Comments on Barbara Alfaro: Perchance to Dream

Phanto, Thanks for visiting my new blog -- and I ...

2011-03-24T02:02:03.272-07:00

Phanto, Thanks for visiting my new blog -- and I agree with you about the self-publishing "wave."

Oops, I meant "Barbara and Laura", sorry...

2011-03-23T15:54:51.677-07:00

Oops, I meant "Barbara and Laura", sorry for that. It's the late night Jinx messing up my messages again! : ^ (

Don't let it bother you Laura, this group will...

2011-03-22T17:05:47.:00

Don't let it bother you Laura, this group will be washed over by the self-publishing wave. The way I see it, it is the readers who decide who is an author. The text belongs to the reader!

Take care.

Phanto

Laura, Thanks so much for commenting. It really w...

2011-03-18T12:43:51.982-07:00

Laura, Thanks so much for commenting. It really wasn't about my being rejected (Lord knows, as a writer I'm used to that). It had more to do with remembering something journalist David Brooks said when he was interviewed recently -- "Writing isn't what I do, it's who I am." I didn't appreciate being told I wasn't who I know I am. And yes, Scribd is definitely where it's at, for writers -- and the readers we're courting.

Here Here! Calling it what it is...oh, you're...

2011-03-18T12:30:17.975-07:00

Here Here! Calling it what it is...oh, you're too much of a lady so I won't write it here. But nonsense, you're right. Let's call it nonsense. You inspire me to add my two cents with essays on all the "nonsense" I too have experienced with the publishing world. Editors, agents, the Author's Guild. It's stunning to me the level of hostility, snobbery and whatnot from people are often times mere pretenders. But you said it better than I. Stick to Scribd. We love you there. And that other site (Blue Room, HA!) well, their loss. Trite, but true.