double-you. tee. eff.

[swan_tower]

How the hell did I put myself in a position where my historical faerie novel is requiring me to do ALGEBRA?

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

...that is to say, I totally support your algebraic endeavors. :-D

This is my surprised face. <g>

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

There's something seriously wrong with that.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

There's definitely something wrong with my math. I haven't done algebra since . . . I would say the GRE, but the truth is I got through a vast portion of that -- perhaps all of it -- by dint of my ability to do arithmetic really really fast. The last time I remember doing anything like real algebra, I was eighteen.

[zunger.livejournal.com]

If you need a quick math check, you can always drop me an e-mail.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I've sicced it on kniedzw for the time being. Or possibly his co-workers, depending on whether he's outsourced the outsourcing.

[zunger.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains his facebook status...

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Awesome!!

[zunger.livejournal.com]

Hey, just because someone's a member of the faerie court doesn't mean that they can't also be, say, a working astrophysicist. It's prejudices like these that keep us from building a truly integrated society.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

The problem comes when I have to be doing the math.

Manipulation of occult symbols

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

I'm curious, how indeed?

Re: Manipulation of occult symbols

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Clocks.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

That's what fantasy novels are like. When I don't want to think about math, I write SF for a break from fantasy.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

My fantasy has never required more than arithmetic from me before. This time? Not just algebra; I had to go recruiting calculus help.

(And after all that, the answer the equation returned was "this doesn't actually work; please use faerie magic instead.")

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

So that would explain the Treasury forecasts ...

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<snerk>

[celestinenox]

Ew. This is why I write. So I don't have to mess with that math stuff.

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Heeheehee!

[gerriwritinglog.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I married a mathematician. :D

[snickelish.livejournal.com]

I just have to say that this rocks. Faerie! With algreba!

*needs mathy icon*