BRAVE NEW WORLD (Anne Stuart)
posted by Anne Stuart
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Monday, May 28, 2007
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I'm about to set sail on a grand adventure. Think of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland -- hey, kids, let's put on a show in the barn!
The kids in this case are Jenny Crusie and Lani Diane Rich, and we're putting on a reality show on the internet.
You see, the three of us hate publishing. Don't get us wrong, we love our publishers, we love our editors, our sales reps and pr people, we love our agents, our readers, we love pretty book covers and seeing our words in print. But someone said recently that publishing isn't a business, it's a casino. And the crap shoot aspects of it take a toll on the soul. (Deliberate rhyme there).
So we decided to do something just for fun, when we're not working on our main projects. Something to bring back that original joy of just doing it for the sheer fun of it.
So the three of us are writing a book on the internet, and people get to join in, to critique chapters, so see it as it progresses. We don't know if it will ever get sold, we don't know if it will ever get finished and we don't care. We're having fun.
It's a brave new world, and you're all welcome to come and play in it.
The website is: www.dogsandgoddesses.com and we'll be glad to have you.
To quote Teddy Roosevelt Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace" --
"CHARGE!!!"
The kids in this case are Jenny Crusie and Lani Diane Rich, and we're putting on a reality show on the internet.
You see, the three of us hate publishing. Don't get us wrong, we love our publishers, we love our editors, our sales reps and pr people, we love our agents, our readers, we love pretty book covers and seeing our words in print. But someone said recently that publishing isn't a business, it's a casino. And the crap shoot aspects of it take a toll on the soul. (Deliberate rhyme there).
So we decided to do something just for fun, when we're not working on our main projects. Something to bring back that original joy of just doing it for the sheer fun of it.
So the three of us are writing a book on the internet, and people get to join in, to critique chapters, so see it as it progresses. We don't know if it will ever get sold, we don't know if it will ever get finished and we don't care. We're having fun.
It's a brave new world, and you're all welcome to come and play in it.
The website is: www.dogsandgoddesses.com and we'll be glad to have you.
To quote Teddy Roosevelt Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace" --
"CHARGE!!!"
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1 Comments :
Good for you, Lani and Jenny.
Writers should be finding ways to use the "new" technology on their own behalf - instead of waiting for a publishing house to say that just because we now have the technology to print a book on demand, it therefore never goes "out of print" and the publisher can have the rights forever.
And if anyone wants to know - that was ME who was dissing that change in the traditional contract - not any of the storied Story Broads.
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