Comments for Lynette Aspey http://sleepingdragon.info Science Fiction, Fantasy & All Things Make-Believe Tue, 01 May 2012 16:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Creativity, at the cross-roads by Lyn http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/creativity-at-the-cross-roads/#comment-203 Lyn Tue, 01 May 2012 16:23:49 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=869#comment-203 Hi Cindy, Thanks so much for your lovely visit. It's great to connect, and likewise, I'll look forward to our wakes crossing at some point in the 'real' world. :-) Cheers, Lyn. Hi Cindy, Thanks so much for your lovely visit. It’s great to connect, and likewise, I’ll look forward to our wakes crossing at some point in the ‘real’ world. :-) Cheers, Lyn.

]]> Comment on Creativity, at the cross-roads by Cindy http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/creativity-at-the-cross-roads/#comment-202 Cindy Tue, 01 May 2012 11:30:22 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=869#comment-202 Lynette, I found your site via the Women Who Sail group on FB. Oh dear. We have the same child only I a raising the male form. Wow, just wow. I can relate on so many levels (as a homeschooling mom, as a live aboard, as a writer).... sigh. Yes, I get it. All of it. And my your daughter is a fabulous story teller. If she ever got together with my son they just might disappear together into another world, happily chatting non-stop in an elevated vocabulary spinning yarns into eternity. I will definitely share her story with him. And kudos to you for meeting her where she is and writing out the story for her. I need to do that more (except he often talks faster than I can type). I am glad to "meet" you and I hope our paths cross one day anchored out somewhere (we're in the Chesapeake Bay). cheers, Cindy p.s. sorry for typos... nursing a toddler while I type. Lynette,
I found your site via the Women Who Sail group on FB. Oh dear. We have the same child only I a raising the male form. Wow, just wow. I can relate on so many levels (as a homeschooling mom, as a live aboard, as a writer)…. sigh. Yes, I get it. All of it. And my your daughter is a fabulous story teller. If she ever got together with my son they just might disappear together into another world, happily chatting non-stop in an elevated vocabulary spinning yarns into eternity. I will definitely share her story with him. And kudos to you for meeting her where she is and writing out the story for her. I need to do that more (except he often talks faster than I can type). I am glad to “meet” you and I hope our paths cross one day anchored out somewhere (we’re in the Chesapeake Bay).
cheers, Cindy

p.s. sorry for typos… nursing a toddler while I type.

]]> Comment on The Pocket Gnome by Creativity, at the cross-roads | Lynette Aspey http://sleepingdragon.info/the-pocket-gnome/#comment-200 Creativity, at the cross-roads | Lynette Aspey Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:30:58 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?page_id=827#comment-200 [...] The Pocket Gnome [...] [...] The Pocket Gnome [...]

]]> Comment on Crises of confidence: the de-valuing of reviews by Lyn http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/crises-of-confidence-the-de-valuing-of-reviews/#comment-196 Lyn Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:39:57 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=725#comment-196 Hi Jo, thanks for stopping by. You must be feeling very excited as your own release gets closer. :-) Yep, misleading the customer's expectations is such an obvious mistake, but the industry is still very young and so this shouldn't come as a surprise. It's a reflection of both the inadequacy of the review system itself and the enthusiasm of self-pubbing authors who have been gifted with a lot of freedom and are in a rush to use it. On this train of thought, I rather like Chuck Wendig's take on self-publishing, here's the link. He's good for a laugh and he's hits that proverbial nail: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/07/the-seduction-of-self-publishing/ Hi Jo, thanks for stopping by. You must be feeling very excited as your own release gets closer. :-) Yep, misleading the customer’s expectations is such an obvious mistake, but the industry is still very young and so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s a reflection of both the inadequacy of the review system itself and the enthusiasm of self-pubbing authors who have been gifted with a lot of freedom and are in a rush to use it. On this train of thought, I rather like Chuck Wendig’s take on self-publishing, here’s the link. He’s good for a laugh and he’s hits that proverbial nail: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/07/the-seduction-of-self-publishing/

]]> Comment on Crises of confidence: the de-valuing of reviews by Lyn http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/crises-of-confidence-the-de-valuing-of-reviews/#comment-195 Lyn Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:24:07 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=725#comment-195 Thanks for your input Dario. The sheer volume of material is both our great opportunity and our problem. As I said, "primordial soup"! Something will emerge, but we're not quite sure yet what form it will evolve. There *are* many excellent review sites, and hugely motivated and professional people out there, but finding them and then keeping track of them, is something of a problem. :-) Amazon's sales are reflecting that the honeymoon is over and the eReader market has become jaded. Now we all just have to work that little bit harder! Thanks for your input Dario. The sheer volume of material is both our great opportunity and our problem. As I said, “primordial soup”! Something will emerge, but we’re not quite sure yet what form it will evolve. There *are* many excellent review sites, and hugely motivated and professional people out there, but finding them and then keeping track of them, is something of a problem. :-)

Amazon’s sales are reflecting that the honeymoon is over and the eReader market has become jaded. Now we all just have to work that little bit harder!

