Comments on: Tagged! A Roar for Powerful Words

By: tigtog

tigtog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:15:06 +0000

If it wasn’t for Brooklynite above I’d have gone on forgetting to get around to this. It’s just because you posted it while I was away in Tassie, and I forgot.

I’ll get thinking.

By: Brooklynite

Brooklynite — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:46:29 +0000

Okay, I just got around to this. Thanks for the tag! Brooklynite's last blog post.."A roar for powerful words."

By: Lauredhel

Lauredhel — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:41:36 +0000

I couldn’t help getting on my former editor/former aspiring writing teacher soapbox, and I’m afraid I came off as sort of nasty.

Kate: yours didn't come off as nasty at all! I really enjoyed reading it. I'm a bit in awe of the people I see as "real" writers, like you. I've never studied the process, which is possibly why I find it fascinating - it's pretty much mysterious to me. Bluemilk: looking forward to yours. I've updated the post with a link to Jangari's. Lauredhel's last blog post..Love in the Time of Cholera: A Cantankerous Boxing Day Review

By: Lauredhel

Lauredhel — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:39:59 +0000

Just on the idea that some posts “sink like a stone”; I wonder what criteria you are using? I hope it is not the absence of comments?

I confess: yes, comments and links are pretty much the criteria my heart uses, no matter how much my head says they’re not necessarily valid ones.

But I don’t want to engage in any comment-coercion rubbish. Suffice it to say that while some oversubscribed bloggers might get cranky at supposedly “content-free” comments like “Great post!” and “Hey, that was interesting.”, I love the positive reinforcement.

And I probably don’t practise what I preach in this regard – I sometimes feel rather awkward leaving a “This was fab!” comment – so I’m a hypocrite too.

Lauredhel’s last blog post..Love in the Time of Cholera: A Cantankerous Boxing Day Review

By: su

su — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:02:58 +0000

Just on the idea that some posts “sink like a stone”; I wonder what criteria you are using? I hope it is not the absence of comments? There are a great many posts both here and elsewhere which I think are wonderful and complete in themselves and so adding a comment seems rather superfluous! Some of my favourite posts on Hoyden have attracted few comments. It must be frustrating as a blogger but sometimes your best work may not be the work that attracts a lot of comment. I think other bloggers are much more comfortable with just saying “Fantastic Post”, whereas perhaps non-blogger commenters may feel they need to add something to the discussion?

By: blue milk

blue milk — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:13:43 +0000

Thank you, how flattering. Something for me to mull over in the new year. Loved your tips by the way, very thoughtful. blue milk's last blog post..Let it snow (or rather Christmas without the usual heat wave)

By: Jangari

Jangari — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:51:09 +0000

Oh no! Another memetic tagging. Will Owen tagged me for another meme a couple of weeks ago, but I haven’t yet got around to… actuating it. This one though, gives the impression that it’ll be easy to write, since, well, if I didn’t find it easy to write, you probably wouldn’t have tagged me for it…

I will get around to it, but I can’t tell you when.

Jangari’s last blog post..SPQR

By: Kate Harding

Kate Harding — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:19:10 +0000

[1] Yes, I know most Aussies call it Year 12, but my school called it Upper VIth, and Kate lurrrves the BritSpeak. Ha! Thank you! And these are excellent tips. I couldn't help getting on my former editor/former aspiring writing teacher soapbox, and I'm afraid I came off as sort of nasty. You? Are actually helpful. Kate Harding's last blog post..Light Posting Warning