I finally I got to use grandfathercidal in a sentence—a word (I’m pretty sure) I made up.
How? Why?
The word can be found in my March S4F article titled Paradox Lost. Personally, I’m not convinced paradoxes exist outside the rocky marriage of philosophy and mathematics (i.e., logic), but that doesn’t mean they aren’t fun to think about. In the article I go over the epitome of paradox in science fiction, the killing your grandfather paradox. Yes, the famous paradox that popped out of a thought experiment on the horrors of time travel.
Also this month, the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference held its first Free Forum of 2011. The topic: Writing and Selling Magazine Articles. The speaker was the Larry Atkins and he was phenomenal. He has written more articles for more magazines than you can shake a stick at. I’m not sure where that expression comes from, but it feels right. If you haven’t had the chance to check out our new website for the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference website, do it!
1 comment:
I liked your blog entry. As for making up the word grandfathercidial, someone has to make up words or else there wouldn't be a verbal or written language, just grunts and pictures on cave walls.
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