Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Book review: R. F. Kuang "The Poppy War"

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I liked this book more than most other fantasy books I read this year. It drew me in from the beginning. The story is not exactly light-hear...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Book review: C. J. Cherryh "Foreigner"

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It was a slow-paced book, and I was afraid I wasn't going to finish it -- I no longer force myself to finish books that don't suffic...
Friday, February 01, 2019

Editing like a boss with Tex Thompson: ArmadilloCon 2018 panel

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This was another of the wonderful panels / mini-workshops on various aspects of writing -- this time, on editing your own work -- by Arianne...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Writing dialogue: an ArmadilloCon 2018 panel

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Authors Arianne "Tex" Thompson and Mark London Williams gave a panel on writing good dialogue. Here is some of their advice. Ma...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Book review: Jo Walton "Just City"

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This was an easy and pleasant read. But it could have been so much better if it had actually tackled the premise that it promised. The premi...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Natural Language Processing hackathon, or don't judge the wine by the shape of the bottle

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In April of 2018 I went to a Natural Language Processing hackathon. Organized by Women in Data Science Austin, it took place at Dell, where ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Women Who Code

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In 2016 Women Who Code Austin hosted a series of five presentations on Natural Language Processing. The presenter was our member Diana, who ...