Comments for Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and CommentarySix devoted readers who serve up fiction book reviews (primarily romance and fantasy with some non fiction and manga thrown in) and provide honest commentary on the Romance genre and publishing industry.Comment on First Page: Untitled Time Travel by Shiloh Walker- September 28, 2008 My daughters birthday partiesheld in my backyard every yearnever have less than 25 kids of both genders. Totally off topic...but is anybody else here thinking...Man, Julie Leto is either really brave...or nuts. ;) 25. Wow. I am in AWE.http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/first-page-untitled-time-travel/#comment-174884 Comment on First Page: Untitled Time Travel by JulieLeto- September 27, 2008 Hanne, I laughed at your comment. My daughter's birthday parties...held in my backyard every year...never have less than 25 kids of both genders. (That's pretty much all the kids in the neighborhood, all her cousins and a few select kids from school.) When she was 1, when she was 2, when she was 3 up until now. It's amazing how easy it is to keep 25 6 year olds busy with a big, multi-purpose inflatable, crafts and Cheetos. BUT I always have lots of adults around to supervise. That didn't..http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/first-page-untitled-time-travel/#comment-174882 Comment on Ability to Edit Comments Poll by Sparky- September 27, 2008 The only time I edit a post, personally, is when I've posted something then suddenly want to come back and add MORE because gods know I need more verbosity! I don't think I've ever seen anyone mud-sling over typos in these comments (and if they did I have a feeling doing so would be very very silly indeed) so i don't think removing editing would hurt anyone too badlyhttp://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/ability-to-edit-comments-poll/#comment-174881 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by RfP- September 27, 2008 while AAR may have popularized the term by using it for their A reviews, its the readers, posters, and bloggers who have given it the wide currency it has online, and so its hard for me to see how AAR is solely responsible and deserving of credit.Sunita, "astroturf" is the mot juste! I agree, there's not much point Laurie trying to assert ownership. I'm not arguing that she's correct on that, and I don't think AAR is "solely deserving of credit". But as I said above, I think it's generally...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174880 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by Bridget Locke- September 27, 2008 I'm sorry, but I find this whole situation completely & totally ridiculously ridiculous. I'm part of the DIK community and have been for quite some time. I have not been, nor probably ever will be, a part of AAR. I've never been to the site and after this kerfuffle, I'm not sure I ever would. It's ridiculous that something so innocent would be treated not only like a crime, but also like we went out of our way to use this person's use of an acronym in a bad way. For pity's sake, get over...http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174879 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by Val Kovalin- September 27, 2008 Coitus interruptus The numerous fake-outs or big tease scenes in romance. The sole purpose of which is to ratchet up the sexual tension (good) andor for other shaky-plotting purposes (bad). Thank you, Vanessa, for this and even more for the examples that follow. I'm learning new stuff every day on this site. :)http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174878 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by RfP- September 27, 2008 In the case of DIK, though, the meaning is pretty much the same whether its Desert Island Discs, Desert Isle Flicks, Desert IslandIsle Keepers, Deserted IsleIsland Books, etc.Yah, I realized (maybe I should have voted for the edit feature after all : ) that I didn't really want to bring up the White House issue, because my point isn't about the legalities at all. My main point is that that approach obscures the issues of courtesies and inspirations. As I said above, I don't think it's a good..http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174877 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by Sunita- September 27, 2008 Thanks, Robin and Jane, for the cogent explanations. RfP, I agree that there is a difference between asking for credit and claiming property rights or ownership, but as I read it, Laurie is trying to do both. She's arguing that she created the term and she is also seeking credit for that creation from anyone who uses it. I have a couple of problems with this. First, if she didn't know about the BBC program, then it's another case of monkeys, typewriters, and Hamlet, but I think she would..http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174876 Comment on Ability to Edit Comments Poll by BevQB- September 27, 2008 Oh, yes- PREVIEW! If nothing else, we can haz preview back K Thx.http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/27/ability-to-edit-comments-poll/#comment-174875 Comment on Once Upon a Desert Isle Keeper by rebyj- September 27, 2008 I too recall the desert isle keeper from high school. It was part of the Robinson Crusoe discussion. I think my choices back then were Gone with the Wind and the Betsy books, and I got laughed at because we were evidently too old for the Betsy books. I now have no idea what the Betsy books were really titled. But I remember I liked them way back then !http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/once-upon-a-desert-isle-keeper/#comment-174874 |