Comments on: Written on the internet http://www.sterlingediting.com/written-on-the-internet-5/ Editing, mentoring and coaching for writers Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:48:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Elaine http://www.sterlingediting.com/written-on-the-internet-5/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Elaine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.sterlingediting.com/?p=1092#comment-191 Interesting article on kids picking their own books. I hated every book I was forced to read in school. I only read To Kill a Mockingbird a year or so ago, ironically for a class, and loved it. There's a lot to be said for getting kids to read because they want to and not because they have to. Librarians in my youth sniffed at Nancy Drew and wouldn't carry the series. But I read them. I also read Henry James. But I stopped reading fiction for decades and only recently restarted. Interesting article on kids picking their own books. I hated every book I was forced to read in school. I only read To Kill a Mockingbird a year or so ago, ironically for a class, and loved it. There’s a lot to be said for getting kids to read because they want to and not because they have to. Librarians in my youth sniffed at Nancy Drew and wouldn’t carry the series. But I read them. I also read Henry James. But I stopped reading fiction for decades and only recently restarted.

]]> By: Dianne Cameron http://www.sterlingediting.com/written-on-the-internet-5/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Dianne Cameron Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:02:31 +0000 http://www.sterlingediting.com/?p=1092#comment-179 The sharing vs piracy thing has been going on in the music industry for a while now. Here's Janis Ian's take on it: http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html Ms. Ian believes that by sharing (music, literature, whatever), fans promote the artist / author. The same goes for reading library books rather than buying copies. If I'd never checked out <i>The Blue Place</i> (by Nicola Griffith) from the library -- and then <i>Stay </i>and <i>Always</i> -- I'd never have purchased <i>And Now We Are Going to Have a Party</i>; I'd never have recommended the Aud novels -- or asknicola.blogspot.com or sterlingediting.com -- to my friends. It's all good. The sharing vs piracy thing has been going on in the music industry for a while now. Here’s Janis Ian’s take on it:

http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html

Ms. Ian believes that by sharing (music, literature, whatever), fans promote the artist / author.

The same goes for reading library books rather than buying copies. If I’d never checked out The Blue Place (by Nicola Griffith) from the library — and then Stay and Always — I’d never have purchased And Now We Are Going to Have a Party; I’d never have recommended the Aud novels — or asknicola.blogspot.com or sterlingediting.com — to my friends.

It’s all good.

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