Poppy Z. Brite Bans Self From Internet

Posted on May 10, 2005

Author Poppy Z. Brite is imposing an Internet-free Zone around herself. She writes on her blog. The main reason for the self-imposed ban is that the Internet can use up a lot of time. She says she will keep using email because it is a "professional necessity." She also plans to keep the blog and conintue using eBay and eGullet.

That's the problem, you see: I have idiot fatigue. I don't except myself from this; the Internet has definitely made me dumber. I can't do anything about the other idiots, but I can do something about myself. I don't want to use Feedster to find out what people have said about me on their blogs. I don't want babybats who think I should just discreetly keel over dead if I'm not going to write that Lost Souls sequel.....

I've long said that the Internet can be a valuable tool for resource and promotion, and I still believe that. People used to liken it to CB radio. I think it's more like a gun: not inherently evil, but dangerous as hell if you mess around with it. The more time I spend online, the less I spend reading and writing, and I can't have that. It's time to get back to work. Fo' rizzle.

Poppy's new book is Prime (Three Rivers Press), which is getting great reviews. She is not the only writer who has found the Internet to be a big distraction at times.



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