Well, I always say "thank you" when someone opens a door for me, but I don't always ask permission to link, but with nice folks with whom I correspond, I do. :^)
It's interesting to see who links into one's blog. Via a Technorati search, I stumbled across a neat blog kept by a woman who is a writer and an avid sci-fi fan, and this was because she linked into something I wrote. One of the hapless guys on Science Blogs made a very unfortunate comment regarding the paucity of "hot women" who read science fiction. You can imagine that his a$$ was well and thoroughly handed to him. Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
Her blog looks pretty cool, IMO, and may be of interest to some of your readers.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me). Oh. My. That place is like a writhing Hieronymus Bosch painting! I fled screaming.
Finally, great news on the biopsy results. I am sure you must relieved. It's an honest worry.
Btw, I broke down and ordered The Complete History of Middle Earth. Dammit.
Well, I always say "thank you" when someone opens a door for me, but I don't always ask permission to link, but with nice folks with whom I correspond, I do. :^)
Yes, linking is somewhat of a delicate issue. Personally, I don't mind friends linking me simply because 95% of my stuff is public anyway, so someone with enough determination could find me if they wanted to. It's simply refreshing to be asked! :)
Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
I had noticed on Critters workshop (F/H/SF genre) that there is a shortage of female authors. I actually intend to go and do some stats on the recent submissions--being a geek and wishing to play with some numbers that don't have to do with warrants--but I find it surprising when considering that the overwhelming proportion of authors who write Tolkien (which is a type of fantasy) are female. So women are clearly interested in fantasy and interested in writing...why aren't more of them writing original stuff?
A few years ago, my husband and some of my male friends were really into tabletop battle games; being as I was often dragged along, I decided to take up miniatures painting and became quite good at it. But it was funny, when I would go into the stores with them, they would be approached by the salespeople, and I would be ignored. Which was fine by me, as Games Workshop salespeople are terribly annoying and pushy, and it let me look at my paints in peace. :^P
Also, when I would win painting competitions, it would make my male opponents so angry that a young, attractive woman who really didn't give a shit about the games would kick their asses with next to no effort; I have been drawing and painting for most of my life, so miniatures painting was a natural extension of that. But there was almost this disbelief: "How can she do that? She not only bathes more than once per month but she's a girl!!!" Bobby and I used to have many good laughs over that.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me).
Lol! Sorry, I keep forgetting you're so new at this....
Yes, the Pit is aptly named...it's probably the only Tolkien archive where you can get into an all-out brawl with other people. Not that I know from experience or anything.... *innocent whistling*
The Silm section isn't too bad. I hear that LotR is pretty full of crap. I dare not venture into, say, Harry Potter...but that's not just the Pit of Voles where that rule applies. ;)
Oh, man, your account of the archetypal Comic Book Guy reactions to your skills in painting miniatures...well, I'm cracking up.
I can think of a number of women who are published authors in the sci fi/fantasy genre, e.g., LeGuin, McCaffrey, Julian May, Bradley, etc., and yeah, in my admittedly brief exploration of the JRRT fanfic universe, there does seem to be a preponderance of women writers. So, it is kinda surprising that there are fewer women in the Critters Workshop writing original work. Critters Workshop, eh? I'm guessing the latter has something to do with...critiquing, yes?
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
Here, please allow me to link to the best, yes, the most scintillatingly eloquent of the articles! :^D
The guy on the far left is one of my closest friends. He was my host when I was in Cambridge and you wrote in response to my review of AMC.
In searching for "Hot or Not," I came across this old entry, which I think may be the only other reference to Tolkien as a searchable word, although I think one of my co-bloggers might have used "afrodoist" once in one of his rationalist's rants.
Women and Science FictiondangrgirlFebruary 16 2007, 16:29:20 UTC
Thanks for the kudos on the blog. Please stop back. I'm always taking nominations for Danger Gal Fridays.
