tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post1542884677126322836..comments2024-03-26T17:15:22.712+13:00Comments on Craic-er: Sometimes the computer goes nuts...Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-67990841502118407162008-10-25T09:20:00.000+13:002008-10-25T09:20:00.000+13:00I love my stat counter- and did you know 47 people...I love my stat counter- and did you know 47 people visited the WCBA blog yesterday! Excellent stuff. Nice to know people know we are around. Mary McCallum http://www.mary-mccallum.blogspot.com/ has put a nifty device on her blog- a picometer http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox/meters. It measures how many words you have written on your novel so you can show people your progress. She's using it as a structure to finish her next book- get people to nag her to write more. <BR/>I am going to put my Page and Balckmore short story entry on my blog today- it didn't win but I think its great and the blog is like the bottom draw where rejected manuscripts and used illustrations lie covered in dust. I can take them out, brush them off and publish them anyway. Nothing lost and an audience to gain if they are any good.Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-20547501999824587682008-10-24T14:33:00.000+13:002008-10-24T14:33:00.000+13:00Hi Melinda, you are absolutely right!..the compute...Hi Melinda, you are absolutely right!..the computer did eat your comment...I found it on my dashboard when I went to enter your second comment....more plot ideas for science fiction....although I'm reading a midgrade series now that has humans stranded on a giant alien ship whose computer is making a 3d world based on Dantes inferno....<BR/>seriously disturbing stuff...I'm having nightmares...<BR/>On the marketing side I have found the research quite interesting...and it gives me a reason to blog...once a teacher...always a teacher...<BR/>We have been discussing the idea of a workshop at the conference...There seems to be a lot of fear that blogs or websites will cut into working time...That seems to be the main argument from authors along with I don't see why I have to/ need to, I didn't have to before....<BR/>In watching what is happening overseas, which is very much in the digital publishing revolution, I hope that we have enough lead in time to see what definitely works and what doesn't so we don't make too many mistakes... I would like to show authors that it doesn't have to be too scary and you can make it manageable. I like the ideas of author collectives doing a blog...that would definitely cut down on the time...something like readergirlz or 2k8 is such a good idea. <BR/>I am going to do a post on stat counters at some point because there is heaps of infomation in them as you are probably finding out.<BR/>cheers <BR/>MaureenMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-46725496636147486152008-10-24T13:57:00.000+13:002008-10-24T13:57:00.000+13:00erm, I think your blog ate my comment yesterday (a...erm, I think your blog ate my comment yesterday (along with behaving badly about font colour). I'm loving all the infoyou're posting about utilizing the internet for marketing. I've just installed a counter on my blog and have already become obsessed with all the amazing stats i can check out about my visitors, one of the most interesting being the number who come and check out my blog after I've posted a comment somewhere else. Activity breeds activity. I would be so there for a workshop on how the internet can work for you at next years conference. Love it or loathe it, its here to stay and can actually do some really amazing things for us.<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>MelindaMelinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-54868220486942381742008-10-23T11:05:00.000+13:002008-10-23T11:05:00.000+13:00I wondered what had happened to the font colours. ...I wondered what had happened to the font colours. Its not surprising people come up with story ideas about computers developing a mind of their own - sometimes they are very badly behaved.<BR/><BR/>Fantastic info on marketing kits. I'm finding all your internet info very interesting. I've just started a site counter on my blog and discovered what happens when you comment on other people's blogs. A number of comments I've made on other people's blogs and links I've included on my own have lead a lot of people to my blog. Every connection you make seems to have an exponential effect. I would be keen as,to have an 'authors and the internet' topic at next years conference. The internet is an incredibly powerful tool and I don't think people realise what they could get out of it. <BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>MelindaMelinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.com