]]> Comment on Crises of confidence: the de-valuing of reviews by Joanna http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/crises-of-confidence-the-de-valuing-of-reviews/#comment-194 Joanna Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:53:31 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=725#comment-194 Great post, Lynette. Since signing with an indie publisher I've become much more aware (as opposed to not at all) of the ways in which the review system currently available is being used (and potential readerships manipulated); in this scenario, artifice damages all of us. Great post, Lynette. Since signing with an indie publisher I’ve become much more aware (as opposed to not at all) of the ways in which the review system currently available is being used (and potential readerships manipulated); in this scenario, artifice damages all of us.

]]> Comment on Crises of confidence: the de-valuing of reviews by Dario http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/crises-of-confidence-the-de-valuing-of-reviews/#comment-193 Dario Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:34:17 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=725#comment-193 Excellent post, Lyn! One of the problems I see is the dire lack of any independent reviewers (other than book review blogs) to give some kind of credibility rating to the hundreds of indie/self-pubbed offerings being put out every day. Given that 'serious' mainstream reviewers still have a firm closed door policy towards anything that's self-published, the problem is acute. But you're right: there need to be changes. I'm just not sure where they're going to come from, especially given the commercial forces encouraging everyone to think they can be the next bestselling author. Excellent post, Lyn! One of the problems I see is the dire lack of any independent reviewers (other than book review blogs) to give some kind of credibility rating to the hundreds of indie/self-pubbed offerings being put out every day. Given that ‘serious’ mainstream reviewers still have a firm closed door policy towards anything that’s self-published, the problem is acute. But you’re right: there need to be changes. I’m just not sure where they’re going to come from, especially given the commercial forces encouraging everyone to think they can be the next bestselling author.

]]> Comment on More flies for the Lizard Brain: Tweaking reality (in your Urban Fantasy World) by Lyn http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/more-flies-for-the-lizard-brain-tweaking-reality-in-your-urban-fantasy-world/#comment-175 Lyn Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:03:31 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=620#comment-175 Hiya Alyx, thanks for stopping by. (xoxoxo) The workshops *are* fun, and useful. I hope that the program continues, and continues to develop. There was a wide range of people there, myself and another classmate from '02: writers at all stages of their careers. The one-day sessions work as stepping stones, and because they're subject or theme-specific, there's a lot of focus. I count myself lucky to have been able to attend two. If I had a choice, I'd do them all! Hope to see you soon, if not earlier, then at the UBC bookstore in April. :-) Hiya Alyx, thanks for stopping by. (xoxoxo) The workshops *are* fun, and useful. I hope that the program continues, and continues to develop. There was a wide range of people there, myself and another classmate from ’02: writers at all stages of their careers. The one-day sessions work as stepping stones, and because they’re subject or theme-specific, there’s a lot of focus. I count myself lucky to have been able to attend two. If I had a choice, I’d do them all! Hope to see you soon, if not earlier, then at the UBC bookstore in April. :-)

]]> Comment on More flies for the Lizard Brain: Tweaking reality (in your Urban Fantasy World) by Alyx Dellamonica http://sleepingdragon.info/2012/more-flies-for-the-lizard-brain-tweaking-reality-in-your-urban-fantasy-world/#comment-174 Alyx Dellamonica Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:05:17 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=620#comment-174 How very cool--and what a great write-up! It sounds like an amazing program. How very cool–and what a great write-up! It sounds like an amazing program.

]]> Comment on Time, and the one-day writing workshop by More flies for the Lizard Brain: Tweaking reality (in your Urban Fantasy World) | Lynette Aspey http://sleepingdragon.info/2011/326/#comment-173 More flies for the Lizard Brain: Tweaking reality (in your Urban Fantasy World) | Lynette Aspey Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:06:17 +0000 http://sleepingdragon.info/?p=326#comment-173 [...] is Sunday March 4, 2012. I am in Seattle, for the second time in six months, and thoroughly enjoying myself.  There are fourteen of us seated around a series of [...] [...] is Sunday March 4, 2012. I am in Seattle, for the second time in six months, and thoroughly enjoying myself.  There are fourteen of us seated around a series of [...]

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