Novel Tag Clouds

Wordle.net creates a tag cloud of whatever text you put in the box. This is tremendous fun! Here’s the cloud for the first chapter of Above World:

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I can see how this might be useful for seeing which words one overuses. When I paste in the whole novel, the word “back” is ginormous! Not bigger than Aluna or Hoku, but bigger than all the other characters, for sure.

Here’s the tag cloud for a chapter of Jade Tiger:

Fun!