tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post7991323794710892042..comments2023-10-08T03:29:16.941-05:00Comments on Aaron Polson: You Have My Permission To Slap Me DownAaron Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-67969501303660111972009-10-28T09:06:43.384-05:002009-10-28T09:06:43.384-05:00I’ll second Mike’s comment. Honorary English gent...I’ll second Mike’s comment. Honorary English gent indeed.<br /><br />Self-promotion has to be important though, especially the further down the road you get.L.R. Bonehillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230668510378453367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-80798162222058816412009-10-28T08:41:36.364-05:002009-10-28T08:41:36.364-05:00Katey - Point taken.
Cate - We should form a club...Katey - Point taken.<br /><br />Cate - We should form a club.<br /><br />Barry - Humbling, to be sure. <br /><br />Brendan - Thanks. Let's work on that bestseller now, shall we?<br /><br />K.C. - Thanks. Reality in full view now.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-77652413277090197602009-10-28T08:34:35.836-05:002009-10-28T08:34:35.836-05:00You are definitely not in need of a smackdown. Tha...You are definitely not in need of a smackdown. That's awesome about the story, and it's well-deserved too!K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-480201810074407462009-10-28T08:19:28.029-05:002009-10-28T08:19:28.029-05:00Can't imagine you ever coming across as a &quo...Can't imagine you ever coming across as a "cocky ass," Aaron, even if you had the bestselling novel in the land.Brendan P. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152826197748921049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-92032326034508084742009-10-28T06:57:35.707-05:002009-10-28T06:57:35.707-05:00If you want some laurels of your own, all you have...If you want some laurels of your own, all you have to do is swing by the Debris Contest post on my blog and look at all of the entrants that have listed stories by you.<br /><br />I totally understand the uneasiness with self promotion, though. By going that route, it makes you feel as if what you have out there better be DAMNED good.Barry Napierhttp://www.barrynapierwriting.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-17864147750077512452009-10-28T00:49:39.718-05:002009-10-28T00:49:39.718-05:00As the man who doesn't even list every accepta...As the man who doesn't even list every acceptance he gets (not that doing so would make you cocky), you don't have an ounce of cockiness to your blood. <br /><br />Oh, and every day I wake up hoping to improve and every day I'm convinced I'm getting worse. :DCate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-62608559896538644952009-10-27T23:15:06.841-05:002009-10-27T23:15:06.841-05:00Fabulous about Fresh Produce! Mad congratulations....Fabulous about Fresh Produce! Mad congratulations.<br /><br />Also, if you ever for a moment sounded remotely cocky, I think I'd be more convinced that someone had hijacked your blog than that you were an ass.<br /><br />But the nature of these things is perverse. People who ought to be paranoid about such things never are, and people who ought not are in a perpetual state of wariness.Kateyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727622678452936037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-72175439291538383242009-10-27T20:25:20.269-05:002009-10-27T20:25:20.269-05:00I don't think that you'll be getting any s...I don't think that you'll be getting any smackdowns in the near future! I think Natalie's <br />'prudish' comparison sums it up nicely!Alan W. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067022519729701245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-4284081519830797422009-10-27T19:46:01.978-05:002009-10-27T19:46:01.978-05:00If you want a kick in the ass, I would be more tha...If you want a kick in the ass, I would be more than happy to oblige. Now bend over! lol<br /><br />But serously, you are never cocky. And you can take that straight to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-20991506607518109362009-10-27T19:17:47.539-05:002009-10-27T19:17:47.539-05:00Cocky...you...no way :)Cocky...you...no way :)Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-50048715489827646062009-10-27T19:06:27.714-05:002009-10-27T19:06:27.714-05:00Congrats on Fresh Produce!
Self promotion as a wr...Congrats on Fresh Produce!<br /><br />Self promotion as a writer is a difficult tightrope to walk and not come off as cocky. I know an editor who recently met an author I also happen to know. They are both good people but the author was referred to by said editor as 'a very confident individual' - which I think was code for bordering on cocky.<br /><br />As authors we need to get out there and advertise our writing and our successes in the hope that we will build a readership and gain the attention of an agent/editor/major publishing house so we can continue to write for the masses full time (yes, that pipe dream).<br /><br />I think you do a very good job at being humble, a little understated and yet still spread the word about your wonderful writing - kudos to you, my friend.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170193722932454605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-60496171006879575292009-10-27T17:42:34.076-05:002009-10-27T17:42:34.076-05:00Natalie - Har! You, a prude!
Becca - Point taken...Natalie - Har! You, a prude!<br /><br />Becca - Point taken (point of the truncheon, that is--they come to a point, right?)<br /><br />Michael - It is <i>my</i> honour. <br /><br />Jamie - I agree. I'd hate to think I've written my best story. Yikes.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-69928091548768172062009-10-27T17:25:17.317-05:002009-10-27T17:25:17.317-05:00I hope we have our best work ahead of us, not that...I hope we have our best work ahead of us, not that has been put out so far is junk, far from it, but I like to think of the possibilities of what can be.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-11911406236806499702009-10-27T16:51:33.489-05:002009-10-27T16:51:33.489-05:00I just made you a honoury Englishman, whether you ...I just made you a honoury Englishman, whether you like it or not.Michael Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362324064346137974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-53652468332251690462009-10-27T16:19:21.709-05:002009-10-27T16:19:21.709-05:00Oh dear lord, you're as bad as L.R was with th...Oh dear lord, you're as bad as L.R was with the Hint Fiction acceptance.<br /><br />But if you insist, I can work magic with a truncheon. ;-)Rebecca Nazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586998368101239421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-41779961274571454982009-10-27T15:58:28.364-05:002009-10-27T15:58:28.364-05:00Oh dude, you are so far from cocky. It's like ...Oh dude, you are so far from cocky. It's like if I went around referring to myself as prudish!Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.com