Well, I always say "thank you" when someone opens a door for me, but I don't always ask permission to link, but with nice folks with whom I correspond, I do. :^)
Yes, linking is somewhat of a delicate issue. Personally, I don't mind friends linking me simply because 95% of my stuff is public anyway, so someone with enough determination could find me if they wanted to. It's simply refreshing to be asked! :)
Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
I had noticed on Critters workshop (F/H/SF genre) that there is a shortage of female authors. I actually intend to go and do some stats on the recent submissions--being a geek and wishing to play with some numbers that don't have to do with warrants--but I find it surprising when considering that the overwhelming proportion of authors who write Tolkien (which is a type of fantasy) are female. So women are clearly interested in fantasy and interested in writing...why aren't more of them writing original stuff?
A few years ago, my husband and some of my male friends were really into tabletop battle games; being as I was often dragged along, I decided to take up miniatures painting and became quite good at it. But it was funny, when I would go into the stores with them, they would be approached by the salespeople, and I would be ignored. Which was fine by me, as Games Workshop salespeople are terribly annoying and pushy, and it let me look at my paints in peace. :^P
Also, when I would win painting competitions, it would make my male opponents so angry that a young, attractive woman who really didn't give a shit about the games would kick their asses with next to no effort; I have been drawing and painting for most of my life, so miniatures painting was a natural extension of that. But there was almost this disbelief: "How can she do that? She not only bathes more than once per month but she's a girl!!!" Bobby and I used to have many good laughs over that.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me).
Lol! Sorry, I keep forgetting you're so new at this....
Yes, the Pit is aptly named...it's probably the only Tolkien archive where you can get into an all-out brawl with other people. Not that I know from experience or anything.... *innocent whistling*
The Silm section isn't too bad. I hear that LotR is pretty full of crap. I dare not venture into, say, Harry Potter...but that's not just the Pit of Voles where that rule applies. ;)
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Date: 2007-02-15 03:07 am (UTC)Yes, linking is somewhat of a delicate issue. Personally, I don't mind friends linking me simply because 95% of my stuff is public anyway, so someone with enough determination could find me if they wanted to. It's simply refreshing to be asked! :)
Anyway, Lisa summarised this responses from us indignant scifi-fantasy fans in "Hottus Chicas Scientificas Unite."
That was interesting...I shall have to go back and read some of the articles that she linked!
I had noticed on Critters workshop (F/H/SF genre) that there is a shortage of female authors. I actually intend to go and do some stats on the recent submissions--being a geek and wishing to play with some numbers that don't have to do with warrants--but I find it surprising when considering that the overwhelming proportion of authors who write Tolkien (which is a type of fantasy) are female. So women are clearly interested in fantasy and interested in writing...why aren't more of them writing original stuff?
A few years ago, my husband and some of my male friends were really into tabletop battle games; being as I was often dragged along, I decided to take up miniatures painting and became quite good at it. But it was funny, when I would go into the stores with them, they would be approached by the salespeople, and I would be ignored. Which was fine by me, as Games Workshop salespeople are terribly annoying and pushy, and it let me look at my paints in peace. :^P
Also, when I would win painting competitions, it would make my male opponents so angry that a young, attractive woman who really didn't give a shit about the games would kick their asses with next to no effort; I have been drawing and painting for most of my life, so miniatures painting was a natural extension of that. But there was almost this disbelief: "How can she do that? She not only bathes more than once per month but she's a girl!!!" Bobby and I used to have many good laughs over that.
So, I briefly ventured into the Pit of Voles (another new bit of terminology for me).
Lol! Sorry, I keep forgetting you're so new at this....
Yes, the Pit is aptly named...it's probably the only Tolkien archive where you can get into an all-out brawl with other people. Not that I know from experience or anything.... *innocent whistling*
The Silm section isn't too bad. I hear that LotR is pretty full of crap. I dare not venture into, say, Harry Potter...but that's not just the Pit of Voles where that rule applies. ;)