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Sara Latta
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14 April 2006 @ 10:16 am
Fibs  
There's a great article in today's New York Times about fellow SCBWI member Gregory K. Pincus and his now-famous "fibs"--i.e., six-line poems that use the Fibonacci sequence to dictate the number of syllables per line (1,1,2,3,5,8). He wrote about using fibs as a writing warm-up on his blog and apparantly it has spread all over the Web. Somehow I'm always the last one to find out about these things. Anyhow, congratulations to Gregory K.!

Wow!
Fibs?
Who knew?
I just thought
They were little lies.
I think he's on to something here.
 
 
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Kelsey Johnson Defatte[info]cocoskeeper on April 14th, 2006 06:34 pm (UTC)
No,
Me
Yes, me
And not you
I'm the last to know
I'm not kidding--it's really true
Sara Latta[info]slatta on April 14th, 2006 07:41 pm (UTC)
You:
Last,
Not least.
That makes me
The penultimate
I love to use that word, don't you?
Kelsey Johnson Defatte[info]cocoskeeper on April 14th, 2006 08:06 pm (UTC)
I have never seen "pen" before ultimate--huh. :) Cool word. :)
tem2[info]tem2 on April 15th, 2006 12:45 am (UTC)
Fibs?
Yeah.
They're cool.
But why stop?
Six lines is too short.
This format could be extended.
Fibbonacci's sequence goes on to infinity.
Though it would probably become unweildy after a twenty-one syllable line.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la-- Never mind.
[info]gottabook on April 15th, 2006 05:00 am (UTC)
Thanks for the SCBWI shout-out!

For the moment, I make another Greg the penultimate comment...

Gregory K.
[info]gottabook on April 19th, 2006 02:10 pm (UTC)
Sara -- we're linked together here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/18/blogophile/main1506581.shtml
Sara Latta[info]slatta on April 19th, 2006 02:26 pm (UTC)
That's so cool! Thanks for letting me know, although I don't really think I explained the phenomenon best. Reporters on deadline...
(Anonymous) on April 19th, 2006 02:48 pm (UTC)
Linked to your blog
Hello,



Just wanted to let you know I linked to your blog in my column on CBSNews.com today. Thanks!



If you want to take a look, here's the link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/18/blogophile/main1506581.shtml



Happy blogging,

Melissa


[info]achary on April 19th, 2006 09:44 pm (UTC)
I know you've published books and everything, but it was still crazy to see my friends' mom's blog making CBS News...anyway, congratulations! (:
Anita
Sara Latta[info]slatta on April 20th, 2006 12:23 am (UTC)
Yeah, crazy for me, too! Thanks! (Alison didn't even know I had a blog.)
 
 

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