Simon's Friend Comments

Maureen wrote: "Simon wrote: "Maureen wrote: "i'm starting to wonder if everybody stopped talking on goodreads around the same time i left. i keep visiting pages of old book chums and finding their comments are fr..."

That's a very cool observation about the Cabell! And I totally agree, that social media takes a lot of work. I often wish I could give it up but I don't think I'm strong enough for that.

Take care, Maureen. I hope to stay in touch one way or another!

Simon wrote: "Maureen wrote: "i'm starting to wonder if everybody stopped talking on goodreads around the same time i left. i keep visiting pages of old book chums and finding their comments are from the same pe..."

Hey Simon! Thanks for the reply and the link to your project. I took a quick look but i like the idea and the concept...

i do think there's actually going to be (if there isn't already) a lot of scholarship that can be founded on social media. Just ruminating about your comment regarding use of Goodreads and Facebook now -- and how, for myself, how i really don't think i can do a diffuse sort of social media anymore -- Goodreads is serving a specific purpose for you, and i think it will for me as well... while i haven't shut down my facebook or twitter profiles and probably won't, i don't think there's a driver to bring me back to those as a regular means of engagement. and when i think back before facebook to myspace, i had specific reasons to be there too. And i think most people on facebook nowadays are there to keep up with family or friends even if they don't always want to be (at least that was my experience before i took an extended break). instagram, for example, is likely to get more attention because i like taking photographs when i have the time but i can't find a discernible chronology for the newsfeed so i don't have to try to "keep up".

when i think about the time and energy having an active engagement through multiple social media sites, without a specific purpose, i can't imagine committing the level of time and energy i used to, and that's not just because i have less leisure time than i used to -- i think i just spread myself too thin. but it's good to know if i ever need to find you, i know where to look!

also to bring it back full circle, i think cabell would have been a social media maven. in one letter to guy holt at his publishers, he starts off by saying, "[w]e telepathed, so that our letters crossed" which made me realize that the correspondents from yesterday had their own variation of that sentiment about emails crossing in cyberspace, and used telepath as a verb. lots of other writers in this puppy. reading this book of correspondence between cabell and his editor and publisher and other writers feels a lot like i'm just stalking his facebook page. :P

Maureen wrote: "i'm starting to wonder if everybody stopped talking on goodreads around the same time i left. i keep visiting pages of old book chums and finding their comments are from the same period that i retr..."

Maureen! So nice to hear from you. I use GR these days just to keep a record of my reading and to-read lists, and to check out what my friends have to say about books I'm thinking of reading. I never write reviews anymore and rarely comment on other peoples. I'm pretty active on Facebook, though, if you ever decide to do more there.

Let me know about the Cabell correspondence. I have a feeling I wouldn't really like him now, but I may re-read some for the sake of a book I am writing. You can read about it here, if you are interested:
http://www.simonevnine.com/the-batman...

Hope you are well!

i'm starting to wonder if everybody stopped talking on goodreads around the same time i left. i keep visiting pages of old book chums and finding their comments are from the same period that i retreated from the internet.

hey simon! i hope you're swell. you will forever be my hero for sending me cabell books. i bought a book of his correspondence a while back -- haven't cracked it but i am sure once i do i will charmed and wish i had a time machine. :)

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That looks like some cake, Miriam! I feel I need it now!

Maureen wrote: "facebook emailed me to tell me it was your birthday today... so of course i came to goodreads to give you felicitations of the day! happy birthday, simon! i hope this year is filled with wonderful ..."

Thanks Maureen! Hope you're well. :)

facebook emailed me to tell me it was your birthday today... so of course i came to goodreads to give you felicitations of the day! happy birthday, simon! i hope this year is filled with wonderful books. :)

Happy New Year, Simon - all the best for 2014!

Scribble wrote: "Actually, neither, but that's neither here nor there :D. Thank you for the friending, Simon."

I puzzled over whether you were asking about your favorite authors, or mine. I plumped for mine, against the plain sense of the question, on the grounds that I couldn't possibly be expected to know yours!

Actually, neither, but that's neither here nor there :D. Thank you for the friending, Simon.

You're very welcome. Glad they arrived safely, and hope you enjoy them. I look forward to any reviews of them you might write.

i got them today! hurray, hurray! THANK YOU SO MUCH. :) i am now going to post a status update where i publicly thank you. :)

I sent the books in two packages, so perhaps both of those slips will lead you to more Cabell!

hello simon! i got two package slips in the mail today and i'm guessing one of them means that i am about to receive the bounty of acidic 70s paperbacks! SO EXCITED! and what marvellous timing too-- just as i almost ready to take the silver stallion out of my purse! :)

will be back to confirm when they are in my grubby little paws but here's an advanced thanks! and hurray! :)

mo
xo

Thanks so much for the friend request, Simon! I agree -- being friends is both simpler and more satisfying than simply following. :)