So actually, I really wanted to title this “can’t we all just be average?” But honestly – would that catch your attention? Would you care about a post like that? And who knows. Maybe I feel like stirring the pot. (Not really, but since when have I not been stubborn? Never. That’s when.)
I will say I keep a relatively low profile, because I’m paranoid. I’m also somewhat young, and I’d like to keep my options open for the public, and private sector. And I’ve seen how bat shit crazy some people get on the internet. I know if someone really wanted to find information about me, they could. Easily. But the idea is for me not to catch the attention of “teh crazies.”
I never know what will resonate with others, or not. I thought Raoul Bova (the 
1st guy in “Under the Tuscan Sun”) would be big in romance land. Even though I’m pretty over him now, I had quite liked him. And admit it. We all know how much romance readers, writers, and bloggers like pouring over the eye candy. Which is why I’m going to post pictures of Andy Whitfield and Matthew Bomer. (Both of whom I mentioned in my brilliant post The Curse of Ennui.) Actually, the post I most wanted people to read was simply titled You Guys. [Come on – I thought it was very mature, and fitting across the board and applies to a number of situations. Me! Mature!]
I also had a contest post talking about… contests, but I’m about to almost renege on my stance for the one of the parts, but I think for good cause. (Keep an eye out- I’m giving away Jill Shalvis’s Double Play, and I’d like to give away HelenKay Dimon’s Holding Out For a Hero for another. Hopefully I’ll be able to get it, and I didn’t just embarrass myself be becoming a liar.)
Anyway, I scan twitter like I imagine police officers listen to the police scanner these days. I’m on hiatus. It’s no fun. Apparently I depend on twitter for a lot of my social interaction. I choose not to ponder that carefully. (Also because my age demographic, most of my friend’s lives are in the toilet right now. That’s also not a subject I want to address because I’m rather bitter about it all.) I see comments on certain posts, or discussions.
A recent [yet recurring one] is being part of the “in crowd.” Everyone knows the “big blogs” in romance land are DA and SBTB. Most people also know about KKB and KB seems to be getting more attention these days too. I’d do links, but right now I’m too lazy. Maybe later. Or maybe one of the amazing schedulers/formatters at the pond will take care of it. It seems everyone also knows about Mrs. Giggles, and… that one lady who does a billion reviews a day, but oftentimes seems she reads a different book from the rest of us. (My memory is ril gud. Honest. Hah! Harriet Klausner. It came to me in a few days. See?!)
Let me first say, I don’t [regularly] visit any of those blogs. Everyone once in a blue moon I’ll click over, but I generally… just don’t. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read at Mrs. Giggles- it seems she is willing to say what others aren’t. Karen does too, but I think I’m kind of scared of her. 😛 (I also want to say, I have a slightly more positive association with Mrs. Giggles because some people have asked me if I’m her O_o. Well, I’m not. But I’d be super cool if I was! Also, Sybs told me flat out she’d kill me if I was and was lying to her. As you see, Sybs is also scary, and made of hilarious awesome.) Oh! But I also like how people in the comments at Karen’s blog are willing to call others out. Karen especially. Accountability is also important. (And I think people just wouldn’t ask Karen what her problem is, because she’d tell them. Then demand an answer to her question. Waste of time – best to answer first.) Would I do it in the exact same way? No – but I’m not Karen. Nevertheless, I like that she can be a bulldog with certain points. I definitely respect and appreciate that.
Generally, people like being agreeable. It’s empirically proven. If you want 
someone to agree with you, you end your sentence with some sort of affirmative, right? Or maybe, it’s people don’t like saying “no.” Which is why I sometimes end a sentence with “no?” (Because it amuses me.) Truth. You can talk circles around people with things like this. It’s also why people who write surveys or conduct polling obsess so much over wording and answer choices. (Yay, I’m finally putting some of my college education to good use! *snork*) This is a good, and bad thing.
The purpose of saying something bellicose (yay Latin!) then, is more hits. More publicity, more more more. Would I love to be paid to sit around and read and review books and blog? You bet a significant amount I would! (I’d say life but that seems too drastic, no?) Also… I don’t really see what’s so special about me that I should be paid to do that. I also think I’d run out of content pretty quickly. (And, at a few of the blogs I visit regularly, I’m 60% sure the others have no idea I’m a reviewer.) A friend from college recently told me I’m in the top 1% of … something… edumacated… (I like to think I have a sense of humor too, ok? In fact, maybe this entire damn blog post is an exercise in building up my fragile ego. So humor me, dammit.) That was a somewhat good feeling, then again, my current circumstances are pretty sad. So it doesn’t matter. But that statement circles back to my “popular” topic – which also fosters “SPECIAL!” and “IMPORTANT!” (See? There’s a logical connection.)
