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greygirlbeast

the equation that I add up to, And all of the things I thought I knew

Nov 02, 2006 12:08

Does it seem to anyone else that LJ has been kind of quiet lately? I've noticed it mainly in fewer comments to my entries. I hope this isn't a sign of some great exodus to MySpace. Right now, I'm mirroring the blog over there, but I'd truly hate to think it's actually The Shape of Things to Come. Between the seizure-inducing adverts and the general ( Read more... )

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smu November 2 2006, 17:14:18 UTC

God, myspace. I will never go to that site. No matter what. I've been a long time reader of your LJ blog, I just never comment because... well... you're one of my favorite authors and I didn't want to make an ass of myself.

Also? That's my favorite Decemberists song. They're such a guilty pleasure, sandwhiched in between my usual listenings of the Sisters of Mercy.

mlle_rouge November 2 2006, 17:20:46 UTC

Like the previous comment : I've been reading your LJ for a long time, and enjoying it very much. I love your books and try to contaminate my friends. And still I rarely comment. It's just not something I do.
Anyway, please don't abandon LJ for MySpace! I hate the idea of having to read you there.

greygirlbeast November 2 2006, 18:05:16 UTC

Anyway, please don't abandon LJ for MySpace! I hate the idea of having to read you there.

That's not going to happen. I dislike the chaos of MySpace far too much.

I'm all thank-y today. chris_walsh November 2 2006, 22:39:58 UTC

Nar'eth,

I may or may not have said this before, but since I'm in a mood to thank people right now: thank you for putting this on LJ. I'll keep track of your writings no matter what (ever since Mr. Gaiman steered me your way in September 2002), but it helped encourage me to go over here myself (gobble gobble gobble, one of us, one of us) and start interacting online more. It's led to a nice stable of net-friends (or "e-quaintances," if you don't find that too cutesy), and even chances to edit friends' stories.

MySpace may calm down into a more interesting site eventually (I know it's been good for bands, at least), but LJ is a good place already. Here's to more.

stardustgirl November 2 2006, 17:40:01 UTC

I've noticed a quieting of LJ, but I'm not sure it's a reflection of an exodus to MySpace. Jeez, I hope not. I have a page up there that I use mostly as an ad, but I don't even bother mirroring my blog there since 1. I doubt anyone cares and 2. it's kludgy to navigate.

I don't get as many comments lately. I've noticed most people on my f-list don't seem to either.

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greygirlbeast November 2 2006, 18:08:18 UTC

It was cool of you to include "Lafayette" for those of us who still haven't picked up Tales of Pain and Wonder, too.

I'm glad. It's always risky inclduing the older stories, because I can't know what percentage of Sirenia Digest readers will have already read them. I keep hoping I'll get a chnace to release a new and revised edition of Tales of Pain and Wonder, if only because Meisha Merlin made such an awful mess of the tpb.

I find I miss the Alabaster pimpage at the end of the digest. That really is an amazing cover.

Next issue, I start pimping DoH...

girfan November 2 2006, 18:15:54 UTC

I don't think I would ever get a MySpace account. Most of the non-band pages I've seen are too headache-inducing to even try to look at.

I like to think that LJ is for the more literate parts of humanity, but occassionally I'm proved wrong. ;)

I comment when I have something to say, and I assume you do the same for me. I haven't had that much interesting stuff to post about, so I expect the quietness.