Comments on: Settle! http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65425 Justine Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:01:04 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65425 Liset: Tragically, some of us would rather blog than write novels . . . Fortunately, mostly we don't get paid to blog so we <i>has</i> to write novels. :-) Liset: Tragically, some of us would rather blog than write novels . . . Fortunately, mostly we don’t get paid to blog so we has to write novels. :-)

]]> By: Liset http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65424 Liset Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:56:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65424 i like the essay. i'm not against blogs, but i'd rather have a novel from my favorite writer then a blog. yep i like the essay.
i’m not against blogs,
but i’d rather have a novel from my favorite writer
then a blog.
yep

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65406 Justine Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:08:52 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65406 Elodie: Isn't really freakishly weird timing as Robin Hobb is a very popular (and very good) writer. She's my favourite writer of big fat fantasies. And her books under the name, Megan Lindholm, are also fabulous. Elodie: Isn’t really freakishly weird timing as Robin Hobb is a very popular (and very good) writer. She’s my favourite writer of big fat fantasies. And her books under the name, Megan Lindholm, are also fabulous.

]]> By: Elodie http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65405 Elodie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:54:54 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65405 You have freakishly weird timing. Last night the girl next to me at choir had a book by robin hobb with her (I was all, "heehee looks like robin hood but nope" ... ) and now you mention her, when I had never heard the name in my 18 years of life before XD You have freakishly weird timing. Last night the girl next to me at choir had a book by robin hobb with her (I was all, “heehee looks like robin hood but nope” … ) and now you mention her, when I had never heard the name in my 18 years of life before XD

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65404 Patrick Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:40:19 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65404 <i>Blog Overlord: Patrick is now banned! Get thee gone!</i> today is sad sad day... Blog Overlord: Patrick is now banned! Get thee gone!

today is sad sad day…

]]> By: trudi http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65400 trudi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:00:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65400 <em>How did you know I was talking about you? Put the needles and wool down and get back to the writing. NOW!</em> I am scared now. How did she know? How did you know I was talking about you? Put the needles and wool down and get back to the writing. NOW!

I am scared now. How did she know?

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65396 Justine Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:20:34 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65396 Patrick: <i>Look over here, a photo of an Aussie. You can tell by the nice boots.</i> <b>Blog Overlord: Patrick is now banned! Get thee gone!</b> Patrick: Look over here, a photo of an Aussie. You can tell by the nice boots.

Blog Overlord: Patrick is now banned! Get thee gone!

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65395 Patrick Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:37:24 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65395 Look over here, a <a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com/newsletter/images/2006/GoblinShaman.jpg" rel="nofollow">photo of an Aussie</a>. You can tell by the nice boots. Look over here, a photo of an Aussie. You can tell by the nice boots.

]]> By: janet http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65394 janet Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:07:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65394 It's true that there are other timesinks besides the internet in general and blogs in specific. But the online world is quite possibly the greatest potential timesink ever created by humankind. Not just for writers, either. It’s true that there are other timesinks besides the internet in general and blogs in specific. But the online world is quite possibly the greatest potential timesink ever created by humankind. Not just for writers, either.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65393 Justine Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:54:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65393 I'm a bit shocked that no one is focussing on the important part of this post: Australians are <i>not</i> goblins! Trudi: <i>Did someone say ‘knitting’?</i> How did you know I was talking about you? Put the needles and wool down and get back to the writing. NOW! Patrick: <i>Diana - are you joking?</i> Diana's always joking. I’m a bit shocked that no one is focussing on the important part of this post: Australians are not goblins!

Trudi: Did someone say ‘knitting’?

How did you know I was talking about you? Put the needles and wool down and get back to the writing. NOW!

Patrick: Diana – are you joking?

Diana’s always joking.

