Comments on: The Writer’s Block: Lit Blog/Book Blog Controversy http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Menagerie http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7315 Menagerie Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:00:09 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7315 Lisa & Marie, In case you subscribed to the comments on this post... there is a follow up post from Friday that sums up the results of this idea and the comments. I was just trying to brainstorm some ideas and not alienate bloggers by trying to form anything that would be too difficult or elitist. I was just trying to help. For all others, I'm closing comments on this post but the follow-up post where I sum up that this was a dumb idea is still open for comments. To be honest, I feel really stupid for even suggesting it based on the reaction that I received. Sheri Lisa & Marie,

In case you subscribed to the comments on this post… there is a follow up post from Friday that sums up the results of this idea and the comments. I was just trying to brainstorm some ideas and not alienate bloggers by trying to form anything that would be too difficult or elitist. I was just trying to help.

For all others, I’m closing comments on this post but the follow-up post where I sum up that this was a dumb idea is still open for comments. To be honest, I feel really stupid for even suggesting it based on the reaction that I received.

Sheri

]]> By: Marie Burton http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7312 Marie Burton Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:00:11 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7312 OYE I am a little late to the party here, don't get in with the twitter crowd becaue that's 'real-time' and I have kids here in real-time.. But I left my response on your facebook note because I didn't know you blogged it here also. I am actually heartened to see that many of my favorite bloggers are also against the Elitist View of a Certification (*NOT that you meant it that way)* But it is so great that in TRUTH .. what it boils down to.. is that we indeed all just want to get along.. and continue to blog.. and continue to blog in a way that is not conformist to an *ideal*. We are Bloggers. We are unique in our own right, with our own opinions, our own views, our own reviews, how e go about that despite what Colleen at Chasing Ray says about the Book Blog tour ("Some will do "one-day blasts" where apparently 30 or 40 bloggers all cover the same book on the same day (you have to be kidding me on this - do people really do this") Whatever works for us doesn't have to work for everyone else in the world. And then she says "And yes, I think the whole blast thing was our idea before it got swiped for this 40 bloggers/one book thing." {?} WHO CARES!? where it originated from, as long as BOOKS ARE GETTING READ & BLOGGERS ARE A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE PEOPLE & WHY CLASSIFY US FURTHER?! As I said in My Friend Amy's post, do I need a blinking warning label that says I'M NOT A WAVE 1 BLOGGER, READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL? I am not here to conform, I am here to be a book blogger the best way I know how, and that's to read and review books that I enjoy regardless how they got in my hands in the first place. Colleen mentions that "But I think there is a fine line here of people reviewing for publishers and reviewing for readers" I don't see the line.. I review for me. Books I want to read. Then review. My reviews are not all fancy pancy, they may help a publisher, author, or another reader. I don't care. I just want to promote the love of books and book bloggers. The original post is here at Chasing Ray btw http://www.chasingray.com/archives/2009/06/bea_notes_from_everyone_else.html And NO .. you still cannot classify us as "NORMAL STAY AT HOME TYPES" .. or "from our basement in Terre Haute" what's freaking wrong with that anyway.. (as some commenters on other posts have said that I was) NOPE I work FULLTIME.. I have two little kids... I have a husband.. I have NO cats.. I blog from my laptop AND FROM WORK NOPE you cannot classify me. I do not obsess about my blog. I do OTHER things that BLOG. I AM ME and I am Diverse all by myself, so I know everyone else out there is too.. and more power to everyone else for being who they are also. Love and kisses to everyone now please go vote for me so i can get more books (what? not ARC's? The Horror!!) http://contests.twitterbackgroundsgallery.com/2009/06/03/burtonreview/ <abbr><em>Marie Burton´s last blog post..<a href="http://burtonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-fill-in-plea-for-votes.html" rel="nofollow">Friday Fill-In & A Plea for Votes!!</a></em></abbr> OYE I am a little late to the party here, don’t get in with the twitter crowd becaue that’s ‘real-time’ and I have kids here in real-time..
But I left my response on your facebook note because I didn’t know you blogged it here also.
I am actually heartened to see that many of my favorite bloggers are also against the Elitist View of a Certification (*NOT that you meant it that way)* But it is so great that in TRUTH .. what it boils down to.. is that we indeed all just want to get along.. and continue to blog.. and continue to blog in a way that is not conformist to an *ideal*.
We are Bloggers. We are unique in our own right, with our own opinions, our own views, our own reviews, how e go about that despite what Colleen at Chasing Ray says about the Book Blog tour (“Some will do “one-day blasts” where apparently 30 or 40 bloggers all cover the same book on the same day (you have to be kidding me on this – do people really do this”) Whatever works for us doesn’t have to work for everyone else in the world.
And then she says “And yes, I think the whole blast thing was our idea before it got swiped for this 40 bloggers/one book thing.”

