New blog discovery

[dolorosa_12]

Catherine M. Valente (yuki_onna) has one of the most marvellous blogs I've ever seen. Every post is a gem. I'm reading back along them, and I thought I'd post links to some of my favourites.

Her speech for ConFusion.

Her link to a HILARIOUS scheme for measuring the fame of authors (taking into account 'the Doctorow effect', measuring things in 'Scalzi units' etc).

Her thoughts on the death of Salinger.

Finally, and timely, in light of what I've been writing about today, a post about writers, reviews, and responding to criticism gracefully.

I won't link to any more, but if you're interested, I encourage you to read through the archives. There's lots of good stuff there!

Comments

[zanthlay.livejournal.com]

I LOVE her sliding scale for measuring the fame of authors, and had a lot of fun deciding where different people fitted on the scale! I also really like her points on taking criticism. I think I'll definitely need to have a bit more of a lurk around her blog, so thanks for the recommendation!

[dolorosa-12.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! It's such an interesting blog, isn't it? She's so expressive about such interesting things. I'm always on the lookout for new authors' blogs to read, especially ones like this, so I was really happy to have found it.