Baycon

[julesjones]

Off to Baycon in five minutes or so. It's only just down the road, so I'm commuting rather than staying in the hotel.

I'll be taking part in the Broad Universe Raapidfire reading tomorrow at 2:30 pm in the Skyview Lounge. Chocolate bribery will be provided. If you're at the con, please drop by and say hello.

400 words on the mmf yesterday, as I spent most of the day on a promo day on a loop.

Evidence is rapidly accumulating that the webhost company who pulled the plug on Absolute Write were only too pleased to be provided with an excuse by Bauer. I haven't got time now to do detailed links, but check this morning's postings on the Making Light thread:
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007577.html
If it proves true that they pulled the plug from active malice and not just out of panic, you are likely to see both their webhosting company and their rival writers' forum business in a Googlebomb real soon now.

Comments

[tharain.livejournal.com]

This entire Barbara Bauer thing is indescribably juicy. My, my.

[julesjones]

Oh, it's a real soap opera. The Making Light thread has accumulated all sorts of juicy tidbits. That's a really bad bunch of people to annoy, because collectively they have very good research skills and the ability to remain dispassionate and provide the evidence rather than just name-calling even when seriously pissed off.

[tharain.livejournal.com]

I'd very much gotten that impression from a number of the posts. The people who did the plug pulling are flailing, and the Making Light folks are very "Well, actually, no...[insert thoughtful and well researched damning evidence here]."

Definitely a case of Phear The Dispassionate Angered Netgeeks.