{?}
WHO CARES!? where it originated from, as long as BOOKS ARE GETTING READ &
BLOGGERS ARE A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE PEOPLE & WHY CLASSIFY US FURTHER?!

As I said in My Friend Amy’s post, do I need a blinking warning label that says I’M NOT A WAVE 1 BLOGGER, READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL?

I am not here to conform, I am here to be a book blogger the best way I know how, and that’s to read and review books that I enjoy regardless how they got in my hands in the first place.
Colleen mentions that “But I think there is a fine line here of people reviewing for publishers and reviewing for readers” I don’t see the line.. I review for me. Books I want to read. Then review. My reviews are not all fancy pancy, they may help a publisher, author, or another reader. I don’t care. I just want to promote the love of books and book bloggers.
The original post is here at Chasing Ray btw http://www.chasingray.com/archives/2009/06/bea_notes_from_everyone_else.html

And NO .. you still cannot classify us as “NORMAL STAY AT HOME TYPES” .. or “from our basement in Terre Haute” what’s freaking wrong with that anyway.. (as some commenters on other posts have said that I was)
NOPE
I work FULLTIME.. I have two little kids… I have a husband.. I have NO cats.. I blog from my laptop AND FROM WORK
NOPE you cannot classify me. I do not obsess about my blog. I do OTHER things that BLOG. I AM ME and I am Diverse all by myself, so I know everyone else out there is too.. and more power to everyone else for being who they are also.

Love and kisses to everyone now please go vote for me so i can get more books (what? not ARC’s? The Horror!!)
http://contests.twitterbackgroundsgallery.com/2009/06/03/burtonreview/

Marie Burton´s last blog post..Friday Fill-In & A Plea for Votes!!

]]> By: Lisamm http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7310 Lisamm Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:31:55 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7310 Hi Sheri, I have to concur with the commenters here. I would not be for a certification process. As stated already I think it would further alienate people and seem elitist and frankly, given the criteria, I wouldn't be certified anyway. I read the lit blog/book blog posts a couple days ago and didn't comment there because, why? They made some valid points but mostly they are bitter that they weren't included at BEA. That room was packed to the walls so obviously the publishing industry is verrrrrry interested in knowing how to work with us. We aren't the lit bloggers of yesterday, but we are a community with a powerful voice, and I think it's great that the publishing world recognizes that. But certification? That sounds too much like work and this is my hobby. I don't want to have to abide by a bunch of rules in order to do it. <abbr><em>Lisamm´s last blog post..<a href="http://lisamm.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/give-me-your-gushers/" rel="nofollow">Give me your GUSHERS</a></em></abbr> Hi Sheri, I have to concur with the commenters here. I would not be for a certification process. As stated already I think it would further alienate people and seem elitist and frankly, given the criteria, I wouldn’t be certified anyway.

I read the lit blog/book blog posts a couple days ago and didn’t comment there because, why? They made some valid points but mostly they are bitter that they weren’t included at BEA. That room was packed to the walls so obviously the publishing industry is verrrrrry interested in knowing how to work with us. We aren’t the lit bloggers of yesterday, but we are a community with a powerful voice, and I think it’s great that the publishing world recognizes that.

But certification? That sounds too much like work and this is my hobby. I don’t want to have to abide by a bunch of rules in order to do it.

Lisamm´s last blog post..Give me your GUSHERS

]]> By: Amy @ My Friend Amy http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7306 Amy @ My Friend Amy Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:27:55 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7306 Wow I'm behind on my blog reading, but interesting idea. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how it would all work. I tend to go with Natasha...best to let the internet be as it is without trying to organize ourselves too much. :) I'd hate to ever be exclusive! But I love your blog and your support Sheri! Thank you so much. I am trying to make friends with these other bloggers...we'll see how it goes ;) <abbr><em>Amy @ My Friend Amy´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.myfriendamysblog.com/2009/06/this-social-media-thing.html" rel="nofollow">This Social Media Thing</a></em></abbr> Wow I’m behind on my blog reading, but interesting idea. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how it would all work. I tend to go with Natasha…best to let the internet be as it is without trying to organize ourselves too much. :) I’d hate to ever be exclusive!

