tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post4434345083528430950..comments2023-10-03T20:58:22.216-05:00Comments on Peni Griffin - Idea Garage Sale: Odious Comparisons, or Why I Am MidlistPeni R. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-48665658343914739752013-05-06T12:27:28.945-05:002013-05-06T12:27:28.945-05:00I'm sure if you put some effort into it, you c...I'm sure if you put some effort into it, you could manage an annoying link, but a little text note along the lines of 'Check out my latest work, Sullivan, That Summer, available here' (Is there a sample chapter up online? That would be awesome to link to if there is). I can't imagine something that simple would irritate anybody except those who take pleasure from being irritated, and you'd be doing them a favor. As long as MTS doesn't care. Some folks have the most inane quotes in their signature lines, after all.<br />Think of it more as saying 'This is what I'm up to' than advertising. What percentage of folks over there do you think know you are a writer?<br />I'd tell you to participate in your genre's message boards, except I don't think you really write in a genre. As an avid science fiction and fantasy reader I spend way too much time over at Baen's Bar.<br />I'm probably not the best person to suggest publicity ideas because I wouldn't have been in the audience for Sullivan as a teen, being someone who read only in my genre and the classics my mother made me (home schooled). Set it on the Moon, though . . .<br />Have you and your publisher put Sullivan in the Kindle programs at all? I've seen several authors, Sarah Hoyt is one, advertise that they will set a Kindle edition for free for one or two days, to push it up the Kindle sales lists and attract more attention. Though I think those are books that the rights have reverted on so she doesn't have to talk a publisher into going along with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-12702548919037160202013-05-05T22:43:11.597-05:002013-05-05T22:43:11.597-05:00Speaking for Sunbee, I am sure he/she will probabl...Speaking for Sunbee, I am sure he/she will probably say yes to linking to non-sim-related matter in your MTS signature.<br /><br />I wouldn't say that every condition exists on a spectrum. Huntington's disease is most certainly a pathological condition of the brain in which a person's dopamine neurons degenerate in the basal ganglia. It's a late on-set disease, so sometimes people may have children before any symptom will appear, and it is also hereditary. Once it starts, it progresses until it kills the person within 10-20 years from initiation. In other words, a person either has it or does not have it. There is no gray area, if that is what you mean by "spectrum".A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-2499026001220537952013-05-05T09:32:16.799-05:002013-05-05T09:32:16.799-05:00I 'm certain I don't have prosopagnosia. I...I 'm certain I don't have prosopagnosia. If I did it would interfere with my life more. Every condition exists on a spectrum and prosopagnosia, like pretty much any mental or emotional disorder, is merely the most extreme and debilitating expression of traits that exist in milder form in lots of normally functional people. I just don't read the same visual cues, or read them as well, as other people. I don't hear normally, either, or I should say listen normally. Instrumental music slides right off my ear, and I cannot tell what my voice is doing, which is a big part of setting people against me when I meet them in person. I have certain tones of voice that set people off. It's easier for me to be likeable online - I can edit my conversations, I write better than I speak, and if I really have to say something nasty I can say it and then not post it, gaining all the emotional release and none of the repercussions!<br /><br />Andrew Karre has some relevant things to say on this subject at the Carolrhoda blog this week: http://carolrhoda.blogspot.com/2013/05/hows-book-doing.html . I really think the key thing is participation. I need to participate in the social dimension of my professional life more. I'm more or less uninhibited about participation in a gaming venue because it's play and I can always walk away without repercussions. <br /><br />Also, in a hobby context, I don't have to worry as much about the conflicting roles of "industry participant" and "self-promoter." As soon as I catch someone trying to sell me something, even something I might like, I don't want it and I don't want to be around that person; so all my instincts scream at me to keep a low profile.<br /><br />You don't think people'd mind me linking to non-sim-related matter in my MTS sig, Sunbee? I post under my own name so people can find me if they want me, but it seems spammy to slip advertising into each post I make like that. But your judgement in the matter is probably better than mine.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-37696131548091043842013-05-04T10:16:31.400-05:002013-05-04T10:16:31.400-05:00One can have prosopagnosia by having a brain damag...One can have prosopagnosia by having a brain damage especially in the Fusiform Face Area, and one can have a developmental form of prosopagnosia. The developmental form of Prosopagnosia is not really a clear-cut black-and-white psychological condition. In other words, it's not always feasible to point out who has the condition and who has not. It's more of a spectrum, and the degree at which a person has prosopagnosia is very important. A person who is severely prosopagnosic may suffer in social relationships, whereas a person who are super face recognizers may also suffer in social relationships (other people will think that they are being stalked due to their own prosopagnosia). I'm pretty sure that most people are somewhere between the two extremes of being extremely good at recognizing faces and extremely lacking in recognizing faces. Another psychological condition that is more of a spectrum would be autism. There is the really high-functioning end, Asperger's syndrome, and there is the other end where the patients severely lack the ability to identify social cues. Ideally, it's best to be in the norm like Goldilocks, but when a person is born with a condition that is debilitating, then a person has