I also believe strongly in standing by what I say, so I prefer not to say something extremely stringent or polarized, because I’m also extremely inconsistent. I change my mind a lot, it seems, and am indecisive. I simply refuse to be fake. If I don’t like you, I prefer to not deal with you entirely. Or, I’ll exchange a civil “hello” and move on, careful not to engage in any other way.
Opinions are all well and good, as long as they hover somewhere around the realm of reason. I know people get called Nazi’s a lot… which… really makes the word lose all meaning. And belittles actual historical events. (Though admit it – the Nazi uniforms were hot. They had some tailoring and style going on. Sad about you know, all the other connotations attached…) A lot of people seem to harbor a lot of antagonism toward Jane, Sarah, and Karen, I’m going to say off the top of my head. I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons and potentialities for this. And as I said – everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. Others, dislike them for their “popularity.” I tend to associate mob mentality, to DA and SBTB, more, especially, based simply on what I’ve seen/heard.
Something else that might bother people is the general tone of “sycophantic” 
support found in a number of regulars. I won’t name who said that to protect the guilty. You know, props to “the big blogs” for creating such supportive communities. I say as long as the crazy is kept to the keyboard and not violating laws or infringing on people’s privacy… well, better to rant online than shoot someone. I might wonder how these people actually act in person as well. But I’m too lazy. My blogging self is close to identical to my “real life self.” Or at least I like to think so. I over think. (But I think I’m right.)
In short, I’m deciding to be guilty of exactly what people are fed up with – talking to hear the sound of my own voice. Or, I guess typing to see my own words published on a blog. (And we’re all missing out, really, because I have quite a nice voice. Honest. Ask Sybs (or don’t really, she gets mad at me too often) JenB, or c2, or Holly. I’m pretty sure all of them have heard me speak, or at least read something.) Anyway, my point is… there is something slightly narcissistic about blogging. (And who here thinks Echo was dumb as hell for falling in love with a gay man? Hm, apparently late night posts under extreme stress make me more incendiary. Or just make really random comments that too easily can be misconstrued.)
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like to think I contribute something to the community, either by persuading, or outright bullying people into buying books I enjoyed. (I’m pretty talkative, as you can see.) Or my little Share the Love thing I did around the holidays. I’d like to have more giveaways, but I’m poor. Like, embarrassingly poor. But it’s ok, because I’ve been a student for so long I’m too poor to afford pride. So I have none. Maybe some day when I grow up and stuff, I’ll wish I never wrote this. (No but srsly, at this point, it’s true.) So really, I’m just talking to have something to do in between what I should be doing. And I like talking with you. Truly.
Not that I’ll do it if I don’t want to, but what interests you? How did you find out about the pond? What makes you come back? What makes you a kind soul who comments on these posts? (And did I tell you every time you comment on a post at the pond a fairy gets its wings? And two fairies get their wings when you comment on one of my posts?) 😀 Honestly, I am curious, because some of you who comment have been swimming around the pond longer than I have. And new or old, you all rock.
So go ahead – help some fairies get their wings! (I’d add a picture but dammit I can’t find one. And Sybs – before you get mad at me again, doing this cut into my sleeping time only, not my other stuff time :P)
Sybil (that whore) totally made me do it. She’s evol like that.
OH MY GOD THE PICTURE OF ANDY WHITFIELD IS GONE! WHERE DID IT GO??? *weeps*
Holly… *paranoid* … what did you do? O_o
Also, I’m totally going on a boycott until I get the “subscribe by email” comment feature back. Just saying.
Look again…. you had it set wrong
Sybs – well, I’ve been meaning you ask you about the gallery thing but I’ll do that in about 1.5 weeks. And YAY YOU BROUGHT ANDY BACK
Thanks.
Holly… I’m still confused. 😐 Of course.
Yeah, what Holly said. Is there a “subscribe to comments” option and I’m just missing it? I like to have follow-up comments dumped in my e-mail. It makes life easier. Oh, and I’m “old.” I was commenting at the Pond back when it was just Sybil. In other words – the Dark Ages. Heh.
