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A link-aggregator for writing-related articles
- nickpsecurity 9y agoIt's more like Barnacl.es in that it's a highly-focused aggregator using the Lobsters engine. Upvoting it, though, in case any literature lovers would find it interesting.
- azeirah 9y ago...Why the name narwhal.space?
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- kian 9y agoprobably because lexical.space was taken... ;)
- kijin 9y agoIt's a reference to space narwhals [1], a common meme in some circles. [1] https://www.google.co.kr/search?q=space+narwhal&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.co.kr/search?q=space+narwhal&source=lnms&...
- boyce 9y agoThere isn't a .bacon gtld yet
- sixhobbits 9y agoNot sure why this is titled "A Hacker News For Literature". The site is very clearly writing focused and the about page says "This is a community based on lobste.rs. First and foremost, Write.Narwhal.Space is a link-aggregator for writing-related articles. If you're interested in learning more about the writing field, bettering your writing in general, or simply talking to other people interested in writing, definitely take a look around!" I would suggest changing to "A Hacker News for Writing"
- davidivadavid 9y agoRight. The "Hacker News for Literature" would be something closer to Arts & Letters Daily, I suppose.
- curiousgal 9y agoThis is interesting! Does anyone have an invite?
- DylanFuery 9y agoAgreed! An invite would really be helpful!
- roryisok 9y agoIf either of you folks get one, I'd appreciate an invite too
- mrdrozdov 9y agoDo you think the community has professional writers or only writing enthusiasts from the tech world? :)
- nvr219 9y agoOuch.
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- a_bonobo 9y agoI know this is kind of a joke comment but the community is tiny: https://write.narwhal.space/u https://write.narwhal.space/u 23 users 7 users that are semi-active (more than 5 posts) None of which seem 'professional writers', but it's hard to guess from an empty bio and a random username.
- roryisok 9y agoI would guess more of the latter but at least some of the former. I would be very surprised if Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross didn't have HN accounts
- jpster 9y agoVery cool. There are many aspiring entrepreneurs on HN and writers are entrepreneurs, too, so there may be something for the other to learn from either side. Spotted this article about time management on the site which could be helpful to any hacker holding down a day job and a side project. http://www.sfwa.org/2017/06/finding-elusive-writing-time/ http://www.sfwa.org/2017/06/finding-elusive-writing-time/
- fancy_pantser 9y agoThe real news here is Michael O. Church has moved into writing fiction. https://write.narwhal.space/u/michaelochurch https://write.narwhal.space/u/michaelochurch
- chirau 9y agoHaha, I have hung out with Michael a few times. Very interesting guy, still very bitter with Google though.
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- ggambetta 9y agoArguably, most of his contributions to Google's mailing lists were a very strange and very long form of fiction...
- logicallee 9y agoI don't know about that, but this synopsis beats 99% of book blurbs I've read: https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/farisas-courage-novel-is-revision-complete/ https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/farisas-cour... so fiction might well be his real calling.
- backtoblack 9y agoThank you for this!
- npxcomplete 9y agoNo RSS feed....
- padthai 9y agohttps://write.narwhal.space/rss https://write.narwhal.space/rss
- alistproducer2 9y agoI've always wanted to be a good writer and have been looking for another productive time waster. Thanks so much for posting this because I've already read about 3 things that really interested me.
- roryisok 9y agoMy sentiments exactly, I've bookmarked this straight away, excellent resource!
- chucksmash 9y agoWhence you can find the sentence: > In terms of speech act theory, his locutionary acts — the things he says — are the same as his illocutionary acts — the meanings underlying what he says