I'm unimpressed with "post" as a preposition. If you say "After the revolution" wouldn't "after" be an adverb? Regardless (or as my carpooler likes to say, "Disirregardless"), we've already GOT "after" - what do we need "post" for as a preposition?

Random online dictionaries don't seem to agree about "after"'s classification. I've seen it listed as an adverb, a preposition and an adjective. haven't opened up my paper dictionaries yet; if this issue begins to really tweak at me, I may just do it.

(Be careful! I've got a Webster's and I'm not afraid to use it!)

its all three of course, and sometimes a noun. Those words, they just dont stand still. S

You're my favorite blogger, you consistently post interesting links from all over.

Thank you! And, erm, you're welcome!

SF Signal's 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Blogs: Nine men, one woman. Is that actually a proportional representation of who's doing what on the Web? I wonder. Not that any such list should be proportionally representative, but this seems remarkably skewed.

For me, the jury's out on "post" as a preposition. The examples all look like incorrect usage to me. There's no reason that those usages couldn't be replaced with the word "after" and make perfect sense. I don't perceive any subtle difference, which is often the value of synonyms. Hm.

Edited at 2009-03-24 03:15 pm (UTC)

I'm really glad I wasn't the only one who noticed there was only one woman on the list! I was starting to feel like ... I dunno. Hysterical, all full of womanly irrational emotions, ya know?

Jay asked me and I replied with three ideas, so I'll ask you: Which female SF authors' blogs would you recommend for this list?

Edited at 2009-03-25 04:16 pm (UTC)

I haven't done much research so I can't really put forward a list of folks I think should absolutely be on the list, but I know who I read obsessively:

http://www.annemini.com/
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/

That last, she doesn't post often but when she does, I'm all over it. I know I'm missing someone really important but I'm spacing it right now. She probably doesn't post often if I'm not seeing a ping in my email from her blog to jog my memory.

Hmm. When I added a comment it seemed to disappear. I realized that the last wasn't an author but an agent, so I mentioned that the blog of a fledgling but wonderful author, http://marianperera.blogspot.com/
never fails me. I look forward to all her posts.

Who would you nominate among female bloggers for that list?

I'll just be honest and tell you that I haven't read widely enough to answer this question effectively. Wish I could. I like kenyonsf's LJ and bjcooper's. All the stuff that charliegrrl posts at io9 is pretty terrific. I haven't been following her LJ so I can't speak authoritatively on her stuff here. It's a beginning, though.

When (as I'm sure you know) you work 9-12 hours a day before the commute, travel enough to be gold,you know you're crazy to write. But the story somehow insists on being told.

At least it does for me. Other wise why would I give up reading, watching TV, seeing my friends, spending time with my best beloved, knitting, painting and I'm sure there were other things, to curve my spine into a perpetual comma to write a book wihtout knowing if anyone would ever care.

There has to be passion, I think, at least at first. Without that driving force, why do it? After that, perhaps comes the luxury of writing for higher reasons. Like someday having real readers who paid to read it. That would be awesome!

But for now, I concentrate on the passion. And maybe making Mark and my agent happy, and hope someday, like the Field of Dreams, that if I build it, they will come.

'Cause sure as shit, I'm not doing anything else.