*ponders like a pondery thing*

[agilebrit]

So, the issue of Renard's Menagerie with my story in it is live and people can order it. And now I have to wonder about my anonymity on the internet and whether it serves any good purpose. I still itch a little about letting total strangers see my real name...on the other hand, it's good that people know their authors, right? And the blurb about

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[agilebrit]

My impression is that editors and writers are of a more liberal mindset than I am. Which, heh, wouldn't be all that hard. I was talking about professionally rather than "OMG the NSA is coming to knock on my door hide the guns."

And I haven't noticed much difference between the current American climate and the one we had under Clinton, honestly, in what you "can or can't say." The major difference is that if the Dems try to reinstate the UnFairness Doctrine now (which they're trying to do), President Bush would (probably) veto it, whereas Clinton (either of them) would (probably) sign it.

And with Silly Season rapidly descending upon us, I'm betting I'm going to be locking more posts. Just because.

[agilebrit]

*edits post to make more clear*

[texanfan]

I wish I had words of wisdom for you. I wouldn't worry about editors but the stalking issue is something yuo're more likely to get than I am so I hesitate to have an opinion.

[baron_waste]

Don't worry about either one. Livejournal is the Romper Room of the Internet - it's like AOL, only slightly more dignified. (From what I've seen, blogs that ever mention Livejournal do so dismissively. We are beneath notice. So is a cruise missile…)

Further, unless I'm not seeing half of it, you don't post anything abrasive here anyway. Now, if you were ginmar, you could worry. - Except that you wouldn't then either, because you'd be barking mad.

[agilebrit]

It's funny, LJ seems, in many people's minds, to be one step up from MySpace, which I personally wouldn't go near with a ten-foot pole, although such luminaries as my sister and Nathan Fillian are on it. LJ strikes me as a more "adult" site. Of course, this may be because the people I hang with here are adults, for the most part, or remarkably mature adolescents (*tips hat to whirligigged*).

I just like it here because all the people I like to read are gathered in one spot and I don't have to bookmark a bunch of stuff to read one by one. I don't know if Blogspot or any of the others that aren't LJ clones have that option, and I can't be arsed to check.

[foxcutter]

Speaking as an editor, I found your blog while doing a Google seach for RM and put two and two together as you mentoned the name of your story. I wouldn't say I came looking for it, but I did friend you after, so that says something. :)

[agilebrit]

I've been trying to be a little more circumspect in actually giving out the names of the stories, but I know I don't always succeed, especially when I put one up for crit. It helps that I don't usually come up with a title until I finish the story.

I was both excited and slightly intimidated when you friended me. :)