Comments on: Living in a Writer’s Dream World

By: Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa

Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:38:52 +0000

[...] Living in a Writer’s Dream World [...]

By: ginko

ginko — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:15:42 +0000

Tried SL. Still trying. I’m just as socially inept there as here!

By: Big Bad Book Blog » Blog Archive » Web-Map to Social Media, Part 5: Second Life

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:27:07 +0000

[...] Sullivan and Diana Hunter are two authors who have used Second Life to their benefit. This is a good profile of their efforts. Hunter (SL name: Diana Allandale) told us that she views Second [...]

By: paulmc

paulmc — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:50:30 +0000

as madddy schnooks rl local boozer well done madddy cya for a bevvy soon…congrats

By: Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa

Authors In Second Life : Ronin Kurosawa — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:21:08 +0000

[...] Living in a Writerâ€™s Dream World [...]

By: Joan Kelly

Joan Kelly — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:26:09 +0000

Ronin,

Thanks for your response. And I was getting The Tramsmigration of Timothy Archer confused with The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch myself – am I imagining it or did the virtual trips the people went on in Palmer Eldritch get called something like “transmigration,” something that sounded similar? Far be it from me to remember to look in my bookcase when I’m actually at home and could find the answer, hello.

Anyway, I appreciated the original post as well as the comments exchange. I am sure I will check out Second Life after your pep talk. Thanks again.

By: Ronin Kurosawa

Ronin Kurosawa — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:48:29 +0000

madddyyy, there’s no escaping real life. Especially when the person behind the avatar is demanding a writing credit on the next book.

Thanks again for sharing your story with me.

By: Madddyyy schnook

Madddyyy schnook — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:17:37 +0000

Thanks very much for the chance to speak and be involved in the article it was a great pleasure. it is also the first time my rl (real life ) self has been mentioned. laughs.

By: Ronin Kurosawa

Ronin Kurosawa — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:53:47 +0000

It was great meeting you too Diana. We’ll get Kassia to your store one of these days. She has all sorts of excuses for avoiding SL — unfortunately shoe shopping is not one of them.

Joan, you sorta scare me. It’s The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, and for some reason I always get it confused with the Transmigration of Timothy Archer. And yes, I think about that book quite a bit in relation to Second Life — although I’m always confused about which book I’m actually thinking about. Thanks for the reminder.

Anyway, the folks in the Philip K. Dick book had another problem — they were stuck on Mars. So the virtual world they entered when they took the drug was more of a way of having a normal life. Except that, as I recall, they also found ways to screw up their virtual lives in many of the same ways they screwed up their real lives. That’s the part that reminds me the most of Second Life. Yes, I know, that’s not much of a ringing endorsement for SL — but keep in mind that I’m also covering the presidential campaign in SL for another blog. In general, I’ve found the book people in SL to be much more well adjusted than the political people.

The point is, Second Life is whatever you want it to be. Once you get out of flight school and learn how to walk without running into people, it’s not all that scary. Note that I chose to file this article under Marketing for Introverts, because I really believe that SL is a great networking environment for people who never want to leave their homes.

I say, go ahead and have the panic attack, then when it’s over give Second Life a try and see what you think.

Those of you who do end up in Second Life, please contact me once you’re there. I’d be more than happy to show you around.

By: Joan Kelly

Joan Kelly — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:11:37 +0000

Okay so – aside from writerly related stuff – I have SL curiosity but I also have SL anxiety. I don’t know why. I just am afraid to try it. More afraid than I was to try LSD in college. How is it different from just entering any old new place where you don’t know anyone yet and don’t know what the hell to do once you’re there? And if it’s a fun thing to do, how do you not get sucked into being in SL all the time? It makes me think of that Philip K. Dick book which I can’t remember the name of (don’t even know if I’m spelling his name right) but where they ate this drug and then basically went somewhere else in their minds. Or not only in their minds. Something about Palmer Eldridge? Help. Look, I read it years ago, my point is in the book they liked the “trips” they went on better than their real lives a lot of the time. Can someone talk me out of my pre-emptive SL panic attack before it boils over? Thank you.