to try to find the means to compensate what he does not have. Education is always helpful.A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-47031036406999574642013-05-04T09:40:56.189-05:002013-05-04T09:40:56.189-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-46604010396952181152013-05-04T08:44:28.800-05:002013-05-04T08:44:28.800-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-82268994875504290932013-05-03T22:58:51.440-05:002013-05-03T22:58:51.440-05:00Peni, on the topic of people met in person not lik...Peni, on the topic of people met in person not liking you, and considering how many people at MTS do like you, and a comment or two you've made about facial recognition, do you suppose you have prosopagnosia? I ask in part because I'm pretty sure I do, but in reading about it I learned that many people with it have trouble interpreting facial expressions, not just recognizing faces, and it seems to me that could lead to as many relational problems as not greeting people who think I should know them.<br />Website here: http://faceblind.org/<br /><br />Another thought, can you link to Sullivan in your MTS signature? I'm not sure about MTS policies, but there seem to be a fair number of teens at MTS, and judging from how many folks there are open to playing various relationships, there'd likely be some open to reading about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-55418677127988070612013-05-03T12:26:05.557-05:002013-05-03T12:26:05.557-05:00Hi again Peni R. Griffin,
Well, what I really mea...Hi again Peni R. Griffin,<br /><br />Well, what I really meant for #2 was actually finding an LGBT club or social group near you based on whatever common interest you have (queer dancing, for example), and connect with the people there.<br /><br />Also, there is Unitarian Universalist Church that is open for everyone, including nonreligious people. There is no common creed other than the Seven Principles.<br /><br />By the way, what church do your relatives attend?<br /><br />Take care. :)A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-37437259659813990762013-05-03T10:38:43.534-05:002013-05-03T10:38:43.534-05:00Oh, yeah, 'cause you need more to do to fill u...Oh, yeah, 'cause you need more to do to fill up your empty days. Let me think about the best way to talk about Sullivan - I think that's a little bit of my problem, I wrote it so darn long ago and the process is so different from my previous books it still doesn't feel like a real thing, and I've got a stack of author copies sitting on the printer table ready to be mailed to relatives. So it's hard to talk about the book, as a book. But I will e-mail you a post when I have it ready, and you can tell me it's too long, and then I can edit it down and send it to you again.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-61450819064402387132013-05-03T10:33:20.451-05:002013-05-03T10:33:20.451-05:00You can write about the story behind the book, wor...You can write about the story behind the book, working with a small/niche press, some aspect of the writing life or craft of writing, and we can promote the book in conjunction with that. <br /><br />And really, no. You are being too hard on yourself. I have a college degree in PR from one of the top journalism schools. It's not easy stuff to navigate, but it is learn-able. <br /><br />Hm. Maybe I should start consulting.Cynthia Leitich Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650058326282279022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-87246136791807864002013-05-03T10:12:13.198-05:002013-05-03T10:12:13.198-05:00Umm...y'know, I've known and followed you ...Umm...y'know, I've known and followed you all this time and it never once crossed my mind to ask to do a guest post? I am sooooo bad at this it's ridiculous! But if you'd like one I'll see what I can find interesting to say. <br /><br />Lee Wind's blog is one I'd intended to approach but then when I had something to approach people with I went blank. I thought I had that blog followed, too, but Blogspot seems to have lost it, which made it easier for me to blank on it but isn't an excuse, so now I should catch up.<br /><br />You are such a natural at this, all my stressing out and failure to move must seem bizarrely inexplicable to you.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-16070913297589959572013-05-03T09:53:02.457-05:002013-05-03T09:53:02.457-05:00Have you talked to Lee Wind about your book: http:...Have you talked to Lee Wind about your book: http://www.leewind.org/<br />Or considered doing a guest post for me?Cynthia Leitich Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650058326282279022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-80343020998280688762013-05-03T08:19:07.709-05:002013-05-03T08:19:07.709-05:001) One does not just hire a literary agent. The pr...1) One does not just hire a literary agent. The process of getting one is much like submitting for publication - only the agent is even less motivated to take on another project because she can only handle so many. Believe me, I'm working on it. But I am not an easy person.<br />2) You can't fake what culture you're in. I'm on the fringes of lots of them.<br />3) Agnostic. Don't go to church except as social activity with religious relatives. See above<br /><br />But thank you for playing.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-21609298112024178562013-05-02T23:01:47.615-05:002013-05-02T23:01:47.615-05:00Hi Peni R. Griffin,
Since you asked, I have three...Hi Peni R. Griffin,<br /><br />Since you asked, I have three suggestions: <br />1. Hire a literary agent to try and market the book for you.<br />2. Immerse yourself within the LGBT culture. If you want to know people, sometimes you have to be with the people you want to know more about.<br />3. Attend an LGBT-friendly church. The church is a wonderful social setting to meet people and explore God, and even if you aren't religious, you may just kick out the God part and meet new people.<br /><br />Take care. :)A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-21013163956675475922013-05-02T22:59:59.152-05:002013-05-02T22:59:59.152-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.A Bundle of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473778408668840690noreply@blogger.com