Long-time Yahoo Seana Meek, towards the end of a long thread on devel-random:
When my daughter was young, only two, we moved to California.
Some point soon after she saw two men holding hands and asked me about it. My response was that some boys grow up and fall in love with other boys and that some girls grow up and fall in love with other girls. I then told her that she didn’t have to worry about whether she would fall in love with boys or girls until she was much older.
Probably only a week or two later she came to me and stated firmly ‘it’s definitely boys, mom’.
And though I know life can be pretty tough for heterosexuals, I plan to support her regardless.
I was very, very sorry to hear that a draft of Midnight Sun was leaked to the Internet. It’s a horrible invasion of privacy and the worst possible violation of trust between an author and a first reader.
I’d like to suggest that it won’t be a complete disaster for the eventual sales of Midnight Sun, however. I can think of several authors (Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, Charles Stross, and others) who have reported increased sales due to Internet exposure.
That’s not why I’m writing, however. I’m here to point out that your inclusion of a list of songs obtained through Playlist seems to be inconsistent with your strong stance for creators’ rights, given that Playlist is currently being sued by the RIAA for serving up music without paying royalties.
If music inspires your writing, why not use your respected position as an author respected by many young people—including my daughter Elena, who will be utterly heartbroken at the news that Midnight Sun was stillborn—to stand up for creators’ rights in all fields of endeavor?
Copy and paste this into your browser and see what happens:
http://htto;//www.live.geocities.com/chazmodogzx
When I view this URL using IE or Safari, I see a 404 error. When I use Firefox or Opera, however, I’m redirected to htto.com, which turns out to be one of those what-you-need-when-you-need-it link farms.
“In every online community there lurks a small but vocal minority of attention-seekers. These folks are ready to pounce on any change, brand it as a Sign of the Coming Apocalypse, and announce their intentions to leave in a loud, angry huff. The only problem? They never actually leave….”