]]> By: Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » Free Is Popular http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65390 Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » Free Is Popular Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:54:07 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65390 [...] appears to have been a small firestorm in the blogosphere today. Both John Scalzi and Justine Larbalestier have put out posts trying to head off a flame war directed at Robin Hobb for this rather amusing [...] [...] appears to have been a small firestorm in the blogosphere today. Both John Scalzi and Justine Larbalestier have put out posts trying to head off a flame war directed at Robin Hobb for this rather amusing [...]

]]> By: deborahb http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65388 deborahb Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:05:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65388 Clearly the internet needs to come up with some sort of colour categorisation. If you are joking, colour your posts green. If serious, colour them orange. Wait, what about colourblind people?! OK, OK, if you are joking, use black text on a white background. If serious, use white -- wait. What about accessiblity issues for the differently-abled? OK, ok, so, if you are joking, ... *pauses to think* ... Clearly the internet needs to come up with some sort of colour categorisation. If you are joking, colour your posts green. If serious, colour them orange.

Wait, what about colourblind people?! OK, OK, if you are joking, use black text on a white background. If serious, use white — wait. What about accessiblity issues for the differently-abled?

OK, ok, so, if you are joking, … *pauses to think* …

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65387 Patrick Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:00:39 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65387 Diana - are you joking? Diana – are you joking?

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65386 Diana Peterfreund Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:37:00 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65386 I guess I am having trouble figuring out what you're joking about and what you're not joking about! Maybe if we talked on the phone... I guess I am having trouble figuring out what you’re joking about and what you’re not joking about!

Maybe if we talked on the phone…

]]> By: trudi http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65385 trudi Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:22:36 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65385 Did someone say 'knitting'? Did someone say ‘knitting’?

]]> By: Tempest http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65384 Tempest Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:06:37 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65384 "Come on! Whether you thought it was funny or not—I did—surely you noticed the over the top exaggeration?" Uh, not to malign poor Robin Hobb, but there are more than few examples of folks writing absolutely exaggerated crazy things and being completely serious. Most recent example: Andrew Burt's platform for SFWA president. You would THINK that any document that starts off "Greetings, gentlebeings!" would be meant as a riotous joke. and yet... it is not. “Come on! Whether you thought it was funny or not—I did—surely you noticed the over the top exaggeration?”

Uh, not to malign poor Robin Hobb, but there are more than few examples of folks writing absolutely exaggerated crazy things and being completely serious. Most recent example: Andrew Burt’s platform for SFWA president. You would THINK that any document that starts off “Greetings, gentlebeings!” would be meant as a riotous joke. and yet… it is not.

]]> By: Patrick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65383 Patrick Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:04:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65383 I donot understan. If Australians are not elves, chipmunks, or goblins, what are they? Is it true that all Australians knit with their feet while writing? I donot understan. If Australians are not elves, chipmunks, or goblins, what are they?

Is it true that all Australians knit with their feet while writing?

]]> By: Mary Elizabeth S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65382 Mary Elizabeth S. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:26:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65382 I thought it was funny, and even more so because there's some truth in it. (All you have to do is change the word "blog" to your own favored procrastination method.) And of course, just because there's truth in it doesn't mean it's *all* true, and it doesn't mean it's a universal truth. Procrastinating on something isn't the same as not doing it, so it's perfectly possible to blog and also write. Just like it's possible to write and not blog, or blog and not write, or not do either and doodle in the margins of your notebook instead. Or that's my take on it, anyway. ~Mary I thought it was funny, and even more so because there’s some truth in it. (All you have to do is change the word “blog” to your own favored procrastination method.)

And of course, just because there’s truth in it doesn’t mean it’s *all* true, and it doesn’t mean it’s a universal truth. Procrastinating on something isn’t the same as not doing it, so it’s perfectly possible to blog and also write. Just like it’s possible to write and not blog, or blog and not write, or not do either and doodle in the margins of your notebook instead.

Or that’s my take on it, anyway.

