Thanks, V.V.F. Thanks a lot.
Saw something neat at the VVF blog, thought I'd check it out, run the old Head for the Red posts through a text analyzer to see who I write like...
But do I get paid like Dan Brown? Fuck no.
But that's just some posts I tested, the majority, granted, but on others I get:
(Lots of quotes from the Corpus Hermeticum is what returns that result.)
Heh. Erisian influences can last years, apparently.
Fuck you, man, I'm sober!
Ok, out of time to play with that thing.
Head for the Red: The ongoing adventures and insights of a magician's attempts to accomplish the Great Work.
That thing is really annoying and inaccurate. Apparently, I write like Joyce. I hate Joyce.
ReplyDeleteI only did this once. According to the software, I write like Raymond Chandler.
ReplyDelete@Scott: According to that thing, Hemmingway writes like Joyce too. And Neil Gaimon writes like Dan Brown.
ReplyDeleteLavannah: How come you get the cool one!?
I got Stephen King!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I'm relieved, because I used the haircut post and I was scared it was going to say Candace Bushnell.
I tried various postings. Like you, I got a couple of Dan Browns, and two Lovecrafts, but I also got several Nabakovs. That must be because I've lived abroad so long I write English like a foreigner now. Oh, and the first posting on my magic blog was like L.Frank Baum. That must have been because I was "off the see the Wizard..."
ReplyDeleteI seem to write like Stephen King. All the time.
ReplyDeleteLovely.
RO, I'm just cool that way. :)
ReplyDeleteI also know when to stop.
Okay, WTF. Conspiracy of Pleasure = Asimov (with a couple of Lovecraft). Anaithnid Games blog = Nabokov (and Chandler). I'd like to know what Asimov and Nabokov they're using as a basis. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteEven me ripping off Andrew Vachss comes out as "Joyce" to this thing. WTF...
Always happy to help! Haha.
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