tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post9132839497305315079..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: On not making a livingGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-81312695100625226242013-07-29T15:01:21.759+12:002013-07-29T15:01:21.759+12:00Port Royal
They reclaimed the land
with sand and ...Port Royal<br /><br />They reclaimed the land<br />with sand and rubbish.<br />It did not stay,<br />not for pleading nor prayer.<br /><br />The city, just before noon,<br />wrapped itself<br />around its people.<br />It was the punishment that defined the sin.<br /><br />Sometimes we're all living<br />on fragrant refuse.<br />We forget, at the drop, <br />who's holding the cutlass.Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-55126695494773849602013-07-28T19:58:36.790+12:002013-07-28T19:58:36.790+12:00I just made my first sale! I just made my first sale! Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38444579364385613412013-07-28T19:57:33.678+12:002013-07-28T19:57:33.678+12:00Your book I will definitely buy.Your book I will definitely buy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-15499769950370081032013-07-24T22:37:13.560+12:002013-07-24T22:37:13.560+12:00I haven't, not sure why, except I have this id...I haven't, not sure why, except I have this idea that people just don't use them. I like those amazon wishlist ones, they make the transaction satisfyingly akin to bartering. (And I've used them a couple of times.)<br /><br />What I am planning to do at some stage if it's financially viable is to self publish a collection of posts as a book, not so much for the thing itself but Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-68159386081886368252013-07-24T18:35:11.373+12:002013-07-24T18:35:11.373+12:00Hi Gio, have you considered firing up a Donate wid...Hi Gio, have you considered firing up a Donate widget for this site? chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-37094920297865444132013-07-20T22:01:25.883+12:002013-07-20T22:01:25.883+12:00There is that, and it's the situation that Jen...There is that, and it's the situation that Jennifer Mills describes very ably in the 'Pay the writers' piece I linked to in the post. Freelance workers - not just writers - get asked to work for free or for a nominal fee all the time, in the name of various constraints, and in exchange for either exposure, or experience, or the promise of future work. I agree with Jennifer that Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38539850144632686422013-07-20T20:26:27.068+12:002013-07-20T20:26:27.068+12:00This is a good post Mr Tiso. I'm happy that I ...This is a good post Mr Tiso. I'm happy that I didn't have to pay for it though if it were in a weekender broadsheet that I bought, I would have been happy too. (If that makes sense.) I agree about the need to experiment with form. And also your separation of the issues.<br />On another note, the argument could be extended to other work that writers engage in, such as workshops and public sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-77748977559521680432013-07-20T10:37:33.630+12:002013-07-20T10:37:33.630+12:00Also amazing how long one can stay in the same pla...Also amazing how long one can stay in the same place by the same force.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-57888437252457371352013-07-20T10:21:00.233+12:002013-07-20T10:21:00.233+12:00It's amazing how far one can be carried by the...It's amazing how far one can be carried by the force of sheer bloody-mindedness.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35621625160456567202013-07-20T01:45:08.936+12:002013-07-20T01:45:08.936+12:00In fact, every day I tell myself I'm going to ...In fact, every day I tell myself I'm going to stop writing stuff. But so far I've never managed more than a couple of days in the last 10 years. Currently I feel like I'm deliberately writing stuff that has quality so poor that the sheer embarrassment will force me to stop.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-68532192909704047092013-07-20T01:42:17.638+12:002013-07-20T01:42:17.638+12:00I admire that you can continue to work hard at wri...I admire that you can continue to work hard at writing, Gio. I can't imagine it ever paying off for myself. If I write, it's never going to be for money.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-76722429163817452682013-07-17T16:57:13.360+12:002013-07-17T16:57:13.360+12:00Not ridiculous at all, but I think it would be har...Not ridiculous at all, but I think it would be hard to make it work. Print is expensive, you'd have to employ someone to look after distribution and advertising, and all to sell a product consisting of largely 'old' content, however good it might be (which would depend on how many bloggers you can get on board). Plus I think a lot of people these days are combating screen fatigue Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-69181363963164765522013-07-17T11:03:51.011+12:002013-07-17T11:03:51.011+12:00Well said. I think the content here is consistentl...Well said. I think the content here is consistently far more stimulating than anything in mainstream media.The links are always reliably interesting too. The only thing stopping me reading more blogs regularly is screen fatigue. I know I could print up a handful for Saturday morn in bed with a coffee kind of thing, not exactly onerous, but.... I'd subscribe to a monthly round-up of printed Jimnoreply@blogger.com