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- 00:00:07 ISBW #156
- 00:01:17 GoTo Meeting Message
- 00:02:18 FEEDBACK: possibility of putting a page on the website listing new authors & where to get their books; do not get upset about typographic or grammatical errors in emails to this show; where to find a good beta reader; how to know whether an idea will be novel-length, short-story-length, or something in between; listener-recommended iPod app: Epic Win App; Chris has finished his second nonfiction book!; advice on how to write an author bio; another spin on how to feel when someone else comes up with similar story ideas & J.K. Rowling’s commencement address, The Fringe Benefits of Failure; shout-out to listener Paul for ongoing donations; listener gives thanks for ISBW’s networking advice; the professional applicability of Good Cop/Bad Cop.
- Credits: Producer: Patrick Hester | Show Notes Writer: Carrie Kei Heim Binas
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Hi Mur,
Just a few words about Good Cop / Bad Cop.
Sometimes people will love your work. Sometimes people will berate you and worse for wasting whole hours of their time. It’s part of the business.
I wouldn’t choose to hang around with Bad Cop in person. He is not like me and, like most people, being with people with attitudes that are too different from mine makes me uncomfortable. However, I count time listening to him towards my “follow strangers” quota.
CBC Spark last week discussed following total strangers on Twitter as a way of increasing productivity. They refer to research by “Charlan Nemeth, who studies the role of dissent in creativity and thought. Her research suggests that simply by being exposed to minority dissenting viewpoints (whether we believe them or not) improves our creativity.”
The segment is 15 minutes. The link is here:
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/09/spark-121-september-26-29-2010/
Keep up the good work,
Cricket
More thinking (at 2am): Perhaps I didn’t make a level of abstraction clear enough. The listeners’ reactions to the segment, positive and negative, are business as usual.