I asked these questions a few years ago--before the advent of Facebook and Twitter and these social service megaliths who are helpfully mining your computer in order to serve you better. matociquala was talking here about authorial constructs--which seemed tangentially related ( Read more... )

I need to hit the road for ConDor (one day visits being all we can afford right now) but I was so surprised yesterday I wanted to find out what others think ( Read more... )

How much do writers feel they must share, what do they share? How does that change ( Read more... )

Among david_de_beer's links today was one about the question of friending. It's also about the many types of social network available ( Read more... )

jtglover has a good question about how to handle social interaction with editors and publishers--in other words, with people you'll (hopefully) do business with ( Read more... )

When I was thirteen, I used to carry a pen around wherever I went so that people would see it and know I was a writer. I'm sure now if anyone even bothered to notice my myopic, zit-faced self, the pen just looked stupid, especially as it marked up most of my clothes. But I thought people would see past the dorky clothes, the scrawny, awkward ( Read more... )

madrobins says it so very well here:
http://madrobins.livejournal.com/191374.html

I am an extremely fast reader, but wow, I am more behind every day.  I resort to cheating on my timer, then am furious with myself for not getting to my list of tasks, but people are so fascinating, and it's all right ( Read more... )

There's some talk about panel organizing--what works and what doesn't. The main issue seems to be the contention that blogging is the best way to tout one's work. Say what? Does that actually work--for anyone? I mean, has anyone reading here found fascinating a blog that is focused exclusively on touting one's books ( Read more... )

Does anyone else watch the evolution of agreed on invisible rules--custom--on the internet? Human behavior adapting to the rapid proliferation of tech, in this case, the increasing ability through powerful search engines to find, if one wants, just where people might be talking about you or something you do? (I guess I'll find out if this post ( Read more... )

I discovered that new people are reading this journal, people who have remained quiet so I was not aware of their presence.
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