tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post4039152034765261463..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Question for the group (updated, again)Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-72002361072423109842007-09-07T20:06:00.000-05:002007-09-07T20:06:00.000-05:00MWT, thanks. I like some of those suggestions. W...MWT, thanks. I like some of those suggestions. Whatever is easiest, that's for me. I check into it.<BR/><BR/>The migraine is fading, but it is a tricky and deceptive lizard, it usually returns in force at night. Of course I've accomplished nothing whatsoever today, other than the business of managing my burgeoning empire over on the whateveresque forum. Some days you just gotta screw around all day.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49063324754487654802007-09-07T19:21:00.000-05:002007-09-07T19:21:00.000-05:00I'm not sure Blogger can do the password thing, bu...I'm not sure Blogger can do the password thing, but an alternative might be to create an LJ and put it up as friends-locked posts, and then add people to your friends list.<BR/><BR/>Or, get a wiki at a wikifarm (I like wikidot) where you can set up who has how much access to what.<BR/><BR/>Or, find a writers community and post it in their members-only forums, then point people to them. <BR/><BR/>Just throwing out some other possibilities. Hope you recover from the migraine soon!MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20747533221545186452007-09-07T15:23:00.000-05:002007-09-07T15:23:00.000-05:00Janiece, right. What day job? This is my day job....Janiece, right. What day job? This is my day job. /gloat gloatJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86355749588295134962007-09-07T14:04:00.000-05:002007-09-07T14:04:00.000-05:00Hi Jim,I think I got the joke this time. But don'...Hi Jim,<BR/><BR/>I think I got the joke this time. But don't quit your day job. <BR/><BR/>Oh, wait...<BR/><BR/>Actually, your tidbits grabbed my attention. When the vortex in your head has subsided, code the password thing, and I'll look forward to reading the whole thing. And making snarky, goat locker comments on same. Followed by actual, constructive, criticism. :)You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66903844941448852542007-09-07T13:53:00.000-05:002007-09-07T13:53:00.000-05:00You might need to hit "refresh"You might need to hit "refresh"Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-50073044728361698352007-09-07T13:43:00.000-05:002007-09-07T13:43:00.000-05:00There, I reformatted the excerpt. Maybe it makes m...There, I reformatted the excerpt. Maybe it makes more sense, maybe not.<BR/><BR/>The ...(removed for security reasons)... is not part of the book. I removed everything between the lines to order to comply with Steve and MWT's suggestion. What I intended was to post the whole chapter, but with most of it expunged. Let I said in the previous comment, kind've like the Readers Digest version, if it had been edited by the Insane Clown Posse.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, not as funny or as clever a concept as I thought it would be. I can't think straight at the moment, but I swear after the headache goes away, I be back on my game. Bear with me, please.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-80582445189273025052007-09-07T13:34:00.000-05:002007-09-07T13:34:00.000-05:00Everybody is a critic. Hardyharhar.Actually, Janie...Everybody is a critic. Hardyhar<I>har</I>.<BR/><BR/>Actually, Janiece, you're not far off - the character of this chapter has been castaway for a <I>very</I> long time. So, in a sense, yes, he is a prisoner. But, salvation is at hand, after a fashion, hence the last line. It will all make perfect sense, when you buy and read the book. <BR/><BR/>What I put up was the first line, a couple of lines from the middle, and the final line. Think of it as if I'm the White House releasing the Rove transcripts through the FOIA, all the good stuff is covered in black marker (but I could NOT make that work visually on the webpage or it would have been a <I>lot</I> funnier response to Steve and MWT's suggestions). <BR/><BR/> I am particularly fond of the "Decades ago, and light years away..." bit.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39077780818929979232007-09-07T13:22:00.000-05:002007-09-07T13:22:00.000-05:00Confused is right. Did I miss something? Or are ...Confused is right. Did I miss something? Or are all the good bits "removed for security reasons?" I feel like I'm reading a letter from a POW...<BR/><BR/>erg.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85282126531739423862007-09-07T10:22:00.000-05:002007-09-07T10:22:00.000-05:00Hi Jim,If may make a suggestion...Perhaps you shou...Hi Jim,<BR/><BR/>If may make a suggestion...<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should do some sort of password protection on what you want feedback on, and then e:mail the password on request. I don't know if Blogger will support this or not, but it would certainly give you greater control of the output. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I hope you feel better!You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-54272726826930622642007-09-07T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-07T09:42:00.000-05:00MWT, Steve, thanks guys. I'll reread your advice l...MWT, Steve, thanks guys. <BR/><BR/>I'll reread your advice later and decided what I want to do. Right now, I can't think, I'm still in the throes of a serious headache here. Feels like my eyes are being pushed out of my head. Need time for the pills to work.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41269599698496654562007-09-07T09:35:00.000-05:002007-09-07T09:35:00.000-05:00When I saw this post I immediately said "I gotta p...When I saw this post I immediately said "I gotta put a comment in right away."<BR/><BR/>What MWT said. <BR/><BR/>I did have to remove on poem I posted before a few markets would even consider it. I do post single lines or at most a paragraph from works I'm pushing out. <BR/><BR/>That said, I post "story bones" intentionally to give them to the world. I have written stories based on those "bones" (unlike a certain poster who said I could try one story bone as a flash piece, I did write a flash piece based on it, but I wouldn't just submit what I put out as a bone, it would be morally wanky of me to do so for one, but also that prior publication thing MWT said). <BR/><BR/>Also, Scalzi was asked to take down his post of Old Man's War before Patrick would publish it. His Agent to the Stars is a much different story. <BR/><BR/>For me, you could use the first lines without worry, state specifically that they're from your work (so the kiddies aren't confused). When you approach paragraph level I start getting worried. <BR/><BR/>Also, I fully expect to rewrite the first chapter of "Company of Ravens" if I ever get back to that novel, so posting it wasn't much of a concern. And "The Dead Are Busy" I've given up on publishing (it has a fatal flaw that would require a different story to be written to fix it) and so released as a teaser.<BR/><BR/>If I do start writing "Company of Ravens" again I will be taking that chapter down, BTW.<BR/><BR/>Clear as mud?Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33763701963757729782007-09-07T04:17:00.000-05:002007-09-07T04:17:00.000-05:00It's not copyright you're worrying about - it's "f...It's not copyright you're worrying about - it's "first publication rights." Basically, publishers want the privilege of being the first to present your work to the world, and if you post it up in public, well, it's already been published for the first time.<BR/><BR/>At least that's the way I understand it. Then again we have people like Scalzi who post the entire thing online and <I>still</I> get it published in book form, so your mileage may vary. ;)<BR/><BR/>In either case, two grubby paragraphs is not going to faze anyone when the entire work is a novel.MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.com