Posted on 08/27/2012 6:00:36 AM PDT by Gideonwoulfe
This week we interview author John Ringo. He has had several books on the New York Times best seller list and he has over two million books in print. Ringo’s specializes in military science fiction.
The Hitchhiker asks…
Question 1- After reading There Will Be Dragons I had a sense that Heinlein had influenced your writing. Are you a fan of his work?
Very much so. Heinlein is the absolute sine qua non of science fiction authors. While I haven’t read all of his works, I’ve read most and he’s definitely my favorite SF author influencing both my writing and my life. Among other things, that bastard Sergeant Ho in Starship Troopers tricked me into joining the infantry.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefreehold.us ...
“If I can generate readers for my site here I will do so..”
Oh, you WILL, will you?
Perhaps the words of the owner of Free Republic would be of interest to you:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2636843/posts?page=552#552
“I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR,
not as an excerpt to drive hits and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart
useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join in on the discussion and
conservative activism HERE on FR.
If a blogger can’t or refuses do that, and if he constantly complains or fights
with our participants over it, then I’d just as soon he doesn’t post here.
It’s not my job to make his content or his presentation or cooperation
acceptable to our readers. That’s his job. And if he cannot do it or
refuses to do it and continues posting brief excerpts only and
obviously attempting to draw away our participants while loudly
complaining about it, then I have no sympathy for his complaints
and the more apt I am to ban his account and blog.”
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Your blog may be the greatest thing since sliced bread,
but Free Republic is NOT here to be your hit farm as part
of your bloggy business model.
Of course you can.
That is what the bloggers forum is for.
Very nice blog, hardly any ads and those are at the bottom, not invasive at all.
Don’t let the FreeperBeaters discourage you. Some posters just hate blogs and take it out on those who post from them.
Some of them complained about Breitbart some time ago, so you are in good company!
Although many prefer all blogs to post their stories in full but if they are quite lengthly I prefer an excerpt.
Welcome to Free Republic!
Guess I see what you mean. LC was much more politically incorrect with regard to race and religion, which I guess I consider more PC than gender stuff.
And the blonds in heat were funny.
But I don’t view rape and such as PC issues. They’re moral and human decency issues.
No problem. Just don't excerpt, and you'll do fine here. Trust me, even if you post the whole thing, you'll still get more hits from here than you think.
Read “Farnham’s Freehold” when quite young, and it’s stuck with me for closing on five decades now. Can’t say that about many books.
Also “Citizen of the Galaxy,” which convinced me I really, really didn’t like slavery. Which has led me into some very interesting discussions with Freepers who seem to think writing apologetics for the Confederacy is appropriate for American conservatives.
The confederacy was NOT about Slavery as much as it was about State’s Rights.
I wish it was fought over a different reason- Slavery being bad and all that.
But imagine if the Southern States wanted to secede from the Union for a different reason, like being forced to buy health care they didn’t want...
And why do you FORCE a state to stay in The Union if they don’t want to? What is so precious about preserving “The Union”
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Sorry, I just notice when such terms are misused or mangled (e.g. 'ad nauseum' instead of 'ad nauseam'). I'll shut up now. ;-)
You are really a piece of work. You know what “grow up”. If a person can’t post about his blog on the BLOG and PERSONAL section of this website then why even have that section. I know what do what good conservatives do and mind your own business. How is that.
You guys think Ringo is conservative?
You need to meet Tom Kratman (LTC Tom Kratman).
http://www.tomkratman.com/
He quoted to you site owner Jim Robinson's rules for posting from blogs. You are noncompliant.
I know what do what good conservatives do
Good conservatives use others' property only in accordance with the owner's rules. Sleazy blog pimps don't. Which are you?
There is a cookie (to prevent the site counting you more than once a day), but there are no popups, harvesters, or any viruses at the site. I just preformed a full analysis of the website after I saw your post. You might want to check your system.
Several, in fact.
You know what “grow up”.
I'll get right on that.
If a person can’t post about his blog on the BLOG and PERSONAL section of this website then why even have that section.
Nobody is saying you shouldn't post "about" your blog.
It's the excerpting that is objectionable. Pay attention.
I know what do what good conservatives do and mind your own business.
Do good conservatives steal free advertising to get blog hits?
How is that.
Lacking punctuation, poorly constructed and demonstrating lack of comprehension.
Since you asked.
When a person is new to a site you can ask nicely you really don;t need to act like a childish bully. I am quite willing to obey the site rules but I am not going to back down to a bully be he a liberal bully or a conservative one....which are you?
That was a dig at the FreeperBeaters that are trying to drive you off of this site.
They usually claim all those things even when they don’t exist.
I didn’t know you were the grammar police here as well. Next time I will drop the conversational tone of my writing. Sorry to have bugged you but it seems that it is really easy to do? I wonder why that is?
“Sleazy blog pimps”
LOL. Sleazy guy that hates his nanny.
Do what she says and grow up.
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