from charles brown's bottomless font of eternal wisdom

Here's a Venn diagram drawn by Charles Brown (of Locus fame) at the latest Writers of the Future workshop. He was trying to capture how Commerce and Art relate to the professional writer, or at least how we try to position ourselves with respect to each:


The overlapping area between the two circles represents where we want to be, Charles said, adding that the dot on the left represents Tim Powers, the dot on the right Kevin J Anderson, and the dot in the middle...me.

I take that as a compliment, and a sign that I'm aiming for the right spot. But I add that if you put a vertical axis on the diagram, that gives you a measure of our relative fame. (Not that we do it for fame, but, you know, it helps.) Does this reveal an extra dimension to Charles's theory--like, you can't satisfy everyone?

Today's title is: "C21H23NO5".