Gregory's Server@DMSCreations @mimibadass @ajroach42 @neilhimself The first useful, as an author, port for me on the Internet was GEnie - that network was huge and pretty much did what newer ones do, but slower.
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@DMSCreations @mimibadass @ajroach42 @neilhimself Same time frame as COMPUSERVE and the AOL tribe. I still have a sealed AOL disk to load it and sign on :) 3.5" @DavidNiallWilson @DMSCreations @ajroach42 @neilhimself Oh my. I had forgotten all about GEnie. Is this old age setting in? @mimibadass @DMSCreations @ajroach42 @neilhimself Lol. I sold my Star Trek novel because I happened to be in an SFWA forum on GEnie when John Ordover announced the Voyager novels. I remember, also, the day I made a 2400 baud connection directly to Larry Segriff and sent my Werewolf story - and had an acceptance within an hour. That was still the days of sending in manila envelopes with the SASE for replies. Game changer. @DavidNiallWilson @DMSCreations @ajroach42 @neilhimself It is deliciously exciting being here for this. Those of us old enough to remember the birth pangs of the Internet and it’s awkward half-sibling, Social Media, can’t help feeling like we’re reliving those days — only we are wiser. I am praying this version keeps space for us weirdlings instead of letting the homogeneous army of influencers paint it all gray and shiplap the hell out of it. @mimibadass @DMSCreations @ajroach42 @neilhimself Same. ... I was also on Twitter from nearly the beginning, ended up being reported and banned for an innocuous post and had to start over. It's way too much sometimes. @DavidNiallWilson I am personally excited to start over here. Elsewhere in my life? Not so much. But I am and will and will have to again and again. That’s the essence of living. The trick is coming back stronger each time. You seem to have that part down. @mimibadass Yep. Was late 2021 when I realized I could still fix my writing career, but it means starting as if I was no one. The only advantage is, I've been writing a long time and I can do it... so that's working out slowly. Very humbling though. @DavidNiallWilson I’m in a rebuilding phase, too, having been devastated by Google’s algorithm for a second time. It’s horrifying at first, but then you realize it’s like the universe shouting at you. I’m still decoding the message — but I’m no longer shouting into the void. I’m listening. What’s it telling you? @mimibadass It's telling me that there was a tipping point I missed, where the most important writing I'd done was older than the readers I needed... if they don't remember me for all of that, it's time to create something even more memorable. @mimibadass Already doing it. Have sold several stories this summer, have a novella with one publisher and a commission for another, and a novel nearly done. My new collection is due in January. @DavidNiallWilson @mimibadass @ajroach42 @neilhimself 2400 baud is what i ran.. |
@DavidNiallWilson @mimibadass @ajroach42 @neilhimself i dont think we ever used GEnie.