*ponders like a pondery thing*
Dec. 5th, 2007 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, the issue of Renard's Menagerie with my story in it is live and people can order it. And now I have to wonder about my anonymity on the internet and whether it serves any good purpose. I still itch a little about letting total strangers see my real name...on the other hand, it's good that people know their authors, right? And the blurb about me in the issue points right here.
On the third hand (I am a science fiction writer, after all), people can be big fat stalkers over the internet, which makes it easy. And that scares me, just a little. Okay, a little digging will turn up my real name, if someone wanted to take the trouble, but should I make it easier, or harder?
Also, editors read blogs, and while I've never shied away (very much) from being what some would consider controversial, I have to wonder what an editor who stumbles across this thing--or actually comes looking for it--would think. Of course, I also have to think that if an editor is going to turn me down because of my political views rather than because my writing is crap, I'd rather not be published by them anyway. It's not like writers of a more liberal bent have to watch what they say because it'll hurt them professionally, after all. But this is the real world we live in, isn't it? *sigh*
On the third hand (I am a science fiction writer, after all), people can be big fat stalkers over the internet, which makes it easy. And that scares me, just a little. Okay, a little digging will turn up my real name, if someone wanted to take the trouble, but should I make it easier, or harder?
Also, editors read blogs, and while I've never shied away (very much) from being what some would consider controversial, I have to wonder what an editor who stumbles across this thing--or actually comes looking for it--would think. Of course, I also have to think that if an editor is going to turn me down because of my political views rather than because my writing is crap, I'd rather not be published by them anyway. It's not like writers of a more liberal bent have to watch what they say because it'll hurt them professionally, after all. But this is the real world we live in, isn't it? *sigh*
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Date: 2007-12-05 11:31 pm (UTC)In the current American climate? I'm not sure that I'd agree with you.
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Date: 2007-12-05 11:41 pm (UTC)And I haven't noticed much difference between the current American climate and the one we had under Clinton, honestly, in what you "can or can't say." The major difference is that if the Dems try to reinstate the
UnFairness Doctrine now (which they're trying to do), President Bush would (probably) veto it, whereas Clinton (either of them) would (probably) sign it.And with Silly Season rapidly descending upon us, I'm betting I'm going to be locking more posts. Just because.
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Date: 2007-12-05 11:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-06 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-06 07:32 am (UTC)Don't worry about either one. Livejournal is the Romper Room of the Internet - it's like AOL, only slightly more dignified. (From what I've seen, blogs that ever mention Livejournal do so dismissively. We are beneath notice. So is a cruise missileā¦)
ginmar, you could worry. - Except that you wouldn't then either, because you'd be barking mad.
Further, unless I'm not seeing half of it, you don't post anything abrasive here anyway. Now, if you were
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Date: 2007-12-07 05:56 am (UTC)I just like it here because all the people I like to read are gathered in one spot and I don't have to bookmark a bunch of stuff to read one by one. I don't know if Blogspot or any of the others that aren't LJ clones have that option, and I can't be arsed to check.
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Date: 2007-12-08 07:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-08 06:24 pm (UTC)I was both excited and slightly intimidated when you friended me. :)