I’ve been popping in and out of Syb’s place for quite a while now. But I honestly can’t remember how I found TGTBTU in the first place. Lost in the mists of time, I guess. I like the reviews and the reviewers; they’re always straight up without being cruel.
I love strong opinions, but . . . I. Do. Not. Like. Mean girls. And, yes, I know that makes me some-kind of internet weakling. So be it.
I found you a couple years ago – the pond is actually one of the first review sites I found and I discovered others through your posts or links. I read Katiebab’s post on popularity, or in-bloggers, the in-crowd. The concept bugs me just like the in-crowd in high school bugged me. My son once asked me – What is this thing called popularity? What makes someone popular? I answered, lots of butt kissers. A far too simple yet not entirely incorrect answer. No matter how you spin it, popular people need a butt-kissing posse. Some bloggers are charismatic. Some are political. Some express controversial opinions. Some are just plain fun. Whatever I read, I read with a grain of salt. And that includes blogs, books, newspapers, op-ed pieces and politicians.
Wendy. Heh. Dark Ages. Heh. Sybs is gonna smack you 😛
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EC – Agreed 100%. You [plural] should be able to express your opinion. On that note, you [plural] should also be willing to allow others to express his/her opinion[s]. It’s that second part where we get into problems. (And that’s what “You Guys” was about…) Maybe it makes you a weakling. I know I’m a total spineless weakling. Nevertheless I don’t know what it is that makes people think they don’t have to be civil online.
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Julia -Whee! I… *hides* actually haven’t read KB’s original post. I heard about it, and tried clicking on it a few times but the page took too long to load so I just clicked away. Heh. Will the stone throwing begin now? 😐
For some reason your talking about popular made me think of the song Popular in Wicked. If not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OXMOP8RzMM
I definitely agree with taking things you read with a grain of salt in the media. Oftentimes people who don’t even think they have any bias or prejudice do.
I feel like… my high school didn’t really have an in crowd. Sure, there were cliques, but… not one everyone wanted to be part of. I guess there was the “popular” group, but nobody [not] in it wanted to be in it because they all hated each other. E.g. I have no idea who the captain of the football team was. Ever. And Prom King my year was in the Junior and Senior Class Play. And in Band. And Latin Club. (And he was a varsity athlete, but for cross country.) But he was pretty much friends with everyone. So. *shrug* Dare I say dated concept? :X
Or I just lived in some strange societal warp where high school stereotypes were missing. 😛
I think I discovered TGTBU around the same time I discovered DA and SBTB. Probably linked from somewhere. I kinda thought this was one of the popular blogs too. Isn’t it? I think so. I am a low level commenter here but I do follow it in my reader. In general I tend to comment on things on blogs when there’s a question – a discussion topic of some sort. Like this!
janicu – Awe, thanks 🙂 I guess I think Sybil is more well known than the blog? Everywhere else it seems I mention “the pond” or “TGTBTU” and people are like “the wha?” But when you mention Sybil, people are like “oh yeah – her” 😉
So *smooches* to you. 😀 Heh. You helped a fairy get its wings!
And I’m always happy to discuss, well, practically anything. Got a topic you want to dish? 😉 – Have you been watching Spartacus or White Collar?
You did experience high school warp dimension! LOL! My high school had the preppies, the jocks, the geeks or those otherwise known as the braniacs – this included band members, the cheerleaders and pep squad who lived in a world of their own, the hoods or gangbangers. the druggies and the whores. There was some overlap, as in braniacs could also be jocks, preppies or sometimes, but rarely, cheerleaders and occasionally druggies. I had connections with a number of groups but mostly kept to myself. Other than the fact that I think charismatic politicians are generally successful politicians, I do not like the term popular. For me, the connotations are far too negative. Your site is respected…at least I think so, and I prefer to think of TGTBATU as respected and reliable rather than popular. To be honest, some of the popular bloggers, and I will not name names, open mouth and insert foot on a regular basis – and take pleasure in doling out the insults and innuendos while the cheering section yells out rah-rah-yay-yay. That’s when I stop reading them for a while.
