GoDaddy would want our cold cash
But we ain't got enough of that stash.
Most other lit sites keep the riff raff away
Unless you're a friend or are willing to pay.
There are specialty places with limited spaces
But the genres are tight and try as we might
A poetry book might not fit in a nook
With noir nor biography, sci fi, philosophy,
Neither humor nor romance in a room with some high rants
Cohabit in harmony with studies of history,
Memoirs of misery with confessions of lechery,
Even in libraries they're separate categories.
Sooooo, it's good old reliable Kerry!
Kerry, Kerry, Kerry Lauerman!
If we're looking for free space, why here might be the place,
To set up a book fair, display books by OSers
For chats and reviews, umm...and hot links to choose from.
The perfect location, good old reliable Open!
Where it's only a quick click
To the finest established, permanent floating,
Book fair on the World Wide Web!
I emailed this suggestion to Kerry several days ago, but no doubt he has quite a bit on his plate already to be thinking of dessert. Maybe a vigorous, creative discussion here would generate some energy that could persuade Kerry and his boss or bosses of the viability of adding a dynamic lit box on the cover where those of us with books could set up shop and talk amongst ourselves while awaiting the world to beat a path our way. With the spacier platform we've inherited from Big Salon, maybe a permanent floating book fair for OSers could be a subsidiary with a little promo box and link on the cover. Anyway, I just got up and my coffee was a tad stronger than usual this morning. By mid-morning this could embarrass the crap out of me. Good day, all!
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Presenting it in a poem, I love it, but it might not get noticed here.
But, now you are in line for a Nobel, Mr. Poet
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"Memoirs of misery with confessions of lechery, "
Ha.
Janie, that is a nice gif, ain't it. I found it in Google images awhile back and saved it, then this morning I uploaded it to OS, held my breath (because some gifs don't work) and voila.
Susie, an open blog could work, like the one OSocial one we use for birthdays. But it wouldn't have a stable visibility. Be nice if OS could give us a little room of our own with a sticky on the cover advertising and linking to it.
I haven't touched base with Gail, Tor, and maybe I should have started with her. I just figured heading to the top would be the quickest way to get a response. Sometimes it works.
How noble of you, Poetess, and how ignoble of brother Cranky.
Have you tried staying up all night, Neil? Just pretend you're cramming for jury trial.
We have it all here, Ferns.
Wait...do I hear a hen in distress??? I do, I do...why, this is job for....CHICKEN MAAAAAAAAAAN... see youse
Maybe there needs to be more structure, but maybe not. Maybe we just all need to start doing it, and see what happens.
I've followed Torman's suggestion and sent Gail Williams a link to this post. Haven't had a response from either her or Kerry. Meanwhile I'm clicking open all the spam posts and flagging them as SPAM. That would be a good place for the editorial side of OS to do something positive.
Thanks, BTW, Helvetica, for mentioning Executive Pink. I hope you enjoy it. I'm at work now on a sequel - Tribulation Time - and am posting the installments on Chicken Maaan's blog.
Thank you.