tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5523677340050482688..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Five Billion Brides of Shiva: A Story about PatienceAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-4095865030557780722014-01-29T20:05:14.144-05:002014-01-29T20:05:14.144-05:00Submit to Weird Tales for sure. As of Nov 2013, th...Submit to Weird Tales for sure. As of Nov 2013, they were looking for stories on two themes: Tesla and Ice. Good luck!Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72474389000328563282014-01-26T21:21:21.034-05:002014-01-26T21:21:21.034-05:00I've managed to meet several folks from ERWA (...I've managed to meet several folks from ERWA (and others) from the erotica community. Says something for living in a metropolitan area. Nearby SF is an erotic town.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40088121117273153322014-01-26T21:20:00.909-05:002014-01-26T21:20:00.909-05:00Jean!
It's been so long since I said hi, whic...Jean!<br /><br />It's been so long since I said hi, which is totally my fault because I think you've checked into my stuff and I didn't notice.<br /><br />So you caught that, right? The nine billion names of God? Hey, if you;re gonna steal ("Tribute! Tribute!") steal from the best. I want to believe Arthur C Clarke would have liked my version too.<br /><br />Thanks Jean!<br /><br />Garce<br /><br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40871499368132004452014-01-26T21:18:18.140-05:002014-01-26T21:18:18.140-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57274284921333126862014-01-26T19:16:10.966-05:002014-01-26T19:16:10.966-05:00Garce,
I recognized the resemblance of your story...Garce,<br /><br />I recognized the resemblance of your story to the famous Arthur Clarke story in which all the stars start winking out, one by one, at the end (a spine-tingling conclusion). I wondered if you deliberately chose that as a model, and then you mentioned it.<br /><br />You've done a great job of introducing computer technology to Arthur Clarke's premise.<br /><br />Your stories are always a pleasure to read.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-70318968243382284492014-01-25T06:01:13.484-05:002014-01-25T06:01:13.484-05:00What is holding you back fro submitting to Weird T...What is holding you back fro submitting to Weird Tales? <br /><br />You're a hell of lot better writer than HP Lovecraft much as I love his stuff)!<br /><br />You don't have to wait to get better. Send your stuff out now!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84395761693211712242014-01-24T22:16:31.571-05:002014-01-24T22:16:31.571-05:00Oh - and here's another thing I'm thinking...Oh - and here's another thing I'm thinking.<br /><br />I think these last several weeks I've begun an interesting challenge or apprenticeship for myself. Its difficult and a real test to try to write a story for each topic, and I realise this is a valuable education I would recommend to anyone. To be able to write a story to a given topic on demand. I don;t know how long I can keep that up but I'm going to keep trying.<br /><br />Do you remember the old pulp magazine "Weird Tales"? That's where H P Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Robert E Howard and others got their start and showcased their bread and butter work. Its still in publication, though struggling and I just long to get a story in there before one of us is gone, me or the magazine. I want to see my name in the same place that shared the names of my literary heroes. So I'm trying to write to topic. But that's my years goal or aspiration. There were always two places I wished I could be published - Mammoth Book of Erotica, which I have, and Weird Tales which I haven't. I'm going to try to write to topic for Weird Tales and keep banging on that door until they let me in. Wish me luck.<br /><br />Here goes.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91394271933349393192014-01-24T22:07:56.520-05:002014-01-24T22:07:56.520-05:00Hi Daddy X!
I just scooted back and read "Sh...Hi Daddy X!<br /><br />I just scooted back and read "Shelf Life". Those are beautiful objects. Oddly I found the seed casing the most erotic in appearance, the kind of thing that might have inspired Georgia O Keefe to draw seeds instead of flowers.<br /><br />You;ve had a interesting and well traveled life. Not the least of which is you got to meet Lisabet. I'm always amazed and privileged these days to find the kind of company I get to bask in, <br /><br />Garce<br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18858436164978917682014-01-24T21:55:01.194-05:002014-01-24T21:55:01.194-05:00Hi Lisabet!
Oh hell, I've been on the Interne...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />Oh hell, I've been on the Internet since 1994, before they even called it the Internet. This is my world. Your's too I know. I tried my hand at Linux several times in the past but got frustrated because it was so geeky and didn't have any programs at the time that I wanted. Really Linux is more about entering into a sub culture, and this is the sub culture that hackers naturally inhabit. Linux is the natural OS of hackers such as those in my story.<br /><br />I'm just a renaissance man.<br /><br />But I was thinking about the differences between this story and kisses and I think what makes a story stand out, or at least what I should aspire to is understanding of characters. It always comes back to characters. I think this story has an interesting premise, but the characters are thin. If I come back to this story someday I want to approach it more from the direction of characters. But either way, I'm so glad you read it and enjoyed it. I think I'm touching your world with it a little because you;re very much a web master. A renaissance woman.<br /><br />Garce<br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-90262453436585663382014-01-23T14:07:44.246-05:002014-01-23T14:07:44.246-05:00Fiona- The animist belief systems have validity as...Fiona- The animist belief systems have validity as well. Wikken is close. Animists regale the spirit of rivers, the air, the rocks that can be made into tools, the rain that brings us sustenance in any particular area. By the sea, they worship the ocean that brings them food, On the savannah, they say prayers to the gods of game. What a better environmental sense this world would have if we valued, indeed worshipped our resources.<br /><br />And yes, Garce- I closed the gallery in 2004. My post 'Shelf Life' a couple of weeks ago is the kind of stuff I handled.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84381832603717773512014-01-23T07:07:11.627-05:002014-01-23T07:07:11.627-05:00Oh Garce! This is fantastic!
