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Hey all,
Long time no see.
I more or less left dA about a year ago to pursue my writing more seriously. As I stepped out into the bright sunlight and open expanses of the publishing world I was dismayed to see that, in spite of the incredible tools and technology available to writers in terms of both creation and distribution of our work, there were really only two paths available through the wilderness: traditional publishing, or doing everything by yourself. Perhaps it was my time here at dA that skewed my sensibilities, but I thought there should be more sense of community — more working together. There was no such thing in the wor
My New Project
Those of you who haven't yet removed me from your follow lists may be interested in my new project. I have started a blog/author site where I post short fiction as well as audio versions of said short fiction (I record the audio versions myself).
The site is called Stories For The Masses
The first couple are pieces that I had already posted here, but there are a couple of new pieces and I'll be posting new fiction every week. I'm particularly happy with the audio version of my short story "Loose Ends". I went full production with backing music and sound effects and everything. Do have a look listen.
I still don't expect to be hanging aroun
Bypassing the Great Firewall of China
For the past 7 years I have been living behind the GFWoC. For the most part I have been unable to access Facebook, Twitter, any website with the word "blog" in its address, youtube and, at times, even IMDB. As a result I lost track of the blog I started many years ago, and lost touch with a lot of my facebook-only friends from back home.
Blogs are banned here in general because the Chinese government is terrified of opinions. Facebook and Twitter are banned because they allow people (who may or may not have opinions) to talk to each other in ways the government finds difficult to monitor and control. Youtube is banned because it competes wit
#cross-pollinated
There's a new group in town
Just wanted to let my watchers know that the Cross-Pollinated (https://www.deviantart.com/cross-pollinated) group is now accepting members and submissions and all that jazz.
What's Cross-Pollinated (https://www.deviantart.com/cross-pollinated)?
From the F.A.Q.:
The metaphor we are trying to draw here is to compare the pollination of a plant with the creation of art. The idea is to allow another piece of art inspire and inform your own art. Just as one plant pollinates another, giving rise to a new, and unique plant, so too can a piece of art inspire an artist to create a new, and unique work of art.
It is important to draw a distinction here between being inspired and copying or translating
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good for you and congratulations on the dld. i'll have to look more carefully for it.
i also want to write a note to *leyghan soon about a possible collab in prose.
also, i wrote a story over 5000 words here in answer to a prompt [did it about a year and a half ago], and even though it got a dd, few took time to read it [it still has fewer than 100 faves] ... in comparison to those who flock to much shorter work [a friend got a dd shortly after, and the same day it got the prize, (it was a short piece) it got over 200 faves]. so you're very right there. you're also right about traditional publication. best of luck. now go write. (:
i also want to write a note to *leyghan soon about a possible collab in prose.
also, i wrote a story over 5000 words here in answer to a prompt [did it about a year and a half ago], and even though it got a dd, few took time to read it [it still has fewer than 100 faves] ... in comparison to those who flock to much shorter work [a friend got a dd shortly after, and the same day it got the prize, (it was a short piece) it got over 200 faves]. so you're very right there. you're also right about traditional publication. best of luck. now go write. (: