Body Lang and Six

Interesting post here. I had seen the comment's question last night and was going to comment then, but I like the blogger's take. Because Six, my main character from Lab, does this very thing. He interprets body lang and other things about a person--he takes their measure and does it quickly--and gives his opinion like a fact. He's often right, but he's also wrong, too. Why did I do this? Because originally I was softening his opinion words like "maybe", "perhaps", "I thought". Then I got disgusted with it--because it's what I do too often is use those words--and decided to be radical and make him express opinions as facts. Well, at the time I thought it was radical; in light of this post, maybe not so. But anyway, it changed how I wrote Six; it became an important part of his character,and I love it when things like that happen.

Blog Post: Breaking In?

Interesting blog post about breaking in to publishing. Makes you think about your current projects. It may be a strong novel, craft and story wise, but is it strong novel in regards to sellability? It seems the advice is to be original, but don't rock the boat--i.e, stand out, not stand up ;-)

But seriously, what does someone who writes weird or unusual do? Look for weird or original novels to compare the novel to. Which I have been doing for the past few days, trying to find a comparison novel. Still looking . . .