tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2435139042572537924..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Being Part of a Writing CommunityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-27967395207333774892018-02-13T13:18:43.014-05:002018-02-13T13:18:43.014-05:00Damn, Steve--you're definitely one of the peop...Damn, Steve--you're definitely one of the people I wish I'd connected with at BCon. Hopefully next time...Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756643049753865150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-17014111691856023922018-02-13T10:13:44.017-05:002018-02-13T10:13:44.017-05:00Saw Sam at Bcon in Carolina. I think he was hangin...Saw Sam at Bcon in Carolina. I think he was hanging with McFet on the edge of the bar in the lobby.<br />So I run across traffic to the other hotel bc that's where the book room is and buy a Sam book. Bring it back for him to sign and he's gone.<br />What a letdown.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-25307699663185620432018-02-13T10:11:45.440-05:002018-02-13T10:11:45.440-05:00Right?! Right?! Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-44985223347743399972018-02-13T10:07:40.619-05:002018-02-13T10:07:40.619-05:00Sandra... 13 years ago?!?!? Seems like yesterday :...Sandra... 13 years ago?!?!? Seems like yesterday :)<br />John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-12915657346196160182018-02-13T08:38:03.706-05:002018-02-13T08:38:03.706-05:00Outstanding post, Sam. You hit all the key points,...Outstanding post, Sam. You hit all the key points, not least of which is how hard it is to keep up with even your friends' books. As I told The Beloved Spouse just the other day, pointing to a substantial To-Be Read pile: "And the bastards just keep cranking them out."<br /><br />Keep cranking them out. I'll get over it.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-22547901496465739162018-02-13T06:33:43.328-05:002018-02-13T06:33:43.328-05:00"The question I think about now isn’t how to ..."The question I think about now isn’t how to find people, but how to vet and interact with them in a beneficial way. There are writers with little in the way of publication experience, who nevertheless weigh in on writing topics with the authority of a Bronte sister."<br /><br />🤣 That was one of the down sides to the blog wave 13 years ago. In publishing and life it's true that if you don't know where you're going any idiot can lead you there. <br />Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.com