Comments for The Site of KJ Taylor http://kjtaylor.com Sun, 13 May 2012 13:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on What Do You Want? by Katie http://kjtaylor.com/2012/05/what-do-you-want/#comment-192 Katie Sun, 13 May 2012 13:47:38 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=193#comment-192 Yeah, that seems to be the opinion on the LJ as well. If I do post up a chapter, I'll probably preface it with a short blurb. I'll wait a few days before I decide what to do. Heck, maybe I'll do an illustration to go with it if I'm in the mood! It's been a while since I've done that. (No, I am not the amazing artist who did the banner on the website here. I just paid her. My own illustrations will be a lot more cartoony and a lot less brilliant, but they'll do). Yeah, that seems to be the opinion on the LJ as well. If I do post up a chapter, I’ll probably preface it with a short blurb.

I’ll wait a few days before I decide what to do. Heck, maybe I’ll do an illustration to go with it if I’m in the mood! It’s been a while since I’ve done that.

(No, I am not the amazing artist who did the banner on the website here. I just paid her. My own illustrations will be a lot more cartoony and a lot less brilliant, but they’ll do).

]]> Comment on What Do You Want? by Ellen http://kjtaylor.com/2012/05/what-do-you-want/#comment-191 Ellen Sun, 13 May 2012 13:42:57 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=193#comment-191 I think a little bit of both would be nice I think a little bit of both would be nice

]]> Comment on What Are You Afraid Of? by Katie http://kjtaylor.com/2012/05/what-are-you-afraid-of/#comment-190 Katie Fri, 11 May 2012 13:12:24 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=189#comment-190 Fair enough! I get creeped out sometimes when I'm swimming in water where I can't see the bottom. Heights don't bother me so much, luckily, but I can definitely understand why they freak some people out. Fear is rarely rational, but there's always something rational at its base. It always comes down to danger, and not knowing something adds to it. If you can't see it or don't understand it, you can't protect yourself from it. That's why the dark is scary to pretty much everyone. Fair enough! I get creeped out sometimes when I’m swimming in water where I can’t see the bottom. Heights don’t bother me so much, luckily, but I can definitely understand why they freak some people out.

Fear is rarely rational, but there’s always something rational at its base. It always comes down to danger, and not knowing something adds to it. If you can’t see it or don’t understand it, you can’t protect yourself from it. That’s why the dark is scary to pretty much everyone.

]]> Comment on What Are You Afraid Of? by Alt http://kjtaylor.com/2012/05/what-are-you-afraid-of/#comment-189 Alt Fri, 11 May 2012 12:37:15 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=189#comment-189 Oh, and I forgot to add planes and boats. Planes make me tremble uncontrollably (not for any real reason that I can tell you, they just do) and I lose sleep on boats. Uh, actually, I'm not really afraid of boats, I just don't like them. Oh, and I forgot to add planes and boats. Planes make me tremble uncontrollably (not for any real reason that I can tell you, they just do) and I lose sleep on boats. Uh, actually, I’m not really afraid of boats, I just don’t like them.

]]> Comment on What Are You Afraid Of? by Alt http://kjtaylor.com/2012/05/what-are-you-afraid-of/#comment-188 Alt Fri, 11 May 2012 12:35:38 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=189#comment-188 Um, I dislike not being able to see the ground beneath my feet, as in that moment when you reach the top of a hill and all you can see is sky (but heights in general too). I run screaming from just the thought of spiders and jump out of my skin when I see dust move and then stop abruptly (like spiders do). I also have a fear of what's on the inside of my skin, just knowing that I'm sloshing around in there and things are dying and going places and generally being sloppy and messing creeps me out - it's why I didn't do biology at school. This is probably where my OCD about personal hygiene and a desperate need for a sense of general cleanliness comes from. I also don't swim, large bodies of water give me the creeps, large empty spaces, large spaces filled with people (like trains - which I catch, much to my immense distaste, every day) and while it may not be a FEAR as such, I don't like the sun and will go miles out of my way to avoid it. Makes you wonder how I can bear to exist doesn't it? Um, I dislike not being able to see the ground beneath my feet, as in that moment when you reach the top of a hill and all you can see is sky (but heights in general too). I run screaming from just the thought of spiders and jump out of my skin when I see dust move and then stop abruptly (like spiders do). I also have a fear of what’s on the inside of my skin, just knowing that I’m sloshing around in there and things are dying and going places and generally being sloppy and messing creeps me out – it’s why I didn’t do biology at school. This is probably where my OCD about personal hygiene and a desperate need for a sense of general cleanliness comes from. I also don’t swim, large bodies of water give me the creeps, large empty spaces, large spaces filled with people (like trains – which I catch, much to my immense distaste, every day) and while it may not be a FEAR as such, I don’t like the sun and will go miles out of my way to avoid it.
Makes you wonder how I can bear to exist doesn’t it?

