tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>K. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-27204846778098753482012-06-27T04:18:28.383-04:002012-06-27T04:18:28.383-04:00Cheers.Cheers.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-67765698486667868002012-06-26T10:59:49.420-04:002012-06-26T10:59:49.420-04:00See all the links within this post? Other than the...See all the links within this post? Other than the one that goes to the QoE, they all go to the new site.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-34960982106802546882012-06-26T10:01:50.672-04:002012-06-26T10:01:50.672-04:00Ah, well. I always had .com up anyway. But where&#...Ah, well. I always had .com up anyway. But where's the new blog?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-45645436738596497642012-06-25T13:34:31.787-04:002012-06-25T13:34:31.787-04:00Gaah!Gaah!K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-46551888140440036892012-06-25T13:28:25.202-04:002012-06-25T13:28:25.202-04:00You have to click on bonfires, then look in the le...You have to click on bonfires, then look in the left hand navigation. Then search and yeah, not...intuitive. I think its work in progress. wry grinPaulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-35617006636248351382012-06-25T13:20:24.977-04:002012-06-25T13:20:24.977-04:00Help files?! I couldn't find them. But there&#...Help files?! I couldn't find them. But there's a good blog that has help. Triberr has to be one of the most unintuitive set ups there is. You'd almost think Google designed it!K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-15671488356542550952012-06-25T13:15:20.203-04:002012-06-25T13:15:20.203-04:00I was pulling my hair out, too. than had this radi...I was pulling my hair out, too. than had this radical notion to check the help files. LOL! I've always hated reading directions and it always gets me. LOL!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-33526032791056361332012-06-25T13:00:37.569-04:002012-06-25T13:00:37.569-04:00Is that why I couldn't get it to change -- arg...Is that why I couldn't get it to change -- argh! Thanks!K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-2043595088981792852012-06-25T11:06:54.215-04:002012-06-25T11:06:54.215-04:00You'll need to change your tribe settings for ...You'll need to change your tribe settings for each tribe in triberr. I just did this last week. Not enough to change your feed settings. You'll need to go into each tribe's settings. :-)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-72162967320712131632012-06-25T07:14:50.899-04:002012-06-25T07:14:50.899-04:00Thanks so much, Eleri! I do love writing dialogue....Thanks so much, Eleri! I do love writing dialogue. :-)K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-73906820718342746682012-06-24T13:33:41.852-04:002012-06-24T13:33:41.852-04:00Too funny. Lot's of personality in that bit of...Too funny. Lot's of personality in that bit of dialogue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742618211008888625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-32071531702263815732012-06-24T10:50:32.430-04:002012-06-24T10:50:32.430-04:00Thanks, Sara and Elaine! I appreciate your stoppin...Thanks, Sara and Elaine! I appreciate your stopping by.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-47912676083670203982012-06-24T09:35:10.459-04:002012-06-24T09:35:10.459-04:00Interesting. Nice six.Interesting. Nice six.Elaine Cantrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-51533577395746912482012-06-24T09:26:08.378-04:002012-06-24T09:26:08.378-04:00Interesting six!Interesting six!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059049146764159067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-53761383564914928202012-06-23T06:04:21.807-04:002012-06-23T06:04:21.807-04:00We don't speak of the F-man because he doesn&#...We don't speak of the F-man because he doesn't need more attention.<br /><br />Well, life is not fair, and good and popular seldom go hand in hand, only by fiat. I don't object to popularity per se (see all the sneering about <i>50 Shades</i> because it's romance that pretends it's about the quality of the writing). I object to the F-man's manufactured popularity, something the NYT and that ilk do for as a kind of literary gerrymandering (i.e. how they select their 'bestseller' list in the first place).K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-40443176928519517922012-06-22T21:08:19.773-04:002012-06-22T21:08:19.773-04:00We avoid the F'er to keep it posi? Yep, we lon...We avoid the F'er to keep it posi? Yep, we longtime fans of His Own Self, Joe Lansdale, have been quite amused that he's hit it so big in Italia (and wait for that to be replicated at home)...but, then, my friend A. A. Attanasio was able to buy the family house in Hawaii after his first novel, RADIX, did pretty well in the US but did Very well in Germany and was a flat-out bestseller in France. And yet my paisan in Yankified Italianism has never been much of a big hit in Italy. And he's never been a huge seller at home, either, even after his Arthurian series became a set of reliable bestsellers in the UK. Go figure.<br /><br />E-boy (the first of two links cheek by jowl there, above) being my age probably does stir up a little envy, but not much, inasmuch as he's the saddest sort of pretentious hack...I have little but good to say about his one-time classmate (and dropout) Jonathan Lethem's work (their other classmate, Ms. Tartt, seems to have fallen on lean times in terms of sales of new work, and, well, deservedly...though even she is a better writer than the bumbling BEE).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-16252930173258601462012-06-22T16:42:18.649-04:002012-06-22T16:42:18.649-04:00Tick tick tick. I hear it in my head. If I don'...Tick tick tick. I hear it in my head. If I don't write 'em, they won't get written.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-13636552453184421262012-06-22T16:20:39.197-04:002012-06-22T16:20:39.197-04:00Oh, we don't speak of the F-man here. Joe Lans...Oh, we don't speak of the F-man here. Joe Lansdale is big in Italy as Alessandra can attest.K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-6812340919701600172012-06-21T23:23:34.445-04:002012-06-21T23:23:34.445-04:00The Barker contest piece was the first bit of fict...The Barker contest piece was the first bit of fiction you saw published? It's indicative of my sloth (and distraction, but also sloth), if so, that I'd broken into creative lying in print a year ahead of you, and have published perhaps four short stories with others since.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-15444111905946782672012-06-21T23:17:31.358-04:002012-06-21T23:17:31.358-04:00OK...will do when more dug out. (Sadly, it's q...OK...will do when more dug out. (Sadly, it's quite possible to be on bestseller lists and in THE PARIS REVIEW in the States, as well...and be a <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6127/the-art-of-fiction-no-216-bret-easton-ellis" rel="nofollow">talentless ass</a> <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6054/the-art-of-fiction-no-207-jonathan-franzen" rel="nofollow">or close enough</a>...though happily Eco can best-sell here, too. And Joe Lansdale is becoming a consistent best-seller in my grandfather's homeland.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-31434573817469347222012-06-19T04:56:29.871-04:002012-06-19T04:56:29.871-04:00Thank you, Veronica!Thank you, Veronica!K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-11140435712867201942012-06-18T21:04:57.330-04:002012-06-18T21:04:57.330-04:00Makes me want to read the rest of the material - v...Makes me want to read the rest of the material - very nice six!Veronica Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732940088047026021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-17770872855296743862012-06-18T11:23:26.783-04:002012-06-18T11:23:26.783-04:00Thanks, Loren! That's very pleasing to hear :-...Thanks, Loren! That's very pleasing to hear :-DK. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-18293150372428372732012-06-18T09:09:14.477-04:002012-06-18T09:09:14.477-04:00Oh, man, what an ending. I know something bad was ...Oh, man, <i>what</i> an ending. I know something bad was coming, but didn't guess that at all.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-3541676723118925662012-06-18T06:19:29.660-04:002012-06-18T06:19:29.660-04:00Thanks, Seana!Thanks, Seana!K. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.com