Admin: Quick Reminder on Argh Author, Etc.

Three things:

1. While we value lurkers, if you’re not part of the conversation, nobody knows you. That’s fine, but it means nobody will recognize you which means you’re not part of what makes the community. Become part of the community for a couple of months and ask again. Or don’t–it’s a time sink, I understand, nothing wrong with lurk, I do it myself other places–but then understand that I can’t give you a post to serve a community that’s never met you. Which means if Susan does Macbeth again, we want to know, but if Brad Pitt asks for an Argh Actor post, he’s not gonna get one, no matter how much he begs.

2. If you do post here–YAY!–please don’t send me the title of your book or art or anything else without that accompanying information I asked for (see below). The idea is that you tell me exactly what you want the post to say and I cut and paste it, not that we go back and forth while I try to pull information from you. I don’t have the time for that and neither do you.

3. Please make sure this is your work. Don’t send me things that somebody else has done or information about a shop you run that sells work by other people, no matter how lovely it is. If you have an Etsy shop where you sell things that you make, have at it with a picture of one thing that you have made and a link, but this is not an advertising opportunity or primarily a way to sell to this community (although if people volunteer to buy, have at it), it’s an opportunity to share your work with a community that wants to know what you’re doing because you’re a part of it.

Here’s that information I need to know to put up a post;

• Your user name here on Argh.
• The name on your book or whatever if it’s different from your username.
• Any title or name for your work.
• The blurb from your book, which I may cut if it’s longer than the book itself.
• The website (probably yours) that has the book info on it.
• Buy links, or the links where the thing you’re sharing can be found.
• Anything else you want included.
• Send to jennycrusie@gmail.com. (Please do not write that on any bathroom walls.)
• Be aware that I will reject anything harmful to this community including personal attacks and anything that promotes homophobia, sexism, racism, religious intolerance, or Trump. I can do that. It’s my blog. Those have always been the rules, and in the eighteen years I’ve had this blog, I think I’ve removed three comments, one of them mine. I like that about us and I’m gonna keep it that way.