Don't you just love drama?
Dagstine went to TODP and stated that he thought Rusty Nail and I were the leaders of the TODP crowd. He did this to get TODP and I going at each other again. I misread a couple of posts in that thread and fell for it, thinking "okay, here we go again." However, a night's sleep convinced me that I was wrong.
Dagstine knew my past history with TODP and he was trying to set me up. He almost managed it. I must make a resolution to not respond when I am tired and my brain wiring is not working at optimal levels.
I am an aging warhorse who has worked in publishing since the late '70s. I have done many different things in the course of a long career. The dynamics of publishing have changed a lot. One of the biggest changes has been the advent of the internet.
I have always had a very bad temper. Sometimes I ride it like a greenbroke horse. Other times I shove a bit in its mouth and have friends hauling on the check reins and screaming "NO!"
Debbie Moorhouse, author of Sundown and other stories, has said that I have only three modes: write, rant, and self-destruct.
I think that's true of a lot of folks on the internet. Debbie is one of the wiser folks out there and avoids drama. She's also one of the first people to hollar "whoa" when i take the bit in my teeth and attempt to jump a canyon that I had mistaken for a narrow ditch.
Dagstine could learn a lot from Debbie. So could I, but bad habits are hard to break, and by the time that you're my age they are deeply ingrained.
Most writers are attention whores. If we weren't, we would stay off the net and just write stories.
The desire for attention is a double-edged sword. It cuts both ways. It can be both positive and negative. When we entertain and provide insights into what we do; when we share what we enjoy and delight in; well, then it is a positive thing.
When we create drama for the sake of drama, getting our attention by manipulation, trolling, and generally toxic behaviors, then that is the negative side of authorial attention whoring.
As I have said before, controversy does not create more sales. It just brings the lookie loos to your site, messageboard, blogs, and whatever.
What purpose does it serve to directly engage people who obviously dislike you the way that Dagstine did at TODP? I often wonder if people are stirring the shit to sniff the methane and get high.
I limit myself to my blogs and posting comments at the Rusty Nail and I go for long periods without posting. I can't put that much stress on my energy level. The post polio syndrome is hard enough to deal with without expending my limited energies on things that really don't make a difference.
When drama comes looking for me, I'll deal with it and then get back to the matters that count.
Dagstine knew my past history with TODP and he was trying to set me up. He almost managed it. I must make a resolution to not respond when I am tired and my brain wiring is not working at optimal levels.
I am an aging warhorse who has worked in publishing since the late '70s. I have done many different things in the course of a long career. The dynamics of publishing have changed a lot. One of the biggest changes has been the advent of the internet.
I have always had a very bad temper. Sometimes I ride it like a greenbroke horse. Other times I shove a bit in its mouth and have friends hauling on the check reins and screaming "NO!"
Debbie Moorhouse, author of Sundown and other stories, has said that I have only three modes: write, rant, and self-destruct.
I think that's true of a lot of folks on the internet. Debbie is one of the wiser folks out there and avoids drama. She's also one of the first people to hollar "whoa" when i take the bit in my teeth and attempt to jump a canyon that I had mistaken for a narrow ditch.
Dagstine could learn a lot from Debbie. So could I, but bad habits are hard to break, and by the time that you're my age they are deeply ingrained.
Most writers are attention whores. If we weren't, we would stay off the net and just write stories.
The desire for attention is a double-edged sword. It cuts both ways. It can be both positive and negative. When we entertain and provide insights into what we do; when we share what we enjoy and delight in; well, then it is a positive thing.
When we create drama for the sake of drama, getting our attention by manipulation, trolling, and generally toxic behaviors, then that is the negative side of authorial attention whoring.
As I have said before, controversy does not create more sales. It just brings the lookie loos to your site, messageboard, blogs, and whatever.
What purpose does it serve to directly engage people who obviously dislike you the way that Dagstine did at TODP? I often wonder if people are stirring the shit to sniff the methane and get high.
I limit myself to my blogs and posting comments at the Rusty Nail and I go for long periods without posting. I can't put that much stress on my energy level. The post polio syndrome is hard enough to deal with without expending my limited energies on things that really don't make a difference.
When drama comes looking for me, I'll deal with it and then get back to the matters that count.