the other.

Saprophytes are responsible for rotting and decay.

]]> By: Mike D http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5047 Mike D Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:41:43 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5047 [The word in question is saphrophyte.] Not in the OED even online I think Pat and/or the author intended saprophyte (no h)(plant/fungus that lives on dead organic matter) I guessed it and my spelling program did too. Mike D Little Egret in Walton-on-Thames [The word in question is saphrophyte.]

Not in the OED even online

I think Pat and/or the author intended

saprophyte (no h)(plant/fungus that lives on dead organic matter)

I guessed it and my spelling program did too.

Mike D
Little Egret in Walton-on-Thames

]]> By: J.P. http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-business-of-writing-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 J.P. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:18:44 +0000 http://pcwrede.com/blog/?p=1476#comment-5046 Google seems to think that a saphrophyte is something that exudes an enzyme to speed decomposition of whatever it happens to be on so that it can consume it quicker. Google Images show those mushroom parasites that grow on the trunks of live trees and seem like delightful fairy landing pads until you realize that they are eating the tree alive. Google seems to think that a saphrophyte is something that exudes an enzyme to speed decomposition of whatever it happens to be on so that it can consume it quicker. Google Images show those mushroom parasites that grow on the trunks of live trees and seem like delightful fairy landing pads until you realize that they are eating the tree alive.

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