Over on Maryb's blog she has a link to a fascinating little writing analyser. I fed in a blog post (How to tell if someone's been circumcised) and it concluded that I write like James Joyce. Before that I tried an extract from my latest novel, a work in progress, and it came up with Cory Doctorow (I've never heard of him/her) and from my childhood memories blog post it compared me with Kurt Vonnegut.
I can live with Joyce or Vonnegut.
It's fun but rather addictive. Apparently it was devised by a Russian software programmer and it's based on key words rather than style or structure. There are currently only 50 authors in its database but more development is promised.
Give it a try and tell me which famous writer you are! Oh, and pay Mary's blog a visit. It's brilliantly written and always entertaining.
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I entered one of my pieces of writing and it came out like Vonnegut!
Cory Doctor is quite an interesting comparisson.. younger son would probably quite enjoy his books, so would i if i had the chance to read more..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Magic-Kingdom-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0007327935/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279831017&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Someone-Comes-Town-Leaves/dp/0007327951/ref=pd_sim_b_5
The bit I fed in said I was James Joyce too!
Oh, that's fun! I tried one of my recent blog posts and it came up with Stephen King! And it was supposed to be a funny blog post, not a horror story ... though being basically about dog poop I suppose some might see it as such! LOL!
Stephen King, huh? Well, I suppose I can live with that, providing I don't have to start putting loud rock music on while I blog. ;)
Oh, what fun! I'm going to try it now....
Apparently I write like HP Lovecraft and you'll be glad to know that Simi writes like Cory Doctorow too!
Vladimir Nabokov
I put my latest and one of my shorter blogs through.
You're lucky.
One of mine came up with Dan Brown.
I'll have to check this out. Being compared to James Joyce is quite a compliment, Liz! But I must say remembering my attempt to plow through "Ulysses" many years ago, your writing is soooo much easier to follow:)
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