tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post8588651698586449556..comments2023-04-03T01:31:04.918-07:00Comments on The Disco Mermaids (Robin M. - Jay A. - Eve P.): Technology Schmechmology -- EveDisco Mermaidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16749764215612594204noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-75285008373174096572008-01-25T13:14:00.000-08:002008-01-25T13:14:00.000-08:00Yes, everything old is new again. I'm a fickle gi...Yes, everything old is new again. <BR/><BR/>I'm a fickle girl. Today I'm loving technology. <BR/><BR/>If it didn't exist, how else could I have stayed up all night watching Tivo'ed chick flicks? BTW "Music and Lyrics" is the best movie I've ever seen! I also wouldn't be able to procrastinate on my new deadline by taking adorable pics of my puppies and sending them, via cell phone, to my husband, who's in the middle of performing life-saving surgeries.<BR/><BR/>So, yes. Technology is great. Sometimes. But there are days when I fantasize about moving to a little fishing village in Mexico where there is no phone, internet or Tivo service. OMG. I AM getting old!<BR/><BR/>EveDisco Mermaidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749764215612594204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-61899932501864272252008-01-25T08:43:00.000-08:002008-01-25T08:43:00.000-08:00I still have records in the basement! Yay!I still have records in the basement! Yay!Stephanie J. Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997433466625207454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-13122323299527989462008-01-24T17:00:00.000-08:002008-01-24T17:00:00.000-08:00Pudgy where?I think you have to pick and choose yo...Pudgy where?<BR/><BR/>I think you have to pick and choose your technology. I love love love my digital camera, laptop, email and blogovision. I hate the regular telephone and only carry my cell (that was purchased for me via trickery - "Honey! It was two-for-one, I had to get you one.")when someone has demanded that they absolutely must get in touch with me when I'm not at home. That assumes that I actually know where it is. And if it is charged.<BR/><BR/>By my ten-year olds cajoling, we got a record player for Christmas. The kids are obsessed with it and play the Ramones, Beatles and old Michael Jackson records endlessly. Now I only wish I'd kept those 300 records I sold to Amoeba records a couple of years ago... Didn't you hear? Records are the new MP3s.CJ Omololuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-66408268281202347452008-01-24T13:54:00.000-08:002008-01-24T13:54:00.000-08:0030-ish. Lamy30-ish. LamyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-53917393519539062642008-01-24T13:50:00.000-08:002008-01-24T13:50:00.000-08:00Ah, valid question, Anonymous. Glad you asked. L...Ah, valid question, Anonymous. Glad you asked. <BR/><BR/>Let me 'splain. I don't really "hate" technology (anymore). I only hated it during those 24 excruciating hours when my computer was sick. I'm over it now.<BR/><BR/>However, because so many tech-y gadgets of the moment change or improve or even disappear over time, good YA books that want to stay relevant for more than a few years have to find ways around referring to them too much. For instance, "Looking For Alaska" will remain a relevant classic because there is virtually no mention of cell phones, texting, emailing, MySpace-ing, or anything else that may lose its luster. On the other hand, I just finished reading a very well-written YA book that would have been fantastic, had it not stopped me every so often with the mention of kids using pagers. Pagers. Remember pagers? HA!<BR/><BR/>And luckily for me, my MC has a valid reason for trying to live tech-free for a few months. It's pretty central to the story. Also luckily for me, I'm able to produce a YA novel with mass appeal (and a Luddite bend) because I'm a staggering genius of a writer. <BR/><BR/>And I'm 30.<BR/><BR/>CW- I hear ya on the love affair with the laptop. Working in the jammies? Double bonus.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments, guys!<BR/><BR/>Eve :)Disco Mermaidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749764215612594204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-83610807242900439502008-01-24T13:48:00.000-08:002008-01-24T13:48:00.000-08:00Please tell me your MC for your new book is not go...Please tell me your MC for your new book is not going to be nick-named Uni-bombshell or something like that! You know, we are getting old and out of touch, but we need to think about doing it gracefully. Like by telling the young whipper-snappers that we remember when. . . [insert your own bit of nostalgia here], and we liked it that way. And the "luddite" thing must be genetic because FOR THE FIRST TIME ever, instead of writing on a yellow legal pad to prepare a case, I used a laptop! How lame is that? LamyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-42920952415081727822008-01-24T06:50:00.000-08:002008-01-24T06:50:00.000-08:00I hate the telephone, but I LOVE my laptop. I love...I hate the telephone, but I LOVE my laptop. I love my internet connection. I LOVE LOVE LOVE connection through technology in the comfort of my own home and in my jammies. If I had to save only one thing from a fire, it would be my lovely PC. (aside from the children, of course)Stephanie J. Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997433466625207454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19440114.post-63270402976778528592008-01-24T05:31:00.000-08:002008-01-24T05:31:00.000-08:00Seriously, how do you intend to produce a YA novel...Seriously, how do you intend to produce a YA novel with mass appeal, holding such a Luddite bent? With whom, exactly, do you think you'll be connecting? Technology is Rock 'n Roll. The kids love their texting, their Twitter, their MySpace, precisely *because* you hate it (or don't understand it), and you're only what, 35?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com