Saturday evening, hungry

[cleolinda]

Will I ever post an entry where all the links work? Ever?

O hay! Someone made a Facebook group for Movies in Fifteen Minutes a while back, and it's still there! Also--and I wasn't clear about this--feel free to add me or friend me or whatever the kids call it over there. It's my Official Writerly Facebook, so that's definitely what it's there for. (I guess since I publish under "Cleolinda Jones" it counts as a real name? My bank is willing to cash me checks made out to that name, is that good enough?)

(Oh, and sorry, by the way--I hit "Confirm" a couple of times when I meant to hit "Skip this step." I didn't mean to sweat anyone for details of our not actually meeting--I was trying to friend everyone back regardless.)

Also, I was a complete doof and started a Black Ribbon group. If nothing else, I guess, it's a list of people who want to be kept updated on the publication status of the novelly things. I think this is the kind of thing that gets a (young, new, inexperienced, whatever) writer accusations of Thinking She's Such Hot Shit, but the way I look at it is, you have to go ahead and act like what you want to be. If you want to be a professional writer, you have to act like one. Obviously, there's two ways of interpreting that, and one of them is "Acting like a complete douche and gassing on about Your Novel and never actually writing anything because you're too busy pretending to be important." The other way is "Taking your work seriously--not too seriously, but seriously enough that you ask for constructive criticism, and then you actually listen to it, and you try to look for ways to engage readers and work hard now rather than try to learn to later." And when I first mentioned working on the Serious Business June Revisions, I was both thrilled and boggled that a few people actually commented to say they were excited to hear that I was working on Black Ribbon again. So, you know. This is for folks who have been patient enough to follow me all around the internet waiting for me to finish the damn thing. If anyone wants to start a similar group on MySpace (is there a 15M group over there?), go for it; I can barely navigate the thing.

As for LJ, you can actually track any entries on my journal tagged with "Black Ribbon" (or whichever tag you want, really)--LJ will send you an email notification when I post one. Hit the thumbtack icon by my userpic (example: previous entry), and it'll take you to that function.

Also, I don't quite know how or when I set this up, but apparently when I first got a Facebook, I set my Notes section to syndicate this journal's feed. So you can actually keep up with this LJ through your Facebook. The only caveat: LJ cuts don't work on Facebook. If I've cut anything for length, content, or spoiler discussion, you're not going to be safe. If you comment on an entry through Facebook, by the way, the comment will be on Facebook, not this journal.

Comments

[girlalmighty]

Mmmm, Black Ribbon. It is awesome to see you're working on it again. So I just joined both groups and friended you on Facebook. I should probably start acting like what I want to be, too, instead of not writing because I'm... slacking off. See, I don't even have the excuses of pretending to be important.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

As for LJ, you can actually track any entries on my journal tagged with "Black Ribbon" (or whichever tag you want, really)--LJ will send you an email notification when I post one.

What about the rosehannah community, she asked after Friending it a while ago .....

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ravengirl/]

There's also a We Heart Muffin (http://uwo.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2212284689) group :D

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I say that, and then I spent all afternoon on Facebook. In my slight defense, I did work all morning.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what should I do with that? I'm not entirely sure. Keep posting excerpts there (which I'm a little shy about now)? Post research and resources? Crosspost updates from here? Icons (which I already made for myself anyway)? I don't know.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee, Muffin.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I joined everything, including Muffin's group. (Maybe it should be called Muffin's Book Club?)

I have to go back and read the first few chapters of BR now. It's been a few years.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

Post research and resources? Crosspost updates from here?

Research and resources would be useful as a diary for you. When the book is published, fans will want to know more about it. You'd have that all done in one place, and could simply tidy up other entries.

I can see that you'd want to hold off posting excerpts.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah--I mean, I have them listed elsewhere for my own purposes, but it could be kind of like a scrapbook. I used a lot of paintings for inspiration, not to mention the books and websites. And that way, I could keep some content going until, with any luck, the thing got published. I think I might actually do that.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

.....but it could be kind of like a scrapbook. I used a lot of paintings for inspiration, not to mention the books and websites.

A scrapbook! What a great way to conceive of the collection of info. I've got a private LJ for my writing resources, so I'll recall how I fell into inspirations, and it really is like a scrapbook.

This saves time later, when you're publicizing a title or answering readers' questions.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

So, would you recommend Facebook? How close is it to MySpace?
*goes off to read this Black Ribbon everyone's talking about*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I haven't really spent enough time on MySpace to be able to compare it very well, although I do think Facebook is more interesting, laid out better, and easier on the eyes. There's tons of little widgets to play with as well.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Sort of linkspam- there's a campaign to raise awareness of women's mistreatment in the Middle East by spreading this story around as much as possible. Have you heard of/seen any news coverage of Dua Khalil's murder? She was a seventeen-year-old girl who was murdered by her family (and other associated men) for having a relationship with a Sunni Muslim boy (her family was Yazidi). Unfortunately, this isn't exactly a rare occurence, but it's gotten more attention because some assholes who were there when she was stoned to death (but did nothing to help) took videos of it on their cell phone cameras, and sent it around to their friends. It eventually made its way onto the Internet. Various people, including Joss Whedon: http://whedonesque.com/comments/13271 are urging the public to take a stand over this, and the history of "honor" killings it represents. Equality Now (www.equalitynow.com) has also picked up the cause, so it's raising awareness of them as well. Anyone reading this- please, please post about it. It's too late for this girl, but if we raise enough interest, there might not be as many others like her.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Well . . . ah, what the hell. I can always delete my account. *registers*

[xoxlizzxox.livejournal.com]

I became quite addicted to facebook about a month ago... this and postsecret are pretty much the only communities I check up on, so saves me a visit to LJ :D (I'm Lizz Moffat on there btw)