Apart from being the author of ninety (count ‘em!) books for children and young adults – her latest book, Deathwatch,
In today’s Write Report, Donna reveals that TinTin leads the pack in Harry Potter replacement movies… audiences today are looking for family experiences, say the studios. And the latest idea in publishing from those wacky Japanese? Books on toilet paper! It could be big – don’t poo-poo it…
In Eve’s Salmagundi Club, she finds a site that declares: “too long have we suffered in silence under the tyranny of idiocy!” Too true.
Links: The Write Report, Stupid Filter
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What a coincidence, Peter. I used to be a wellpern (a member of The Well, for those who don't know the place) and found myself remembering those days only yesterday. I dropped my subscription to The Well four or five years ago, during yet another one of those new-site-owner identity crises. I have fond memories of good friends and a more gentle time online, although I don't miss the elitism you mentioned. I'm still excited about the present reality and future potential of the internet.
That’s very interesting! Getting access to the Well in those days involved Compuserve, if I remember rightly, and the speed was so slow it looked as if someone was typing on your screen… very s-l-o-w-l-y-… almost made it feel more exciting, more real to traverse those vast distances…
I do miss the optimism of those days about the future of the net, but as you say, the potential is up to us to realize… but yes, that experience was really the idea behind Litopia. Ought to make that clearer, I think.
I believe the quality of our community in Litopia speaks for itself in many ways, but understanding the organic link between two places that mean a lot to me almost produced a smiling emoticon.
Oh, what the hell.