But I love your blog and your support Sheri! Thank you so much. I am trying to make friends with these other bloggers…we’ll see how it goes ;)

Amy @ My Friend Amy´s last blog post..This Social Media Thing

]]> By: Ti http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7293 Ti Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:52:12 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7293 I can see why Amy and some of the others might be feeling a bit "raw" after the other comments. I mean, they got all excited over doing it and it was an honor to them and then someone goes and bashes it all the hell. However, I really don't care what said blogger said. I read for the love of reading and I blog because I want to. If I make some friends out of it and am lucky enough to get some ARCs out of it, then that's great. I don't have the time (or energy) to go flittin' around the blogosphere to harp on well meaning folks. As far as your post Sheri, I know that I wouldn't want to deal with requirements of any kind. That wouldn't be much fun to me. <abbr><em>Ti´s last blog post..<a href="http://bookchatterandotherstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-finds-signal.html" rel="nofollow">Friday Finds: The Signal</a></em></abbr> I can see why Amy and some of the others might be feeling a bit “raw” after the other comments. I mean, they got all excited over doing it and it was an honor to them and then someone goes and bashes it all the hell.

However, I really don’t care what said blogger said. I read for the love of reading and I blog because I want to. If I make some friends out of it and am lucky enough to get some ARCs out of it, then that’s great. I don’t have the time (or energy) to go flittin’ around the blogosphere to harp on well meaning folks.

As far as your post Sheri, I know that I wouldn’t want to deal with requirements of any kind. That wouldn’t be much fun to me.

Ti´s last blog post..Friday Finds: The Signal

]]> By: Kathy http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7292 Kathy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:43:56 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7292 Wow! What a post! I do wish we could all just get along - I really feel like there's enough room for everyone. I'm so flattered that you included me in your list of bloggers you feel are worthy for a panel. <abbr><em>Kathy´s last blog post..<a href="http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/review-the-soloist/" rel="nofollow">Review: The Soloist</a></em></abbr> Wow! What a post! I do wish we could all just get along – I really feel like there’s enough room for everyone. I’m so flattered that you included me in your list of bloggers you feel are worthy for a panel.

Kathy´s last blog post..Review: The Soloist

]]> By: Menagerie http://anovelmenagerie.com/2009/06/04/the-writers-block-controversy/#comment-7288 Menagerie Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:06:58 +0000 http://anovelmenagerie.com/ghost/?p=6588#comment-7288 Michelle, I totally get what you're saying... the quality of your blog speaks for itself! Awesome point! Sandy, I agree that it sucks that they rained on the panelists' parade. They actually did not pinpoint Amy... statements were made about the panel as a whole. Nice, huh? Serena, that makes a lot of sense and really mirrors Michelle's comment... the quality of your blog will dictate the type of readers you have. Jennifer, my blog has improved (I think) with age. I can definitely see changes in my review from when I started until now, but I don't know if those changes made my blog better or worse. Jo-Jo, the joy in reading and blogging shall be the key! That's for sure! Shelly, in the comments of this blogger's post there is discussion that by us accepting ARC's that, in itself, removes the "amateur" or hobbyist status of our blogs. By working directly with publishers and authors, we have made this "professional" (for lack of a better word and despite the fact that we're not paid). Seeing as how this is happening, some believe that brings about some resonsibilities that the blogger should assume. That, primarily, is where my idea originated from on this particular topic. But, your opinion is right! For most bloggers, this is an outlet and a "fun" part of our lives. Great point! Wendy, I think you're right. People are going to criticize no matter what! Michelle, I totally get what you’re saying… the quality of your blog speaks for itself! Awesome point!

Sandy, I agree that it sucks that they rained on the panelists’ parade. They actually did not pinpoint Amy… statements were made about the panel as a whole. Nice, huh?

Serena, that makes a lot of sense and really mirrors Michelle’s comment… the quality of your blog will dictate the type of readers you have.

Jennifer, my blog has improved (I think) with age. I can definitely see changes in my review from when I started until now, but I don’t know if those changes made my blog better or worse.

Jo-Jo, the joy in reading and blogging shall be the key! That’s for sure!

Shelly, in the comments of this blogger’s post there is discussion that by us accepting ARC’s that, in itself, removes the “amateur” or hobbyist status of our blogs. By working directly with publishers and authors, we have made this “professional” (for lack of a better word and despite the fact that we’re not paid). Seeing as how this is happening, some believe that brings about some resonsibilities that the blogger should assume. That, primarily, is where my idea originated from on this particular topic. But, your opinion is right! For most bloggers, this is an outlet and a “fun” part of our lives. Great point!

Wendy, I think you’re right. People are going to criticize no matter what!

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