Re: Technical Question


"Pogonip" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Naomi wrote:
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K Barrett wrote:


I got the book 'Don't Murder Your Mystery', one woman's opinion on how
to
get your mystery published. On one of the first pages she lists places
for
first time authors to get advice on writing. She lists several, MWA,
SinC,
Dot-L, Bouchercon, yet no mention of rec.arts.mystery. Why? We have
authors here. Several in fact, many who have gone on to greatness. Why
isn't ram considered a resource?


Maybe because RAM has never presented itself as being a place to
educate would-be writers? If someone actually reads here, they will
find that several authors have been very generous about sharing advice
and experience but I doubt whether anyone came here specifically to do
that.

Even if RAM were more relevant to that topic, I think for most people
usenet is now under the radar, if it hasn't always been.

My experience is that most people, even the computer "literate," don't
know about newsgroups/usenet. Many of those I tell about it have no
access beyond Google groups, which is daunting. We are the few, the
proud, the..... uh ...ng junkies.


You are very correct. Tons of folks have no idea what usenet is. I am
constantly educating people about it. I got started reading alt.binaries*
for pictures and gravitated to the text ones. Some are very active like
us.military.army or misc.fitness.weights while others are sparsely populated
because of specialization like alt.fiction.original for getting critiques on
your writing or alt.sport.bodybuilding.

I had to change ISPs some years back when they dropped newsgroups. The told
me that only about 300 customers used them and it wasn't worth it. I had to
get a pay for newsfeed before I went over to Road Runner. However here in
Houston Time Warner is dropping out and we are swtitiching to Comcast nest
year and I heard Comcast doesn't carry usenet. So it will be back to a
separate newsserver.

I use google groups at work and find it harder to use than Outlook Express
newsreader which works bery well. Take care
--
Stanley L. Moore
"The belief in a supernatural
source of evil is not necessary;
men alone are quite capable
of every wickedness."
Joseph Conrad


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