7,774,143 hits on stories posted since 02-12-2001 (9.96 hits per minute)
That's almost 10 hits per minute, a new Archive high! We have ALL of Authors to thank for this, old and new alike!
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Almost 10!
Almost 10!
Aug-08-2002:
7,774,143 hits on stories posted since 02-12-2001 (9.96 hits per minute)
That's almost 10 hits per minute, a new Archive high! We have ALL of Authors to thank for this, old and new alike!
:redbounce 
7,774,143 hits on stories posted since 02-12-2001 (9.96 hits per minute)
That's almost 10 hits per minute, a new Archive high! We have ALL of Authors to thank for this, old and new alike!
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Re: Almost 10!
You must like stay up like 30 hours a day on this site, 'cause without you and bBoy and the other VERY FEW who do so much work here, the site would not only not exist in reality, but it would not even exist in concept.
<center>Between the
idea
and the
reality
falls the shadow
Between the
motion
and the
act
falls the shadow
-Thomas Stearnes Eliot, of course.</center>
You guys make reality from shadow!! That takes a shitload of work and a shitload of talent. No wonder the site needs that double-decker shit-house, with all those shitloads needed around here.
Also, until the Friday night hacker wrecked the site, Zoroaster and I had a good discussion going, with bBoy too, on different writing styles in the story feedback section that was prompted spontaneously from a cool thread you started. Is it improper for writers to exchange writing theory, style points, etc. in threads on that board location?
As a writer with over 100,000 hits now in just a couple months, I love the feedback at that location, and especially the tons, tons, tons of private emails I get on my stories. But I miss a place where I can have let-it-all-hang-out discussions with other authors.
You asked, for example how my "NEATLY" formatted replies were relevant. They were not "NEATLY," they were as Zoroaster roasted me about, "WEIRDLY." The thread you started actually did have a "neatly woven" connection from start to premature end, but one had to read completely and carefully to see and enjoy it.
Have you read, for example, the annotated <i>Alice</i> by Martin Gardner where he explains a lot of Lewis Carrol's inside jokes? Carrol used formatting even 150 years ago to make some funny stuff happen in his two stories (Gardner even cites the literary term for using type format effectively, but I forgot, like I forget a lot of stuff sometimes).
I was about to finish my point in response to Zoroaster's fine point by citing the annotated <i>Alice</i> when the Friday night hacker locked out the thread. I was asked a direct question, and then locked out from being able to answer! It feels rudely-treated to have someone ask a good question, but then have them turn abruptly, cover their ears, and walk away not actually wanting your answer to their good question.
<center><i>The highest compliment
one man can give another
is to ask for his opinion
and then attend to his answer.
- Henry David Thoreau, of course</center></i>
Anyhow, in summary, where should authors chat amoungst themselves? Often one author's seemingly irrelevant thread start flashes a light on a subject that fellow authors might like to chat tangentially about, with no intention to exclude or offend the original thread starter. There is an awful lot to this writing business, and not many Algonquin Round Tables around.
But you know that. Your stories are great. And thanks for not trying to restrict the style of other writers so that they must emulate yours, because only you can make your style work as well as it does. And maybe each writer can tweak their own style to not emulate yours but to emulate the impact of yours.
Anyhow, best regards, and here's one fan and fellow author who really appreciates all you do here!
<center>- CB
:redbounce
<center>Between the
idea
and the
reality
falls the shadow
Between the
motion
and the
act
falls the shadow
-Thomas Stearnes Eliot, of course.</center>
You guys make reality from shadow!! That takes a shitload of work and a shitload of talent. No wonder the site needs that double-decker shit-house, with all those shitloads needed around here.
Also, until the Friday night hacker wrecked the site, Zoroaster and I had a good discussion going, with bBoy too, on different writing styles in the story feedback section that was prompted spontaneously from a cool thread you started. Is it improper for writers to exchange writing theory, style points, etc. in threads on that board location?
As a writer with over 100,000 hits now in just a couple months, I love the feedback at that location, and especially the tons, tons, tons of private emails I get on my stories. But I miss a place where I can have let-it-all-hang-out discussions with other authors.
You asked, for example how my "NEATLY" formatted replies were relevant. They were not "NEATLY," they were as Zoroaster roasted me about, "WEIRDLY." The thread you started actually did have a "neatly woven" connection from start to premature end, but one had to read completely and carefully to see and enjoy it.
Have you read, for example, the annotated <i>Alice</i> by Martin Gardner where he explains a lot of Lewis Carrol's inside jokes? Carrol used formatting even 150 years ago to make some funny stuff happen in his two stories (Gardner even cites the literary term for using type format effectively, but I forgot, like I forget a lot of stuff sometimes).
I was about to finish my point in response to Zoroaster's fine point by citing the annotated <i>Alice</i> when the Friday night hacker locked out the thread. I was asked a direct question, and then locked out from being able to answer! It feels rudely-treated to have someone ask a good question, but then have them turn abruptly, cover their ears, and walk away not actually wanting your answer to their good question.
<center><i>The highest compliment
one man can give another
is to ask for his opinion
and then attend to his answer.
- Henry David Thoreau, of course</center></i>
Anyhow, in summary, where should authors chat amoungst themselves? Often one author's seemingly irrelevant thread start flashes a light on a subject that fellow authors might like to chat tangentially about, with no intention to exclude or offend the original thread starter. There is an awful lot to this writing business, and not many Algonquin Round Tables around.
But you know that. Your stories are great. And thanks for not trying to restrict the style of other writers so that they must emulate yours, because only you can make your style work as well as it does. And maybe each writer can tweak their own style to not emulate yours but to emulate the impact of yours.
Anyhow, best regards, and here's one fan and fellow author who really appreciates all you do here!
<center>- CB
:redbounce
Re: Almost 10!
The tech-people who work at BME which hosts EA assure us that Ethel the Psycho-server popped a RAM board ... and with all those boards in there (Ethel's huge, think 400 lb. fat lady) it took a LONG time to figure out which one it was. Of course, this played hell with the database, and it had to be restored several times. Whatever she was looking into when she had a breakdown got trashed.
Some years ago, a hacker DID break into BME, and Shannon very nearly went over the deep end in securing things so that short of a mole in the system, it won't happen again. I can't say as I blame him, he's got a TON of work and time in the BME site, and we can't begin to express our gratefulness in his hosting EA. Without BME, there is not EA.
As for the story stats and individual author themes, well, that's what the Archive of Fiction is all about! CB, you, in fact, add almost a whole new dementia - I mean dimension - to that!
After all, not everyone likes to read sci-fi stories or fantasy with wizards and dragons, etc. Where else can you find such diversity?
Again, thanks to all the Authors. Current count/rating:
9.96
:p
Some years ago, a hacker DID break into BME, and Shannon very nearly went over the deep end in securing things so that short of a mole in the system, it won't happen again. I can't say as I blame him, he's got a TON of work and time in the BME site, and we can't begin to express our gratefulness in his hosting EA. Without BME, there is not EA.
As for the story stats and individual author themes, well, that's what the Archive of Fiction is all about! CB, you, in fact, add almost a whole new dementia - I mean dimension - to that!
After all, not everyone likes to read sci-fi stories or fantasy with wizards and dragons, etc. Where else can you find such diversity?
Again, thanks to all the Authors. Current count/rating:
9.96
:p