]]> Comment on Kraego and a Small Teaser by Katie http://kjtaylor.com/2012/04/kraego-and-a-small-teaser/#comment-185 Katie Tue, 01 May 2012 01:54:28 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=176#comment-185 That sounds like a good idea to me! I'll let you know, then. That sounds like a good idea to me!
I’ll let you know, then.

]]> Comment on Kraego and a Small Teaser by Ellen http://kjtaylor.com/2012/04/kraego-and-a-small-teaser/#comment-184 Ellen Tue, 01 May 2012 01:15:09 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=176#comment-184 Sounds like a plan!! I think it should be a little after the release of Shadow Heir. So I can go and get all your books signed and can despite over the long wait for the next book!! Sounds like a plan!!

I think it should be a little after the release of Shadow Heir. So I can go and get all your books signed and can despite over the long wait for the next book!!

]]> Comment on Kraego and a Small Teaser by Katie http://kjtaylor.com/2012/04/kraego-and-a-small-teaser/#comment-183 Katie Tue, 01 May 2012 00:26:46 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=176#comment-183 Yeah, that'd be the one! I went exploring and found it. Found the Scott Westerfeld book I'd been looking for too! Well, you've got yourself a deal. I'll post here to say when I'm next going to Sydney. Not sure when that'll be, but it'll happen eventually. Yeah, that’d be the one! I went exploring and found it. Found the Scott Westerfeld book I’d been looking for too!
Well, you’ve got yourself a deal. I’ll post here to say when I’m next going to Sydney. Not sure when that’ll be, but it’ll happen eventually.

]]> Comment on Kraego and a Small Teaser by Ellen http://kjtaylor.com/2012/04/kraego-and-a-small-teaser/#comment-182 Ellen Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:29:00 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=176#comment-182 If you mean the big Dymocks on George St. then yes, I would love for you to say when you are going to be there!! Me and a friend are obsessed with your books and I would love to meet you!! Maybe we could organise coffee or something at the cafe!!! If you mean the big Dymocks on George St. then yes, I would love for you to say when you are going to be there!! Me and a friend are obsessed with your books and I would love to meet you!! Maybe we could organise coffee or something at the cafe!!!

]]> Comment on Kraego and a Small Teaser by Katie http://kjtaylor.com/2012/04/kraego-and-a-small-teaser/#comment-181 Katie Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:18:39 +0000 http://kjtaylor.com/?p=176#comment-181 Gosh, I'm sorry - I held a contest a while ago, which is now closed. But don't worry! Once I have copies I shall put them up on eBay, and each one will be signed to whoever buys it. No matter how many I sell I'll keep putting up fresh ones for as long as people ask me to. I don't have anything scheduled for Sydney, but I do go up there every so often just because I like being there. If you like I can say so here next time I'm going, and arrange to be in that giant Dymocks I found last time. It'd be no big inconvenience to me. Gosh, I’m sorry – I held a contest a while ago, which is now closed.

But don’t worry! Once I have copies I shall put them up on eBay, and each one will be signed to whoever buys it. No matter how many I sell I’ll keep putting up fresh ones for as long as people ask me to.

I don’t have anything scheduled for Sydney, but I do go up there every so often just because I like being there. If you like I can say so here next time I’m going, and arrange to be in that giant Dymocks I found last time. It’d be no big inconvenience to me.

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