my ex-MySpace blog
June 12, 2013: MySpace has apparently hacked themselves, taking down my blog and everything it contained. So the feed from and to there from here no longer works. (Nor can I be reached though its e-mail.)
Eventually I will probably replace it with a proper site, but most certainly not on MySpace!
bests, Lois.
Eventually I will probably replace it with a proper site, but most certainly not on MySpace!
bests, Lois.
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Jun 12, 2013 02:56PM
I'm sorry to hear that! Good luck with getting your content back.
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Well, the pix are backed up elsewhere, and many of the posts were time-sensitive and now obsolete. I'm not sorry to just cross it all off and have a fresh start.I do need to figure out how to add pictures to this Goodreads blog, since I enjoy posting the foreign covers as they come in.
Ta, L.
I'm glad to hear from you however I can. :-)
Hey Lois,About your picture comment, it looks like you've have to have the pictures elsewhere on the internet and then you'd have to code in the HTML into your Goodreads blog post to show the pictures, which can seem like a headache. They have an FAQ for it right here: http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/17...
Well, dang, Lois! I'm sorry that happened; I've been enjoying following your posts via first Tora then Nancy on FaceBook. Technology is great until it isn't. I'll look forward to seeing you here, where I can respond directly!Lorraine
Lois, I love your work. I have read nearly all of the Vorkosigan series (haven't yet read Ethan of Athos or Falling Free). I also own the audiobook versions of the series, and listen to them all of the time (mostly while programming). I am a web developer/designer by trade. If you need any help setting up a site, I offer my services free of charge. Feel free to email me if interested.
Lois, Love your writing. I think I own every book you've published, and have read and re-read them. I'll look forward to your new, probably improved, blog.
Tora has been running a mirror set of postings on facebook for a long time. It would be lovely if you would just carry on there. Though, I confess... I wouldn't mind if you wrote us more books instead.... Thanks for all the wonderful books. I've read every one of them many, many times. I know that everyone requests more Vorkosigan books, but I would be happy to see another Sharing Knife book too.
I'm sorry to hear that, it's so frustrating for you. On the plus side, I think a new location will be better -- MySpace is pretty easy to beat. We'll follow you, wherever you decide to plant your flag!
It sounds unbelievable, but Myspace removed all its blogs on purpose, with no advanced warning. You can still find some Myspace blogs in Google's webcache.
Hi Lois! Sorry to hear that. I checked out that site and I'm sorry you lost stuff, but MySpace has ne'er been nice to me! Hugs to you.
I have to say, the whole "can't comment unless you're a member" aspect of MySpace (and I didn't want Yet Another Account there) was a bit of a nuisance. So while I regret the loss of the posts, I don't regret you moving to a blog where I can go, "Oh, hey, awesome!" now and then. :)
Elizabeth wrote: "I have to say, the whole "can't comment unless you're a member" aspect of MySpace (and I didn't want Yet Another Account there) was a bit of a nuisance. So while I regret the loss of the posts, I d..."Can one comment if not a member here on Goodreads?
Anyway, thanks, all above, for the kind wishes, but (after the first scramble) I am not really suffering much. Ivan does come by his inertia honestly.
My mother had a phrase for lingering too long at any function -- "Staying till they put out the cat." Apparently, I was put out with the cat, but all is well now.
We weren't on fire, after all..
Ta, L.
Thanks for letting us know. I hope you find a new blog home soon. I use Wordpress for my blog and I know a lot of other authors that use it as well.
I suspect it requires a GoodReads account to comment here, too, but as I already have one for Other Reasons, it's no longer a hardship. ;)(If you want a journal where non-members can comment, I recommend Dreamwidth.org. You can set it to permit Anon (non-member) comments and the overall set-up is extremely easy; I am also very impressed with the people running it. On the other hand, I do not know if it crossposts well from GoodReads in any automated way, and it doesn't have quite the same flexibility as, say, WordPress.)
Wow, nothing like having the door slammed rudely in one's face to demolish one's brand loyalty.I hope your transition to a new provider goes easily and well.
Well I joined MySpace because of you and now I have joined Goodreads because of you. Wherever you end up I'll be there - oh wait that does sound kind of stalkerish but I've been a big fan of yours since "Shards of Honor" first came out and I promise to behave.
I'm sorry if you've lost content, but Myspace is pretty horrible. I used to have a myspace site when the band (Artisan) was still active, but myspace changed so much, and each change not for the better, that I closed my account there. Then I discovered that I couldn't comment on your blog without rejoining myspace - which I didn't want to do.
Though it has its problems occasionally (being owned now by a Russian company and sometimes subject to cyber attacks) there's a nice community of SF writers on Livejournal (Liz Williams, Charlie Stross, Chaz Brenchley and a bunch of us from Milford) and it's so much easier than myspace (and looks so much less cluttered with junk). I blog there as 'birdsedge', largely about books, movies and writing.
I also have a (music business) blog on Wordpress, which is not only reasonably easy to set up, but easily customised to look pretty much like part of your own website. I link to my wordpress blog as if it's another page on my website and use a close variant of the same header image.
Accessing your blog via Livejournal or Wordpress would be much easier for most of your fans than myspace, which has largely been left behind by technology, good taste and internet fashion and now seems to be the province of indie rock bands and flashy (literally) gig advertsing.
I think you're well out of it even if the move is forced. I hope you can retrieve your content, though. Good luck setting up something new.
Jacey wrote: "I'm sorry if you've lost content, but Myspace is pretty horrible. I used to have a myspace site when the band (Artisan) was still active, but myspace changed so much, and each change not for the ..."
I too am on LJ and I made an RSS feed that connects to LMB's page at http://lmb-myspace.livejournal.com/ which now connects to the GoodReads page. There's also a fan community there at http://lmbujold.livejournal.com/
I get the notifications from LMB's Myspace to LJ. It only delivers the first few lines, but I can click on the link to go to Myspace and read it all. (I just can't comment.)
Well, I won't be going back to MySpace. It looks as if the RSS feed from here is cooperative, and, clearly, you can comment here, so I'd call it a win all round.bests, Lois.
