tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post5495953540231194519..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: Notes from the writer-cave: Math Never Goes Away.Amalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-71074938213178601132013-01-29T20:55:50.243-05:002013-01-29T20:55:50.243-05:00haha. Well. It was more to give myself an idea of ...haha. Well. It was more to give myself an idea of what kind of swarm I was dealing with, I guess, because the numbers themselves did not make it into the novella :)Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-49928470646527715722013-01-29T20:16:05.421-05:002013-01-29T20:16:05.421-05:00Can't wait to read how you're going to USE...Can't wait to read how you're going to USE all those flea numbers. ;-)Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-79834905579303148842013-01-29T14:41:50.171-05:002013-01-29T14:41:50.171-05:00I should say much less frustrating, not necessaril...I should say much less frustrating, not necessarily easier.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-66935479865907674302013-01-29T14:41:27.396-05:002013-01-29T14:41:27.396-05:00ha! Yes. I suppose it does sound more exciting -- ...ha! Yes. I suppose it does sound more exciting -- and it is, in its own way, pretty novel, BUT. Your math sounds much EASIER to work with, because it's straight numbers and not conversions of units and switching metric into units appropriate to the time period etc.<br /><br />I am envying your math as we speak.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-54581310133610401782013-01-29T14:13:24.151-05:002013-01-29T14:13:24.151-05:00Hahah, that is hilariously awesome. You are offic...Hahah, that is hilariously awesome. You are officially my hero. <br /><br />See, I end up having to do a lot of math, but all of mine is extrapolating cost estimates from per-word rates or figuring out how many articles I need to write in a week to pay my bills, or figuring out how many words to write in a day to meet a deadline. <br /><br />your math sounds much more exciting. tlbodinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334888426768433724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-69456418267986891252013-01-29T11:04:27.172-05:002013-01-29T11:04:27.172-05:00so true. These flea calculations are the grossest ...so true. These flea calculations are the grossest word problem ever invented. They should totally put it on a test for high schoolers. I bet they'd be reading and going blah blah blah -- wait a minute. Volumes of FLEAS?<br /><br />and then puke on their desk.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-21143400332438854362013-01-29T10:37:06.108-05:002013-01-29T10:37:06.108-05:00Take that, every kid who has ever sat in the back ...Take that, every kid who has ever sat in the back of a math class and muttered "This is pointless, when am I ever going to need math in the REAL world?"<br /><br />Now you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com