Life . . .
A friend of ours needs help with
gender affirmation surgery. Simon, being disabled, lives on a fixed income, with no family fallback. When he's well, he volunteers with rescue animals. We'd be grateful for any help, including just spreading the word.
The indie challenge . . .
A writer friend, Leigh Kimmel, has a free serial going,
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It's a good idea, though I have doubts about my ability to draw something with a specific function like that. But thanks for the idea! Will certainly mull it.
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So having someone else put out a good word really helps, since it doesn't have that awkward aspect of the self-serving.
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I can sure see how some writers fall to the siren call of sock-puppetry and try to astroturf up some word-of-mouth buzz with fake reviews and fan sites. Especially for someone who has some computer skills and enough knowledge to create a site that isn't obviously connected to oneself. Wouldn't it be so easy to just get a free e-mail address somewhere under a fake name, use it to create an account at one of the free web hosting services, and put together a site written in the voice of an imaginary person who's found the story and fallen in love with it. Or for a touch of realism, likes it, but has a few problems with it and would like to get it off their chest -- controversy can be as effective for drumming up the readership as pure fangirl squee ( ... )
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I think the only thing that works for those of us who are not young and pretty, or famous, or charismatic, is to keep writing, and hope that slowly an audience builds. There's nothing like genuine word of mouth, but one cannot force it to happen.
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