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Comment on Progress Report by Alfred Centauri

Alfred Centauri — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:10:16 +0000

Let me know when I can pre-order!

On a slightly related topic, you’ve written a couple of times, if I recall correctly, that you don’t love writing so much but you love having written.

I was catching up on a blog, “Maverick Philosopher”, that I visit one in a while and this caught my eye:

“I am enjoying teaching quite a bit now that I no longer do it. With some things it is not the doing of it that we like so much as the having done it.”

http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2011/11/a-memory-of-teaching.html

I’m still not sure I grok this. I’m guess I’m more of the “it’s the journey, not the destination” persuasion.

Comment on What Sells? by Drang

Drang — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:00:31 +0000

If you claim you’re not interested in selling – which actually means you’re not interested in having folks read what you write – then you’re probably a liar.
“Hi, Uncle Bob, this is Astrid, I have a class project, and I need to ask: Why did you write Stranger In A Strange Land?”
“Hi, Astrid. I wrote it for the money, of course.”
“Thanks, Uncle Bob. Mommy and Daddy say hi!”

Then, of course, Poul and Karen had to get Heinlein to call the teacher and explain to her why Astrid didn’t deserve a failing grade.

Comment on Ugh… by rodeocylon

rodeocylon — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:33:05 +0000

And amen.

Comment on What Do You Think… by Bill Quick

Bill Quick — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:12:29 +0000

There’s an upcoming conversation among several pros that will be hitting a bunch of blogs, including this one (via crosslinkage) on this very subject: novel ways of monetizing a writer’s efforts in the Digital Age.

Keep an eye out here. Should be interesting.

Comment on What Do You Think… by Alfred Centauri

Alfred Centauri — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:14:51 +0000

Consider asking for pledges. Put up a list of your short fiction works for a “pledge drive”. Interested parties might want to participate in offsetting the cost of transcription in exchange for an honorable mention.

Or, maybe some Davids would volunteer to participate in the scanning and copy editing process.

Comment on What Do You Think… by Chef Mojo

Chef Mojo — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:56:53 +0000

BTW, I haven’t been here before. Love the logo photo at the top of the blog. Foodie heaven.

Comment on What Do You Think… by Chef Mojo

Chef Mojo — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:53:42 +0000

Bill, I gotta say that I like your work. Bank Robbery was a real treat, and simply based on that, I really think all your short stories should be in the cloud as a matter of record, if nothing else. I'm not a writer in your sense, so I'll take your word that putting this out is a pain in the ass, and that is a consideration. But if you're up to a slow, leisurely pace of getting it out there, who knows where you might find ~~cheap~~ ~~slave~~ volunteer labor. [=;-)

Comment on Fantasy and SF Free on Kindle? by Bill Quick

Bill Quick — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:59:26 +0000

Huh. I hope there was no causative connection….

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Daily Pundit » Free The Gimp! — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:50:18 +0000

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Comment on Fantasy and SF Free on Kindle? by Alfred Centauri

Alfred Centauri — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:40:26 +0000

I’m not entirely clear on what “exclusive” entails here either. Anyhow, I’m going to give it a look-see. Thanks for the heads up.

Mrs. Centauri and I have been on the road for a few days and, more or less, “unplugged”. You know what? I could get used to it.

Unfortunately, the markets have behaved very badly in our absence so…