Writing Sya

MAINSUMMARYBLOGABOUTCONTACTETC.



Updates


10.31.2005

Random things I'm thinking about as zero hour looms closer:

People complaining about other people writing disturbing things - I believe people should have the freedom to write whatever they want. If it's something that goes beyond your moral boundaries or is something that You Just Don't Talk About, I think people still have the right to write it. And of course, people have the freedom to disagree with whatever that is written. It's only when you try to stop people from writing it or declare that such things should be burnt that you have plunged dangerously head-long into censorship.

(And what if those disturbing things makes you wonder about the author's mental stability or even safety? I suppose a benefit of a doubt should be given. Perfectly normal, well-adjusted people can write weird things.)

Also author photographs in the back flaps of books - Everything always seems perfectly coiffed, doesn't it? Or if the author looks disheveled, it looks like it's purposely disheveled. Nobody ever looks bad in those photos--so when someone actually meets an author, wouldn't they be disappointed? For maximum non-disappointment, there should be bad photographs.


[ posted by sya on 6:51 PM : ]



Comments: Post a Comment


go back to the main page or the update archive
follow this journal with the site feed: atom or rss

Follow me on Twitter

Copyright © 2001-2009, S. Y. Affolee
Powered by Blogger