But I want to know ...Oh Garce! This is fantastic! <br /><br />But I want to know how you got so good with the computer jargon? And how do you know about Linux?!<br /><br />Big hugs and applause...Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81877055532562310572014-01-22T20:38:23.013-05:002014-01-22T20:38:23.013-05:00Hi Fiona!
Very similar to my own experience. Tec...Hi Fiona!<br /><br />Very similar to my own experience. Technically I'm an atheist, even though I believe in God. Maybe you too. I was a theist for most of my life believing in a personal (Theism) God, but my experience and what I've observed of others misfortunes contradicted that. I changed my image of god to one which is similar to what bab-ji describes in the story. Science says all that exists in the universe are actually objects that are just various states of energy. You can go the next step (which is mysticism, which I identify with) and say that all energy has awareness or consciousness, and that underlying the universe as we see it is a pool of infinate awareness. To me that makes sense and even seems obvious since my brain is a complex of energy states and there is consciousness within itschemical / electric energy state.<br /><br />My church (Unitarian) has several Wiccans and pagans in its congregation and I marvel at their image of God which is feminine. I think there would not have been religious wars and jihads if god had continued to be perceived as a woman.<br /><br />The story was okay, but I sense its limitations. Because of the small working space, like the old pulp writers, I emphasized premise and story instead of character and more and more I realise that where things soar best is when character is up front, like in my post a few weeks ago "Kisses Like Thunder" which was all character driven. You might like that one.<br /><br />Hang in there Fiona, I always look for your comments and cherish them. I feel a little lonesome when I don't see them.<br /><br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-70103513691284836562014-01-22T20:25:14.776-05:002014-01-22T20:25:14.776-05:00Isn't that a great statue? I love the look o...Isn't that a great statue? I love the look on their faces in the image as they kiss. They're really into it, tugging on each others hair, trying to go deeper. What a wonderful way to think about God.<br /><br />You had an art gallery once? What was that like?<br /><br />Now I have to go look up the word "contraposto" . . .<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64115074603835077862014-01-22T20:21:08.257-05:002014-01-22T20:21:08.257-05:00Hi Sacchi!
I hadn't thought of that, but now ...Hi Sacchi!<br /><br />I hadn't thought of that, but now that you mention it that's another way of doing it too. <br /><br />Hmn.<br /><br />Any well read sci fi fan (like me) will quickly recognize it as a blatant riff ("Tribute! cries the author "Tribute!") of the Arthur C Clarke classic "The Nine Billion Names of God". But it's also a way of exploring some interesting ideas of how things exist. And its a kind of valentine to women for all they've had to go through at the hands of men.<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64097048078312311092014-01-22T20:17:13.161-05:002014-01-22T20:17:13.161-05:00Hi Daddy X!
I guess its not the best thing I ever...Hi Daddy X!<br /><br />I guess its not the best thing I ever wrote but it was fun to write and some day I may come back to it.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46933657011881377022014-01-22T14:02:14.731-05:002014-01-22T14:02:14.731-05:00The more I study other religions, the more I rejec...The more I study other religions, the more I reject the dominant one around me. I was raised by atheists and told that anything I wanted to believe in was my business...but that if I needed a "big daddy in the sky", it was a slap in the face to my Father who felt he'd been enough Dad for me and that I shouldn't need to go searching for another one. So I dabbled, visited churches, tried out a few for size. Ultimately I left all of them, not able to make that "leap of faith" that requires turning off the brain that God gave me. Science was so much more persuasive and provable.<br /><br />Other religions are much more believable. Not Judaism or Islam, because they are both also misogynistic and concerned with men being able to dominate the world and leave their stuff to someone they are relatively certain is their own kid. And with power. Leaves me cold. But the eastern religions are different, as are the female-centered older ones like Druisism and Wiccan. Not a believer in any of them...just love to study them. <br /><br />I really enjoyed this story. You have such a gift with bringing the reader into your tales.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14730032725725254482014-01-22T11:02:01.201-05:002014-01-22T11:02:01.201-05:00I must also complement you on the image. Just gorg...I must also complement you on the image. Just gorgeous. I once handled a 28" 11th century red sandstone Shakti at my gallery. One of those contraposto, large-breasted figures. I put in the window, and within a week, a guy came in, said he almost had an accident making a u-turn. Bingo! He didn't even try to bargain on one of the most expensive pieces I ever handled.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-13731451218825478152014-01-22T10:37:43.700-05:002014-01-22T10:37:43.700-05:00Excellent! At first I expected all the men to flic...Excellent! At first I expected all the men to flick out of existence, but of course your way was the inevitable one.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81225928877585008492014-01-22T10:23:07.004-05:002014-01-22T10:23:07.004-05:00Sweet and sour, Garce. You've reincarnated O H...Sweet and sour, Garce. You've reincarnated O Henry in India.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com