WorldEmber 2018

I taught myself to read at 4 years of age because I was impatient. I decided the available books were not the story I wanted to read, and wrote a story, at 5.

It was pretty awful.

I mean, I was five, that's not going to be a coherent plot anyhow! But still. It was awful. I was astounded to realize that good stories don't just burst off the page because I apply a crayon. I went back to reading for a while, but sometimes I was looking at what made one book a good read while another was merely a way to pass the time.

Here we are, twoscore and change years later, and I think I am starting to really grasp how a plot is different from a narrative which is not the same thing as a roughly chronological sequence of scenes?

Building worlds certainly makes for a better story!

My native language is American English, with several regional contributions as I moved around a lot in my early years. I can communicate tolerably well in a couple of other languages, if the other converser is patient and of good cheer. I'm familiar with several specialized vocabularies in the greater category "Nerd" and I know the responsibility for being understood is mine.

(I also sometimes have trouble understanding spoken words because I'm missing a bit of the hearing register in the middle. Maybe that's why I use the "Maximum Verbosity" setting in written communication! Sorry.)

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The Princess Bride

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Diane Duane
Robert B. Parker, especially in the 80s
for that matter, Rex Stout
Lois McMaster Bujold
Chris Dee
Seanan McGuire
C. B. Ash
Sir Terry Pratchett, especially the City Watch
Gallus Rostromegalus
Jennifer Rardin
Brian Daley
Spider Robinson
John M. "Mike" Ford

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