Aug 31 2007
All the ego stroking money can buy
My web host provides forum setup.
Yes, I can have my very own forum.
Is this necessary when one does not have hordes of squealing fangrrls in need of a place to gather and gush over the glory of one’s bestselling masterpieces? No. (I don’t think it’s strictly necessary even then.)
I’m not sure what kind of benefit a forum provides over a blog. More interactively chatty, perhaps? Something to tell the publisher when they ask about your self-promotion efforts?
But despite the non-necessity and lack of perceived benefit, I set it up because:
- I paid good money for web space and intend to squeeze every penny until Abe’s head explodes.
- I can.
- Messing with techno stuff is good for my brain.
- It is so cool to have all that untouched territory to molest any way I please! Have you ever been the very first to throw words up somewhere? Same Manifest Destiny thing that drives human beings to explore and colonize and deflower virgins. I wish I had a flag to plant…
I’m not linking to it anywhere because it’s silly to even have it, and my posts where I pretend to be A Big Famous Writer (”If you can see it, you can be it!”) are pathetic, but with a little ingenuity, you could probably find it and come over to make fun of me. Or pretend to be famous too. I won’t judge. It’ll be like playing dressup.
I have to find author forums and investigate what kind of boards to set up. Anybody know of any author forums (that aren’t congested with stupidity) that I should be emulating?
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