~Mary

]]> By: Tempest http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65381 Tempest Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:21:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65381 I think the reason why most folks aren't assuming it's meant to be funny is that they don't know Robin Hobb might be a funny/tongue-in-cheek kinda person and also because it's sadly not all that uncommon for luddites to write things in exactly that tone and be completely serious. I mean, I did catch that she was being a bit overdramatic, but I thought it was in service of her very serious fear of the intarwabs, which I cannot abide. Also, as I stated on my blog, I feel like people who whine, whether in jest or not, about how blogging is the evil enemy of real writing are missing the key point. That people who blog and suddenly find they don't have time to write? Weren't going to write, anyway. they were looking for an excuse not to do so, even if they weren't truly aware of it. I procrastinate my ASS off all the time. But when I am ready to write? i do it. I don't post on LJ, I don't look at my f-list, I don't involve myself in flamewars. I just don't. I think the reason why most folks aren’t assuming it’s meant to be funny is that they don’t know Robin Hobb might be a funny/tongue-in-cheek kinda person and also because it’s sadly not all that uncommon for luddites to write things in exactly that tone and be completely serious. I mean, I did catch that she was being a bit overdramatic, but I thought it was in service of her very serious fear of the intarwabs, which I cannot abide.

Also, as I stated on my blog, I feel like people who whine, whether in jest or not, about how blogging is the evil enemy of real writing are missing the key point. That people who blog and suddenly find they don’t have time to write? Weren’t going to write, anyway. they were looking for an excuse not to do so, even if they weren’t truly aware of it.

I procrastinate my ASS off all the time. But when I am ready to write? i do it. I don’t post on LJ, I don’t look at my f-list, I don’t involve myself in flamewars. I just don’t.

]]> By: Lori S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65380 Lori S. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:52:35 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65380 I got that she was going for over-the-top, but I also got that she's got a bug up her ass about blogging in particular, not things-that-distract-you-from-writing in general, and I do think that's wrong-headed. Not wrong-headed enough to keep me from reading her books, though! (If I read them in the first place.) That seems a leetle extreme. I got that she was going for over-the-top, but I also got that she’s got a bug up her ass about blogging in particular, not things-that-distract-you-from-writing in general, and I do think that’s wrong-headed.

Not wrong-headed enough to keep me from reading her books, though! (If I read them in the first place.) That seems a leetle extreme.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65376 Justine Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:50:36 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65376 anon: that you, maureen? Veejane: <i>Generally speaking, it’s easier to notice that an essay is supposed to be funny when it actually IS funny. Weird how that works.</i> Come on! Whether you thought it was funny or not---I did---surely you noticed the over the top exaggeration? She writes: "But my dear friends, it is NO COINCIDENCE that blog and blood begin with the same three letters!" and you think she's serious? Really? <i>Besides, everybody knows that all Australians are elves.</i> That's worse than goblins! You get a paddlin' and all. anon: that you, maureen?

Veejane: Generally speaking, it’s easier to notice that an essay is supposed to be funny when it actually IS funny. Weird how that works.

Come on! Whether you thought it was funny or not—I did—surely you noticed the over the top exaggeration? She writes:

“But my dear friends, it is NO COINCIDENCE that blog and blood begin with the same three letters!”

and you think she’s serious? Really?

Besides, everybody knows that all Australians are elves.

That’s worse than goblins! You get a paddlin’ and all.

]]> By: veejane http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65375 veejane Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:42:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65375 <i>so few people are noticing that Hobb’s screed is meant to be funny.</i> ...Generally speaking, it's easier to notice that an essay is supposed to be funny when it actually IS funny. Weird how that works. Besides, everybody knows that all Australians are elves. so few people are noticing that Hobb’s screed is meant to be funny.

…Generally speaking, it’s easier to notice that an essay is supposed to be funny when it actually IS funny. Weird how that works.

Besides, everybody knows that all Australians are elves.

]]> By: anon http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/03/13/settle/comment-page-1/#comment-65374 anon Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:06:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1086#comment-65374 you are so wise. you are so wise.

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