Indie Roadshow Roundup
The Indie Roadshow was a great success in the sense that it got people talking and asking questions. I don't want to convince writers one way or the other that it's the right way to go, only that it's an option.If you missed any of my stops, or would like to bookmark this page for later use, here is the whole itinerary. (I'll be removing the Indie Roadshow page later this week.) Also, if you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask. If I know the answer I'll be glad to help.
Week 1
Week 2
Angelina Rain: What's In A Name?
Raelyn Barclay: Class Dismissed
Shelley Munro: Promotion Tips
Week 3
Misha Gericke: Are you ready to publish?
Jackie Burris: Book Bloggers & Indies
Week 4
Barbara Ann Wright: Is Indie Publishing Liberating?
Susan Gourley: From Start to Finish, Man-Hours
Ellie Garrett: An Indie Checklist
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The heat continues. We will be breaking our record for consecutive triple digit temperatures this Friday. It can't last too much longer. (I hope.)
It got me to thinking about a topic that bugs me. I read my news off the internet. The benefit of digital news is that you also get the chance to read the comments people leave. I like reading the comments almost as much as the news. But I am surprised and appalled at how hostile people become when they can hide behind anonymity
There was a recent article about the Texas heat and there was a comment from some yahoo saying, "It couldn't have happened to a better group of people. I hope they all die."
Is there a purpose to such ugliness? I wonder how brave this guy would've been if he had said that in a roomful of suffering people. Elderly people have died in this heat. This guy ought to be ashamed of himself.
How do you get your news? Do you ever read the comments from internet articles?
Comments
When I read the internet articles, I often dread scrolling down to see the comments. But like watching a train wreck, I can't help it. The political stuff is so full of Libtard this, Rethug that...and this is the crap that isn't too harsh. The gift of anonymity has brought a curse all it's own. Most of the people who post these hateful comments would only say it in the presence of others they know feel and think the same. Yet that's the part that's almost as frightening. One moment, you're having lunch and laughing with someone only for that person to hop on the internet and post some hateful comment about someone or something just like you. If I were an owl, I'd feel ill down to my gizzard.
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Angela: Newspaper? What's that? :)
Seriously though, you hit the nail on the head. The gift of anonymity is a double-edge sword.
Congrats again on the Indie Road Show. Stay cool!
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Cathy: Sometime those commenters swarm like piranhas on a dying cow.
Congrats on a wonderful blog tour for your Indie debut and please keep yourself out of the worst of our lovely summer weather, when we ever do cool off we will be wishing for some of it to come back I bet.
I still loving reading the newspaper in print better than online, though I do both. I gave up reading comments, they're mostly garbage - which you proved again.
Hope the heat eases for you soon.
Cate: One of my guilty pleasures for many years was reading the paper every morning. I miss that. The paper just got too darn expensive.
We had a minor heat wave and now we're having daily floods after the hot days.
Thanks for all the great links back to me after your tour.
-Jimmy
I hope the temps do go down for you. That sort of heat is not pleasant.
Jimmy: My chickens thank you and I thank you. God might've heard you. There was talk of rain clouds in Oklahoma.
Shelley: I hope most of the hostiles are young people who just haven't had the privilege of getting the crap beat out of them yet. :) That first drop is a doozy.