Comments on: A DISTANT SOIL: The Ascendant Chapter 1 Page 15

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:22:42 +0000

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By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:41:06 +0000

I was concerned the advertisements might turn people off. But for now, no complaints. I may add more ad boxes later. We’re not really making much money on them, but we’re getting a huge increase in traffic, so I’m hopeful we’ll be selling some books.

By: Arlnee

Arlnee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:41:55 +0000

hi DCM! Great jorb! 😉 take two avatars out of the petty cash fund, you earned them.

btw I just want to say the ads I’m seeing now with the new ad generator? Very nice, unobtrusive, and they don’t annoy me. Which is odd because 98% of all ads everywhere are blocked thanks to lovely Mr. Firefox Browser and the other 2% I have learned to tune out grudgingly but internally I make notes to avoid them because they managed to get through the adwall.

But all of a sudden I saw pretty colors in rounded rectangles on the blog and, strangely, I approve. Tasteful selling beats shameful huxt0rzing any day of the week (and twice on Sunday)

By: mamid

mamid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:24:54 +0000

*applause for DCM!*

By: Carla Speed McNeil

Carla Speed McNeil — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:12:56 +0000

As shielded as they are from anything unpleasant, one wonders why the Ovanan don’t consider the logpile of dead children part of the ceremony. The kids are all beautifully dressed– but going into the ceremony no one knows which ones will live or die. They don’t have parents, as such, so no one’s emotionally invested in them as people. I assume their creches make the effort to make them look nice?

Some Ovanan must view them as Buddhists do butter paintings. Something to be decorated as elaborately as possible, because it is so ephemeral.

It’s interesting because I can see both philosophical viewpoints in this– the shallow ass who would only say “Oh, too bad, there goes the other little redhead, where’s that idiot with the wine?” as well as the deeper mind who might shave the corners of this ceremony until he or she could make it sound beautiful and poignant. Probably lots of emo poetry written about pretty children blowing away like autumn leaves.

By: Miki

Miki — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:08:16 +0000

Hi DC,
Great job!
Nice Gravatar.

By: scribblerworks

scribblerworks — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:16 +0000

Hi DC! Great job on the website! 😀

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:38:21 +0000

Hello DC.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:02 +0000

Everybody say hello to DC. She is the nice lady who made the new website and helped send my site traffic through the freaking roof!

By: dcm

dcm — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:26 +0000

This is a chilling scene!