Five Things Make a Post and Request for Ideas
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rolanniFirst of all, the table has landed! Steve documents its arrival here
Secondly, through the good offices of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
laurahcory1, we are in receipt of paper arcs of Fledgling. Help us determine how we will give these away! Shall we have a pool for how long it will take Sharon to get her office back into workable order? Draw names out of a (virtual) hat? Have a contest? What kind? Tell, tell!
Thirdly, the harassment training at the day-job wasn't too bad. The campus EEO person had taken some time to find a video that wasn't preachy, and made some fairly good points about respect. The main cast were four people who are attending a harassment training session; the facilitator is late, and they wind up reading the materials and discussing them among themselves. The characters were: a blond woman, a black guy, a fat guy and a Jewish guy. Characterization-wise, it was interesting that the writers chose the black guy as the one who Got It last. Anyhow, the characters reflect on times when they might have been insensitive and then you get to hear the point of view of the person who was disrespected; then they talk about when they've been disrespected and brainstorm strategies for approaching the perpetrator. I had taken coffee as a precaution, but I didn't actually need it as an aid to staying awake.
The presenter is fairly new in her position as EEO person, and has some rough edges -- she forgot to introduce herself, for instance (not a Terrible Crime in our group, since most, if not all, of us knew who she was), and she fumbled a couple of questions. That was balanced by her willingness to make notes of suggestions, and of some problems that cropped up during group discussion. I think she would probably benefit by making a script and glancing at it from time to time, just to keep herself on track. She also gets points for keeping within her time limits.
Fourthly, I adore this picture, and would likewise adore being able to attend the dinosaur show, which I'm pretty sure isn't in the cards, but...sigh.
Fifthly, Hexapuma made a break for it on Wednesday night, seeing his opportunity in the unlatched kitchen door. Happily, he had followed Steve out, so we were immediately aware of the breach in security, but may I just say -- chasing a dark grey coon cat of dubious good sense, and deaf in one ear, around a country front yard in the dark? No fun.
Secondly, through the good offices of
laurahcory1, we are in receipt of paper arcs of Fledgling. Help us determine how we will give these away! Shall we have a pool for how long it will take Sharon to get her office back into workable order? Draw names out of a (virtual) hat? Have a contest? What kind? Tell, tell!Thirdly, the harassment training at the day-job wasn't too bad. The campus EEO person had taken some time to find a video that wasn't preachy, and made some fairly good points about respect. The main cast were four people who are attending a harassment training session; the facilitator is late, and they wind up reading the materials and discussing them among themselves. The characters were: a blond woman, a black guy, a fat guy and a Jewish guy. Characterization-wise, it was interesting that the writers chose the black guy as the one who Got It last. Anyhow, the characters reflect on times when they might have been insensitive and then you get to hear the point of view of the person who was disrespected; then they talk about when they've been disrespected and brainstorm strategies for approaching the perpetrator. I had taken coffee as a precaution, but I didn't actually need it as an aid to staying awake.
The presenter is fairly new in her position as EEO person, and has some rough edges -- she forgot to introduce herself, for instance (not a Terrible Crime in our group, since most, if not all, of us knew who she was), and she fumbled a couple of questions. That was balanced by her willingness to make notes of suggestions, and of some problems that cropped up during group discussion. I think she would probably benefit by making a script and glancing at it from time to time, just to keep herself on track. She also gets points for keeping within her time limits.
Fourthly, I adore this picture, and would likewise adore being able to attend the dinosaur show, which I'm pretty sure isn't in the cards, but...sigh.
Fifthly, Hexapuma made a break for it on Wednesday night, seeing his opportunity in the unlatched kitchen door. Happily, he had followed Steve out, so we were immediately aware of the breach in security, but may I just say -- chasing a dark grey coon cat of dubious good sense, and deaf in one ear, around a country front yard in the dark? No fun.
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Date: 2009-06-05 04:06 pm (UTC)Oh. Because I was sitting here trying to think of a method by which Hexapuma and his colleagues could be purrrsuaded to pick out the lucky ARC winners, and some sort of chase scene would make it all much more exciting for the onlookers. Oh wait - dark grey coon cat, front yard in the dark...not so much visual excitement after all.
Well, perhaps an indoor event: inscribe the names of the contestants on scraps of paper, roll them (the scraps) up into little balls, and declare some sort of goal area (as in hockey) - the first X number of names to be swiped or carried into the goal area win?
ETA:batted. That's the word that got away -the first paperballs to be swiped or batted or carriedd into the goal area...
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Date: 2009-06-05 04:10 pm (UTC)HLC (going back to reading, now)
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Date: 2009-06-05 04:44 pm (UTC)I thought books, but then if it was a book I would expect Steve to put it on the site to sell.
So, what is it?
And, I want one.
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Date: 2009-06-05 05:29 pm (UTC)It's what publishers send out to reviewers several months before the pub date, so the reviewers can do their thing in time to get the review into a periodical that appears (preferably before) at about the time the book is going to be on the market. So we readers will know to look for it and BUY it :-)
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Date: 2009-06-05 05:01 pm (UTC)It would be subjective but you and Steve could pick the entries that made you smile as the winners.
Maybe-not-so Silly Idea 2 is a list of 10 or so quotes from your Liaden books and chapbooks and the ARCs go to the first x people who reply with the most correct answers.
Tricia
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Date: 2009-06-05 07:30 pm (UTC)it was a great game of cat tag...
... a simple quest for the Paper ARC.. with Literary Jonesing as the intrepid hero/ine wanting the new book...
Cat tag
Date: 2009-06-07 04:24 am (UTC)