OK frick and frack, flip and flap: who is this Julia Barrett person and is she on Twitter: I want to butt kiss her. Yes, that’s right, I’m dumping my butt kissing rights to all Betty Neels all the time and that philosophy prof in the Great White Almost North and the gal with two living hubbies who are brilliant and the sophisticate who can play board games. Yes, they are all in my past. Looking to be part of a new posse! This truly is high school, or maybe freshman year of college: I read today about a new drinking game … haha. Laughter, at ourselves too of course, is the best disinfectant. Or is that sunlight?
Oh yeah her…. remind me to slap you lime
the email thing, I keep forgetting to look ::sorry::
I don’t comment much, usually a lurker, but I did leave a comment on Karen’s post regarding this “in-crowd” issue. I’ve been visiting the Pond for a few years; don’t remember how I found it, but I keep coming back for the numerous reviews and the interesting commentary.
I miss Sybil’s posts but understand other life issues take priority. Glad to see her in the comments.
I always thought this was one of the more popular websites, too.
Julia – Whee! Yeah, I always thought it was a little odd my hs experience was relatively painless. 😛 But I think I made up for it in college. Thanks so much for the compliments, I’ll definitely take respected and reliable. Especially the latter. Especially when applied to the duckies. Especially me. Can you please frame that and send it to Sybil? *looks cute*
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Janet… er… mhm *scared* 😉 Actually, drinking game?! Heh. You know that’ll get happy attention 😛
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Sybseses- Are you having a good day, are you?! I ask because you said you were just going to slap me, not kill me. *angelface* And whatever- I said people know who you are! If you’re not going to take compliments gracefully. *sniff*
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Jess – Yay! Thanks for delurking today! A good way to have Sybs show up is to say that I’m a Very Responsible and Reliable Reviewer. I’m sure she’ll have an awesomely snappy comment. [::aside:: she likes taking cheap shots at me] *looks innocent*
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Jessica- Hm… I suppose maybe it was in the past few years, but it was my impression that it’d tapered off some, at least during some months when I was able to pay more attention. Of course me clicking through the past few pages showed only a handful of posts with 0 comments as opposed to the majority… I’ve been proven wrong.
I’m freely and happily admitting that 😀
I guess it’s just I seem to think so because the chats/whatever I visit if I mention TGTBTU people are like “huh?” :X Or I had other people say some less kind things and that they dropped us. *sniffles*
Delurking to comment.(Yes, I’m a lurker, SORRY!) *G* I found this site when an author whose blog I follow was interviewed here last year and have been reading here ever since.
Don’t be ashamed of your poor student status! I need to not be the only poor student in the pond. (And soon you’ll be a rich, rich lawyer while I’ll still be poor.)My high school experience aligns pretty closely with yours. You could say there were cliques, but they were amorphous and most people belonged to more than one. I was a band geek and a mathlete yet a cheerleader did my make-up for graduation. Or perhaps it was cutthroat and I never realized because I didn’t care.I think the pond is filled with “nice girls” – the readers and commenters, and I like that atmosphere. Who cares if we aren’t the popular girls? I used to go to DA and SBTB fairly frequently, but I just can’t take the cattiness. They’re written by funny and intelligent ladies, but the internet is my happy time and I don’t want to deal with people trying to bring the dramz. As for Mrs. Giggles, I like her style but I don’t find her reviews helpful. We have very different taste.Soon, soon I shall hear Sybs voice! Mwah hah hah!
Why did my paragraphs disappear?!
Liv – yeah totally. My paragraphs disappear too, which is why I separate them out with periods. T_T And heh, yay your nice comment other than… I’m no longer a student. And I’m a poor as hell lawyer. Like 98% of the rest of my graduating class. (That’s the bitter coming out that I mentioned. One of the girls at the top of my class was working at Macy’s around the holidays… pretty sure she’s again unemployed…)
HAHAHAHA. Nice girls. I like it. We’ve got you snowed 😉 No actually, I do think we’re all pretty nice and civil here, and I’m a-okay with that. Internet is my happy time too. Lol I wasn’t as cool as you. I O_o don’t know if I can name a single cheerleader from hs. lol though I’m sure they existed… Also, I didn’t wear make up ever. Still don’t. Girlfail :X
BRANDY!!! I thought I responded to you. Sorry for skipping earlier – it was all in my head but I didn’t want it to seem like I was stalking you O_o
lol. Anyway – I’ve seen you comment on a few posts… right? I think? Anyway, thanks for popping out to say hi today! I and the fairies thank you 😉
And I too love the author interviews. Sandy is totally rocking that out with her continuous stream.
