Comments on: Weekend Update (8-14 October 2007)

By: J

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:18:53 +0000

That is a ton of linkage. One might be persuaded to believe that you, in fact, helping writers with this blog. But I’ll stop now before I’m accused of slander. Or accused of allegations of slander.

By: Derrick

Derrick — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:21:13 +0000

Sean,

Question. Why can’t I pump and dump my shit on Lulu.com like everybody else?! Huh? Huh? I wanna shove garbage off on people too!!!!! Oh, please, please, please?! I’ll only do it once and then I’ll never do it again!!! oh PLEASE let me TORTURE these people at Lulu!!!!

By: Victoria Strauss

Victoria Strauss — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:54:36 +0000

Glad you’re back!

By: Paul Riddell

Paul Riddell — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:08:27 +0000

Oh, and I almost forgot: I can actually top the bad plagiarism article. Seven years ago, when I was editing the blessedly defunct SciFiNow.com, a woman writing freelance science fiction book reviews for the site got into more than a bit of trouble after Jeff VanderMeer discovered she was plagiarizing reviews from other authors. Apparently she hasn’t learned her lesson: at the time, she admitted that she used those other reviews as “inspiration” and that she “paraphrased” them, and while I fired her ass on the spot, she promptly went to other venues in frantic hope of continuing her receipt of free books. I know this because about every year or so, I’ll get a letter from one online editor or another who got a letter from Jeff about the situation and wants my confirmation that it happened the way he said it did. Based on that experience and others, I’m thinking we need a separate site entitled “101 Reasons to Stop Editing”.

By: Paul Riddell

Paul Riddell — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:03:08 +0000

The article on the "writers of real significance" involved with the Star Wars series also underscored why Entertainment Weekly's initials "EW" are onomatopoeia in action. Its staffers are of course thrilled to be able to yammer about more Star Wars coming down the sewer pipe: considering that Seinfeld, The X-Files, Friends, and the Star Trek franchises are all dead, fervent hope in more Star Wars gibberish is the only thing keeping the Cat Piss Men on the EW payroll from having to get real jobs. It also gives Chris Gore at Film Threat something to strive toward.

By: L

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:52:49 +0000

Yay, it’s back!

Also, there is a law about Internet debates, which applies to more than just writing:

An Internet debate is like the Special Olympics. Just because you win, doesn’t mean you aren’t still mentally impaired. ;P

By: The Esoteric Science Resource Center - On greasing the pan

The Esoteric Science Resource Center - On greasing the pan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:12:40 +0000

[...] and lots of reasons to read 101 Reasons To Stop Writing this week, particularly for this week’s Weekend Update, but you might also want to see a little missive I put together on the merits of book composting. [...]

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:44:41 +0000

Great post. Love the detail.