Have you heard the term hypertext? Basically, when you do this, you’re creating hypertext. Hypertext fiction is online fiction with hypertext linked in and it’s gaining ground in university creative writing programs around the country as a unique, postmodern form—some are saying THE last great frontier in what can reasonably be called the "novel." It’s definitely got the typical "cool"
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Quick post tonight as I’m already snoring while I type here. I go to many writers conferences each year in search of new talent to acquire and each conference has a unique flavor. Mt. Hermon is my favorite, and it’s a good thing because it’s the one that requires the most from me. I’m not complaining, believe me. I love
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It’s strange blogging. It’s like publishing your journal or taking your shirt off in front of the class. It feels sort of wrong like I’m doing something I shouldn’t, which is probably why I like it. But for a while now I’ve been hovering around a few hundred visitors a day and while I’m not unhappy with that, I do
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A few thoughts I left just kind of hanging in space last night, I want to try to unpack here tonight. If I can piggyback on something relevantgirl said in her comment–that American Christians are trite because we flee suffering–I’d like to offer a few (loosely connected) thoughts. I think after six months of this blogging thing, it’s high time
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Over the next few days, I’m going to be rephrasing an article by Scott Cairns from Regeneration Quarterly a few years back. He was talking about artists and poets, but he may as well have been talking to us geeks too. You, fellow geek, follow in a line of similarly minded geeks and you have a lot to learn. But
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