I just thought I would point you all to some cool stuff I have seen on the internet today, since my brain still thinks it’s Monday.
The Book
Boing Boing had a link to an interesting book titled Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures. Here is a quote from Cory Doctorow about the book:
“It’s a collection of glossaries of the slang of 65 American subcultures, from skinheads to hookers, puppeteers to ren faire habituees, con artists to Antarctic researchers, truckers to prisoners. Every page contains a surprise. “
This sounds to me like a pretty cool reference book for any writer who would like to write realistic sounding dialog with correct slang usage.
The Contest
Pretty Good on Paper had a link to a writing contest on the blog The Moon Topples. The contest has some pretty good prizes, including several $20 Amazon gift certificates. Submissions will be no more than 500 words on a topic that will be announced Feb. 1. Check out the link above for more details.
The Death
Lee Carlon has a serial story he has been posting to his web site. Yesterday he had a post offering readers a chance to die in the story. Check out the post for more details and while you are at it, read the story.
Filed under: Writing, Writing Contests
Thanks very much for the mention of my upcoming contest. I truly hope that you or some of your readers will consider taking part.
I’ve added a link to your page, and plan to come back soon to peruse more fully.
No problem. I hope you get many entries for your contest. Thanks also for the link. I will link to your site as well.
I bet Doctorow used the slang book as a reference when writing his great story “Anda’s Game”, which has some juicy and sometimes bewildering slang in it. He’s coming to a bookstore near me soon, and I can’t wait to go and get his new collection of stories, and hear him read.
Kaitlyn, that is so cool he is coming to a bookstore near you. Have you read any of his new collection of stories online? Also, I enjoyed his novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
Now, that sounds like a book that Loki and I will be fighting over!