Comments on: An actual blog post…

By: Barrie Summy

Barrie Summy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:17:40 +0000

Hi Laurel! I’m poking around websites, trying to get a sense of what I should put in my own. Yes, it’s time. And I thought, hmmm….I haven’t check out Laurel’s blog in a while. So, here I am. I loved the content on your website by the way.

By: SarahP

SarahP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:16:30 +0000

Oh, the fantasy/sf world. One of its main topics of discussion (aside from whether boob groping at conventions is appropriate) (seriously) is about where the boundaries of the genre lie, whether literary works ‘count’ as sf, whether sf/fantasy writers can ever achieve literary status.

Michael Chabon won the Nebula award this weekend for Yiddish Policemen’s Union. He freely acknowledges that P.K. Dick is an influence on his work–he did that at a reading here in Iowa City to mostly Workshop people. As a sf/fantasy writer, I was like, “yeah!!”

Anyway, the definitions are tricky. They’re a lot more about where the book is shelved in the bookstore than about what it actually is. And as it’s a kids’ book, it’ll be shelved in “children’s” instead of in the sf/fantasy section.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:27:17 +0000

You didn’t have time to tell about seeing your too-clever brother either. Luckily he does the work for you.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:48:10 +0000

I believe it’s spelled “poseur.”

And you call yourself a writer?

Poseur.