Comments on: Not That I’ve Been Keeping Track or Anything

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:35:00 +0000

What Gillian @ 30 said with the following addition. I jump into the archives via the random posts and always have the same reaction. “Dang it, I wish I had been here when this originally posted” or “you knew about the site from the books a couple of years ago and you waited till now? What a dope!” My conscience can be a little harsh at times but this time it’s right.

Obviously, I’m having a great time and it’s all your doing.

Thanks John

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:30:22 +0000

I love this blog and would like to add my thank yous to those of everyone above. There’s always plenty to read with you updating so often. And on the rare occasions you haven’t updated since I last looked, there’s years’ worth of content in the archives to ferret through. You’ve given me hours and hours of entertainment. Unfortunately, often when I should have been doing something else, but that’s just life. Cheers John!

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:55:02 +0000

tc7:

I’m not morally against it, I just don’t need the money at the moment. If it came to a point where I wasn’t making money otherwise, I would do it, and I don’t think people would think ill of me for doing so.

By: tc7

tc7 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:51:15 +0000

First, thanks for the site, sorry for the question :).

A million visitors/month seems nicely monetizable. I could imagine book publishers liking your audience, and paying you money to put a banner link to their book here. Is that something you’re morally against? I’m not suggesting you sprinkle in text links to trick people into clicking, but an obviously ad-ish banner ad…

Anyway, this is probably just my growing need to get out of the cube and into some sort of self-employment speaking. I love the free content as much as everybody :).

Thanks.

By: MarkHB

MarkHB — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:24:33 +0000

You can blame Wil Wheaton for me wandering into the blog as well, though in my defence I’d bought the OMW series and handed ‘em to the wife (who promptly ploughed through ‘em and said “more please” before actually turning up here.

I like your writing style, so getting a free daily dose is just spiffy. Thanks for putting up with my blitherings.

By: Cynical Jason

Cynical Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:57:01 +0000

Er . . . read that “I’d never” part in my last post as “I had never” rather than “I would never” . . .

Damned contractions.

By: Cynical Jason

Cynical Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:55:29 +0000

I like the cut of your jib, young fellow me lad. (As Edmund Blackadder might say).

I surfed in on the voting controversy months ago (from Making Light) and expressed a) how great the post was and b) how I’d never read any of your novels. I was physically threatened by the gremlins in my computer-box, so I’m reading your novels soon.

So . . . hey look, is that the pope?

By: Vociferous Mole

Vociferous Mole — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:40:39 +0000

John, no need to thank us. You provide entertaining and/or insightful and/or informative writing every day, all for free. Plus, cat pictures! What’s not to like? Except, of course, for your strange, somewhat disturbing obsession with Journey…

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:03:27 +0000

Very impressive – especially for a site without any adult content ;-)

Congrats – the reason people keep showing up is due to the content (and the cats of course)

By: Justme

Justme — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:47:36 +0000

Thank you for providing a great site with varied and interesting content. If you don’t build it, they don’t come.