I came to the Pond when my posts kept disappearing from the J.R. Ward forums because I was cussing or being a little snarky (I know!). A link to Syb’s world was in one of the posts, so I came, I read, I stayed.
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Being part of the “in crowd” takes too much bloody work. This is a hobby, not a job. I’m glad that the Pond is easy lifting, so to speak. We’re encouraged to say what we think here, and there aren’t too many rules. I likes it.
:-O You? Swearing?! Gwen- why I never! I have to tell you the cutest thing – JenB once asked/said to me “Sybil lets us swear on the blog?”
Heh.
And I likes it here too. <3 <3 <3 Sybses + teh duckies.
p.s. I FEAR teh cellies. And other author forum types. Le sigh.
Was here when it was just Sybil – loves the Syb
I am a lurker generally.. does that make me a suppressor of fairies?
Whoops forgot to say I discovered the site before I became a blog hopper, when I was searching out info on LL Foster’s first book.
A book that I loathed with a passion and needed to rant publicly about. LOL
Cindy – Hi! Yes, more and more of the old guard being established in my mind, which I think it super cool 😀
Edie – lol lol lol you, are full of win! And no, you aren’t a suppressor of fairies, you’re a total advocate today. That’s all. Going the extra mile and everything 😉
I’m an equal opportunity ranter and… *shudders* LL Foster’s first book was bad. So was the second. And isn’t there a third? Please tell me the series ended.
Oh Sybs- plz to NOT NOT NOT project on me. [I know you’re thinking XX and that kinda makes me want to smack you. Wait, no, it does make me want to smack you. Dork.]
Really, that’s the whole “point” of this post. There is no point. And that’s what amuses me. Long winded puffery that doesn’t account to much yet has some subtle [ideally winning] points. *bows*
And actually, yes, at the end, I was curious as to what made people discover the pond, and what keeps the coming back.
So I guess if you want me to parse it down to having a purpose, that’s it. Nobody really has answered, other than you’re major draw. *kissy*
I still don’t get what your post is about… are you sad more people don’t comment to your posts?
You need to ponder on what interests you. Some things will ‘hit’ with many people. Others not so much. But you can’t set out to blog something thinking OMFG people will LOVE ME/THIS and comment tons. Because if that is your driving factor it almost always won’t work.
Which is what I keep saying about this silly topic…
I discovered Sybil in 2005, back when there was just her, herself and she. These days she tends to live in a cave like a hermit with a bad case of morning breath.
Hey, where’s your subscribe to comments button?
I sorry I above all people adore rambling. Do ramble on. Sorry lime if I misunderstood.
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KARENS! It seems I killed the subscribe to comment button and am fixing it as we speak. Sort of…. I hope it will be all back in place today.
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To be fair holly has been bitching about it for weeks and weeks and weeks and I misunderstood.
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As for my cave, I am trying to come out of it more. HONEST. Of course then it will go back to OMFG she posts SOoooooooooo much shut her the fuck up.
Yay I am now a fairy advocate!
I wonder if that will fit on the resume?
Unfortunately I think that series is still going, but have been pretty much avoiding her ever since that first one, so there could be hope that I am wrong.
Edie- I think that would be a fantastic addition to your resume! Alas, I don’t think employers would agree. Unless say, you’re an author/illustrator of children’s books. Or work for Disney 😛
Hmmm… have you been avoiding her SBC books too? I know Back in Black is out but… I’m kinda scared. (Well, I’ll get it from the library.) I also can’t remember if this is the one right after My Man Michael, or not. And… MMM was such a horrible mess. At least… in my humble opinion. (Of course I didn’t read it. Could barely skim through the first 2? chapters.)
Dangnabit – I have to leave all the good stuff off the resume!
I have been avoiding her all together – as My Man Michael was the next Foster book I picked up after the disaster, and I had to break off the reading relationship. Two traumas in a row, was way too much. I think I read the first three chapters in a state of shock, then the last two, I don’t think we missed much. It was pretty bad, even if you completely ignore the complete mislabeling.
I’m here via a link from Monkey Bear Reviews. I used to read this blog, but nowadays, most of blog reading is related to economics.
Blogland is a lot like high school. These days it just amuses me, but it was a lot of why I quit reader blogging several years ago.