That hapless Science Blog guy who started the whole mess just recently took one of those online tests, this one being "What science fiction writer are you?" He got Arthur C. Clarke.
I think it would have been really funny if he'd gotten James Tiptree.
Well, I always say "thank you" when someone opens a door for me, but I don't always ask permission to link, but with nice folks with whom I correspond, I do. :^)
It's interesting to see who links into one's blog. Via a Technorati search, I stumbled across a neat blog kept by a woman who is a writer and an avid sci-fi fan, and this was because she linked into something I wrote. One of the hapless guys on Science Blogs made a very unfortunate comment regarding the paucity of "hot women" who read science fiction. You can imagine that his a$$ was well and thoroughly handed to him. Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
http://lisapaitzspindler.com/blog/?p=56
Her blog looks pretty cool, IMO, and may be of interest to some of your readers.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me). Oh. My. That place is like a writhing Hieronymus Bosch painting! I fled screaming.
Finally, great news on the biopsy results. I am sure you must relieved. It's an honest worry.
Btw, I broke down and ordered The Complete History of Middle Earth. Dammit.
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Yes, linking is somewhat of a delicate issue. Personally, I don't mind friends linking me simply because 95% of my stuff is public anyway, so someone with enough determination could find me if they wanted to. It's simply refreshing to be asked! :)
Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
I had noticed on Critters workshop (F/H/SF genre) that there is a shortage of female authors. I actually intend to go and do some stats on the recent submissions--being a geek and wishing to play with some numbers that don't have to do with warrants--but I find it surprising when considering that the overwhelming proportion of authors who write Tolkien (which is a type of fantasy) are female. So women are clearly interested in fantasy and interested in writing...why aren't more of them writing original stuff?
A few years ago, my husband and some of my male friends were really into tabletop battle games; being as I was often dragged along, I decided to take up miniatures painting and became quite good at it. But it was funny, when I would go into the stores with them, they would be approached by the salespeople, and I would be ignored. Which was fine by me, as Games Workshop salespeople are terribly annoying and pushy, and it let me look at my paints in peace. :^P
Also, when I would win painting competitions, it would make my male opponents so angry that a young, attractive woman who really didn't give a shit about the games would kick their asses with next to no effort; I have been drawing and painting for most of my life, so miniatures painting was a natural extension of that. But there was almost this disbelief: "How can she do that? She not only bathes more than once per month but she's a girl!!!" Bobby and I used to have many good laughs over that.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me).
Lol! Sorry, I keep forgetting you're so new at this....
Yes, the Pit is aptly named...it's probably the only Tolkien archive where you can get into an all-out brawl with other people. Not that I know from experience or anything.... *innocent whistling*
The Silm section isn't too bad. I hear that LotR is pretty full of crap. I dare not venture into, say, Harry Potter...but that's not just the Pit of Voles where that rule applies. ;)
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I can think of a number of women who are published authors in the sci fi/fantasy genre, e.g., LeGuin, McCaffrey, Julian May, Bradley, etc., and yeah, in my admittedly brief exploration of the JRRT fanfic universe, there does seem to be a preponderance of women writers. So, it is kinda surprising that there are fewer women in the Critters Workshop writing original work. Critters Workshop, eh? I'm guessing the latter has something to do with...critiquing, yes?
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
Here, please allow me to link to the best, yes, the most scintillatingly eloquent of the articles! :^D
http://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/2006/12/hot_or_not.php
The guy on the far left is one of my closest friends. He was my host when I was in Cambridge and you wrote in response to my review of AMC.
In searching for "Hot or Not," I came across this old entry, which I think may be the only other reference to Tolkien as a searchable word, although I think one of my co-bloggers might have used "afrodoist" once in one of his rationalist's rants.
http://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/2006/11/friday_flower_porn_tolkien_ico.php
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That hapless Science Blog guy who started the whole mess just recently took one of those online tests, this one being "What science fiction writer are you?" He got Arthur C. Clarke.
I think it would have been really funny if he'd gotten James Tiptree.
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