Tags are a little like road maps. It's fun to be vague but when you've heard the third amusing name for a local landmark and still can't work out what the hell it actually means, it's time to get serious about clubbing the mayor of the village.
To avoid unnecessary stonings, please find laid out below a guide to the tags in this journal:
call me ishmael relates to anything which may include a quote from a published novel, article, blog or that contains information on published works.
click my lack of context refers to any post containing a link outside of this site or a monthly round-up post or posts like this.
a cast of one – thousand will appear when the post contains anything to do with my original characters, past or present.
god made pancakes and dental floss relates to anything to do with any kind of religious themes.
project revelation will appear on any post which refers to my original-novel-in-progress codenamed Project Revelation.
aristotle would turn to bourbon features in any post that contains meta (in other words, any post that talks about the concept of writing instead of writing itself.
you can't stop the railroad will feature in every post that talks about word count, be that a progress catch-up or discussing how to get out of my own personal rut.
the men in white coats is linked to any post which contains references to the fictional medicine in Project Revelation.
first-rate victoriana will appear on anything that includes the period (though it will mostly refer to the United Kingdom).
the roaring twenties will pop up for anything of that period (while this tag could refer to any country, at the moment it's being exclusively used for Paris and Berlin).
1940s war memorabilia is generally used for anything regarding WWII from the British side (though it might refer to some events in Germany).
some places speak distinctly relates to any world-building location-type mumbo-jumbo and comes directly from a quote by Robert Lewis Stevenson which goes as follows: Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwrecks.
memory in the raw is a tag for photographs or entries which include photographs and comes from a quote by Carrie Latet: A photograph is memory in the raw.
a developer's paradise is the tag for monthly round-up posts.
To avoid unnecessary stonings, please find laid out below a guide to the tags in this journal:
call me ishmael relates to anything which may include a quote from a published novel, article, blog or that contains information on published works.
click my lack of context refers to any post containing a link outside of this site or a monthly round-up post or posts like this.
a cast of one – thousand will appear when the post contains anything to do with my original characters, past or present.
god made pancakes and dental floss relates to anything to do with any kind of religious themes.
project revelation will appear on any post which refers to my original-novel-in-progress codenamed Project Revelation.
aristotle would turn to bourbon features in any post that contains meta (in other words, any post that talks about the concept of writing instead of writing itself.
you can't stop the railroad will feature in every post that talks about word count, be that a progress catch-up or discussing how to get out of my own personal rut.
the men in white coats is linked to any post which contains references to the fictional medicine in Project Revelation.
first-rate victoriana will appear on anything that includes the period (though it will mostly refer to the United Kingdom).
the roaring twenties will pop up for anything of that period (while this tag could refer to any country, at the moment it's being exclusively used for Paris and Berlin).
1940s war memorabilia is generally used for anything regarding WWII from the British side (though it might refer to some events in Germany).
some places speak distinctly relates to any world-building location-type mumbo-jumbo and comes directly from a quote by Robert Lewis Stevenson which goes as follows: Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwrecks.
memory in the raw is a tag for photographs or entries which include photographs and comes from a quote by Carrie Latet: A photograph is memory in the raw.
a developer's paradise is the tag for monthly round-up posts.