I like to read blogs where the comments threads are interesting and not full of sycophants and, maybe more importantly, where the bloggers are not stridently shrill. Bloggers who ramble are, on average, a waste of time. If you can’t/won’t write concisely, most of the time I spend reading is not worth what I get out of it.
From what you say, I don’t think I’m very much older than you. I graduate with my undergrad this summer, and when I was solidly reader-blogging, I was…a few years younger.
I see your point about keeping your options open in the public/private sector. A person who knows enough about the internet could probably trace me back to my real identity. But as a reader-blogger? It’s really not that hard to keep your nose clean. A potential employer’s probably not going to not-hire you because you disliked her/his favourite book ever. If that’s a problem, you probably wouldn’t want them to hire you anyway. You’re a law student, you’re going to be a lawyer (??), and how does liking to read/write/talk about fiction affect extend to that?
Edie – lol lol lol you get a gold star 😀 You also might just be my very favorite person of the day! (You know, because so many people waffle about whether or not they drop authors etc.) I’m considering reading Back in Black… but it’s gonna be a library book.
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Emily – Hi, thanks for commenting. And, agreed on the economics. Which is why, in school, I totally didn’t mind stopping by ~150 blogs daily. I need to multitask to keep focused, so taking notes + playing online = perfect blend.
Er… if you’re just going to graduate from undergrad this year, lol, I think I’m rather much older than you are. I’m so old I might as well die O_o.
Anyway. For word economy, I tend to be much more forgiving when it’s myself. Or someone I like. Word economy in public speaking, however, I’m 100% with you.
Right. I don’t think someone wouldn’t hire me based on what books I liked or didn’t like. Exactly as you said- if they did, they probably aren’t someone I want to work for anyway. My “concern” is how I act online. When I *gasp* swear. Or mention politics. How I talk about my life, etc. Employers do care about that. And while I don’t do anything wrong I don’t interact with people online the same as I would with say, a judge or public official. And that, is something employers look at. Big brother is all around these days. 🙂
Karen – whoops! Hi there 🙂 Thanks for stopping by – we’re trying to convince Sybil to blog about stuff, but she’s being no fun and laying low. *raspberry*
Also, no idea on the comments. The higher ups are working on that.
Sybs – DO THAT POST. You know you wanna! [And we want you to as well ;)]
limecello, oops! I forgot that you’re in the States. I am studying in the UK, and law is like an undergraduate economics program: it’s a 3 year degree, after which you go to bar school.
Word economy is something I require. In the language of mathematics, it is a necessary condition, if not sufficient to attract me to a blog.
I think swearing is a smaller issue than you’d think, as well as online interaction provided you don’t come off as a crazy, nasty harridan from hell. Frankly, that would take more effort than simply being courteous.
Emily – You’re about my age, rather than limecello’s. ^_^
I must admit, I tend to be ridiculously wordy in blog posts and person. I’m far more concise when using my “academic voice.”
I try to keep my real self and blog self separate if only because my real self is no one’s business. As for the employer thing, you never know. For TGTBTU, I think the touchy issues are that we swear sometimes and talk about sex. The sex is all in the context of books, but still, we read and advocate reading sexy books. I know people who would take issue with that. Not to mention a lot of people have the idea that romance readers are unintelligent, unsociable women who have trouble interacting with the real world. Not true at all, but not a stereotype you want going through a potential employer’s head.
Emily – Yup, I’m a Yank 😀 And, I agree with Liv on her points. (Hi Liv! Also… awe… you two are both just babies!!!)
The stereotypes are big, but even so, anything/everything you say and do online. While some of my jobs they didn’t care, my internship on the hill we were explicitly told not the blog, or mention anything about work. Not even facebook updates, etc. And that if we did, it was cause for termination. So. It just depends.
Hey! I’ll be 21 in three weeks! (Well, three weeks and two days.)
Since we are playing this game…I’m still older than Liviania.
Liviania, there have been times when I think there’s a reason why people have that opinion of romance readers. One reason why I shut down my old blog is that romance isn’t really what I read any more, and it isn’t really what I write either.
I would never talk about work on my blog. I’ve been thinking, and I’ll probably strip my blog off everything related to economics. The past 6 weeks have been a delicate exercise in feeling around my blogspace.
Your site is beautiful but I couldn’t find contact/email info anywhere…I’m interested in writing a guest post about our new romance line called Curvalicious and adding you to our list of review sites.
Karen Jones
kjones@accomplicepress.com