• Podcast: All about Redocly, with founder Adam Altman

    Updated: 2023-02-26 08:00:00
    In this podcast, I chat with Adam Altman all about Redocly, an authoring/publishing tool for creating API documentation. Topics we discuss include why he started Redocly, the approach to API doc tools, what explains the continued popularity of Redocly, the docs-as-code approach to API tooling, and more.

  • Building your own balance board for a standing desk

    Updated: 2023-02-24 08:00:00
    This tutorial shows you how to build your own balance board with both single and double rollers, intended for standing intermittently at a standing desk. If you browse balance boards online, you'll find they're expensive for how simple they are: a piece of wood on a roller. Buying all the materials yourself will likely equal the cost of pre-built board, but your custom board will probably be better and you can make multiple balance boards (one for work, one for home). Plus, you can create a balance board with a double roller, or innovate in other ways.

  • Voting is now open for the 2022/2023 Lindenbaum Prize!

    Updated: 2023-02-21 23:44:00
     ello all!  am pleased to announce that you can download the 12 Lindenbaum entries from the link below. Enjoy!Lloyd of Gamebooks: Voting is now open for the 2022/2023 Lindenbaum Prize!

  • AI gets weird (This week in books)

    Updated: 2023-02-17 20:00:00
    This week! Books! The blog will go dark for the next few weeks as I take a planned breather (some might refer to this as a vacation). I’m planning to be back in March. Also: My editing slots are booking up extremely quickly this year, so please continue to reach out to me to get […]

  • A textbook case of over-relying on dialogue (page critique)

    Updated: 2023-02-16 20:00:00
    If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your redline […]

  • Entries have closed for the Lindenbaum competition

    Updated: 2023-02-15 09:24:00
     ntries have closed for the 2022/2023 Lindenbaum competition. We have 12 excellent entries this year.The entries will be made available on the 21st February when voting begins.Voting will close on the 18th April.More details for the Lindenbaum competition can be found here:Lloyd of Gamebooks: 2022/2023 Lindenbaum Prize announcement

  • Don’t dribble out morsels of information within a scene

    Updated: 2023-02-13 20:20:50
    The narrative voice in a novel is a strange beast indeed. It blends a character’s conscious thoughts, their observations and physical surroundings (which a person in real life might not stop and think about), and contextualizing detail that helps orient the reader. It’s weird. It’s not like anything else that exists in the world. When […]

  • Finally got Covid -- my experience

    Updated: 2023-02-13 08:00:00
    After 2.5 years of avoiding it, I finally got Covid, probably Omicron based on the symptoms. I usually don't write about personal illness, but I also figure that my blog would have a void if I never wrote about Covid during the entire pandemic.

  • Deal struck to end HarperCollins strike (This week in books)

    Updated: 2023-02-10 20:59:11
    This week! Books! HarperCollins and the HarperCollins Union have reached a tentative agreement to end its three month long strike, which is reported to include an increase in minimum salary and a one-time bonus for striking workers. HarperCollins also reported disappointing earnings, down 52% in the last quarter. Major outlets: “Barnes & Noble is back, […]

  • Don’t rely on abstractions (query critique)

    Updated: 2023-02-09 20:00:00
    If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your […]

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