Comments on: Guest-Blogging: My first time. Be gentle. http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/ Jeff VanderMeer Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cherie Priest http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16876 Cherie Priest Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:17:30 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16876 Wow, Jesse - thanks so much! And you picked a good time to order DREADFUL SKIN; it's been out of print for the last year or so, but will be re-released in trade paperback before too long. I hope you enjoy it! Wow, Jesse – thanks so much! And you picked a good time to order DREADFUL SKIN; it’s been out of print for the last year or so, but will be re-released in trade paperback before too long. I hope you enjoy it!

]]> By: Jesse Bullington http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16875 Jesse Bullington Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:57:02 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16875 A friend read and recommended <i>Dreadful Skin</i> some time ago but I, consummate fool, delayed ordering it due to the size of my stack and neglected to scribble down either your name or the title of that work. Now, with my to-read heap more hillock than peak, Fate (or as I like to call it, Jeff) has provided me with a reminder of both author and novel in no smaller part than your actual personage at this very locale. That is to say, even if you hadn't linked to your excellent short story I would be pre-ordering the aforementioned work, but now you've enabled me to become a full-fledged fan before even receiving my first book of yours. Your story brought to mind Ambrose Bierce's quote that "anyone can tell some kind of story; narration is one of the elemental powers of the race. But the talent for description is a gift." Jolly good show, a pleasure to make your acquaintance, and I'm much looking forward to sampling your longer work. A friend read and recommended Dreadful Skin some time ago but I, consummate fool, delayed ordering it due to the size of my stack and neglected to scribble down either your name or the title of that work. Now, with my to-read heap more hillock than peak, Fate (or as I like to call it, Jeff) has provided me with a reminder of both author and novel in no smaller part than your actual personage at this very locale. That is to say, even if you hadn’t linked to your excellent short story I would be pre-ordering the aforementioned work, but now you’ve enabled me to become a full-fledged fan before even receiving my first book of yours. Your story brought to mind Ambrose Bierce’s quote that “anyone can tell some kind of story; narration is one of the elemental powers of the race. But the talent for description is a gift.” Jolly good show, a pleasure to make your acquaintance, and I’m much looking forward to sampling your longer work.

]]> By: Cherie Priest http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16865 Cherie Priest Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16865 Thanks, John! I'll try not to disappoint :) Thanks, John! I’ll try not to disappoint :)

]]> By: John Klima http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16863 John Klima Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:07:46 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16863 I started Electric Velocipede out of my love for steampunk (in 2001!); but it wasn't until years later when I realized the 'electric' part of my title threw people off that conceit. Looking forward to hearing about academic zombie owls who take long walks on the beach in search of inexpensive glasses of red wine and adult sloths to kill. I started Electric Velocipede out of my love for steampunk (in 2001!); but it wasn’t until years later when I realized the ‘electric’ part of my title threw people off that conceit.

Looking forward to hearing about academic zombie owls who take long walks on the beach in search of inexpensive glasses of red wine and adult sloths to kill.

]]> By: Cherie Priest http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16862 Cherie Priest Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:51:27 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16862 Thanks so much, Will! Here's hoping, right? Thanks so much, Will! Here’s hoping, right?

]]> By: Will Hindmarch http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16861 Will Hindmarch Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:40:15 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16861 Hi, Cherie! Eager to see what you've got to share with us this week. Like you, I found the day-of-guest-blogging to be suddenly quite unnerving. You do well on your site all the time, though, so just do what you do there, I say. Hi, Cherie! Eager to see what you’ve got to share with us this week. Like you, I found the day-of-guest-blogging to be suddenly quite unnerving. You do well on your site all the time, though, so just do what you do there, I say.

]]> By: Cherie Priest http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16858 Cherie Priest Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:33:03 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16858 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: Michael Phillips http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/11/10/guest-blogging-my-first-time-be-gentle/comment-page-1/#comment-16857 Michael Phillips Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:48 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=2567#comment-16857 Welcome! Welcome!

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