http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Forum: On the Web - Recent Topics en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:30:58 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/critique-circle#post-7719 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:59:11 +0000 John Crandall 7719@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I'm trying to find a good, trustworthy place for critiques. </p> <p>Ideally a site that won't steal my identity :-P</p> <p>Is Critique Circle good? How about Critters? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/guts-and-sass-an-anti-epic-new-twists-and-more-frequent-updates#post-7700 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:44:51 +0000 M.E.Traylor 7700@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>So I've been putting up a story called "Guts and Sass: An Anti-Epic" most Tuesdays and Fridays for almost exactly a year now (anniversary!), and all sorts of <a href="http://metraylor.com/gutsandsass/plains18">fun drama plot</a> just hit the fan. I'm also posting more often in a bid to complete the book for April, so there's usually three, sometimes four updates a week. So in case you're bored, and don't already have enough on your reading list, come on over. Love to have ya. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/spygod-the-big-christmas-special#post-7646 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:54:50 +0000 spygod 7646@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Holy !@#$ It's the mother of all catch-up posts! </p> <p>BUSH! HONEYCOMB! </p> <p>Underman's posse! Alien Drugs! </p> <p>It's all here! </p> <p><a href="http://spygod-tales.blogspot.com/2011/12/1214-3111-big-spygod-christmas-special.html" rel="nofollow">http://spygod-tales.blogspot.com/2011/12/1214-3111-big-spygod-christmas-special.html</a> </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/weblit-platforms-pandamian-vs-fluffy-seme#post-7597 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:43:19 +0000 M.E.Traylor 7597@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>For anyone looking for a free, no expertise required platform to publish weblit that's more tailored to the genre than Wordpress, Blogger or the like, I <a href="http://weblit.us/content/weblit-platforms-pandamian-vs-fluffy-seme">wrote a low-down</a> on the strengths and weaknesses of Pandamian and Fluffy-Seme. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/a-new-blog-on-the-topic-of-online-fiction#post-7613 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:29:56 +0000 Uebyn G 7613@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi all, </p> <p>I have a blog that talks about the topic of online fiction (web fiction, flash fiction, whatever fiction that's online), and I think I do have some interesting views on it. I'm wondering if anyone would be interested enough to drop by and perhaps share your views:</p> <p><a href="http://www.uebyn.com/topics/online-fiction/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uebyn.com/topics/online-fiction/</a></p> <p>Thanks in advance for your time. Cheers. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/blog-novel#post-7495 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:56:17 +0000 rlbaich 7495@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I made a blog out of my novel, and now I've got folks all over the world reading my words. Too bad I can't get it listed on this site, but if anybody is interested in reading my mystery novel, here is the address:<br /> <a href="http://rlbaich-chasingshadows.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://rlbaich-chasingshadows.blogspot.com</a></p> <p>Blogs are a great way to get your work out there when agents are too busy looking for the next Stieg Larsson or Nora Roberts. Just sayin'. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/syndicating-serials-to-the-kindle#post-7043 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:56:01 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7043@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've decided to have a go at making my livejournal, which is where I post my serials (I have two running concurrently now!) available as a subscription blog on Amazon's kindle store. I have no idea whether it will have any success at all, but I am curious to see what happens! Is anyone else trying this? Does anyone else read blogs through their e-book readers?</p> <p>Here's the URL for mine; amusingly, people can review it! Like any other product. What a funny notion!<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FCO62Q" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FCO62Q</a> </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/spygod-the-big-story-so-far-take-ii#post-7516 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:04:14 +0000 spygod 7516@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>The good news: Everyone's favorite immortal conservative queer gun nut superspy superhero has reached another milestone! </p> <p>The bad news: We can't tell you what it is on a non-secure channel due to (REDACTED), (REDACTED), and martian nose bugs.</p> <p>The silver lining: You can now catch up with SPYGOD's crazy adventures by way of The Big **** Story So Far, Take II. </p> <p><a href="http://spygod-tales.blogspot.com/2011/11/11111-big-story-so-far-take-ii.html" rel="nofollow">http://spygod-tales.blogspot.com/2011/11/11111-big-story-so-far-take-ii.html</a></p> <p>The punchline: If you find yourself swimming amongst the backlinks and actually enjoying yourself, we cannot be held responsible for what happens next. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/anyone-heard-of-justfiction#post-7472 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:56:49 +0000 Gavin Williams 7472@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Has anyone heard of <a href="http://www.justfiction-edition.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.justfiction-edition.com</a> ? They approached me today about publishing one of my stories. They seem to do e-publishing through amazon and other sites, plus print-to-order through book wholesellers. Has anyone else been contacted or know anything about them?</p> <p>I'm trying to find out what advantages (if any) there are to using their services, when lulu.com and smashwords let you retain dissemination rights and creative control. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/howdy#post-7437 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:41:24 +0000 rnsmith 7437@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hello everyone, I was glad to find this site, and forum. I have been working on a story, which I have decided to publish on the web as a serial novel. The comments here have been very instructive. I've put off posting the first chapter a few times, but I may start very soon. I will post more information when it begins. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/finished#post-7471 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:07:09 +0000 ubersoft 7471@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Today the final chapter for <em>Pay Me, Bug!</em> went up on my site. I have now officially pissed away all first publication rights to that one. ;-)</p> <p>Seriously though, it felt good. Now I'm going to have to tinker with the PMB! home page. While it was publishing, it was configured to always show the latest chapter, but in a week or so it's going to have to be set up for someone who was never following it originally, but is looking at it for the first time. So that should consume some of my time.</p> <p>Meanwhile, on to <em>The Points Between!</em> And NaNoWriMo! And finishing filling out my ISBN information! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/flash-fiction-needed#post-7454 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:37:22 +0000 SamNye 7454@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Flashist Fiction, the newest website for up and coming flash fiction writers, is now up and running at <a href="http://www.flashistfiction.weebly.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.flashistfiction.weebly.com</a><br /> Calling all flash fiction writers! Got a story idea? Got some already written? Come join the flashist dictators at Flashist Fiction, the new home of flash fiction. Submit your story, tell your friends to come read it, and share your ideas with the world.<br /> (Note: for those who don't know what flash fiction is, it is stories of 1,000 words or less. It's great fun to write, and good for a quickie of fiction if you just want a touch of fun before work or school.)<br /> There are no age requirements, no content restrictions (besides one: NO OVERT SEXUAL/PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT WILL BE ACCEPTED.)<br /> The site is new, so there are only two authors and two stories at the time of this writing, but the editor expects this to change soon. Come help that changed! Join the flashist movement, and immerse yourself in flashism. Come be a flashist dictator! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/well-im-in-for-it-now#post-7396 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:13:34 +0000 ubersoft 7396@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I posted the first chapter of <a href="https://www.unexploredhorizons.net/novel/points-between/points-between-chapter-01">The Points Between</a> today. I need to wait three weeks before actually creating an entry here on WFG, but I'm having release jitters so I'm posting.</p> <p>This is an effort where I'm in waaaaaaaaay over my head. This style of storytelling feels pretty alien to me, so I'm not able to tell if something feels like it doesn't work because I'm not used to it, or if it just... doesn't... work. But if you're going to fail, fail big! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/collaborative-1920s-superhero-stories#post-7311 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:00 +0000 Robert Rodgers 7311@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've been talking to Jim Zoetewey (the author of Legion of Nothing) for a few days about a project that combines the dexterity of our previous successful crossover (on his website--'The Omnisphere') with the pleasure, momentum, and creative output of a larger group (an attempt that failed earlier). The idea we're working with is something I'm tentatively calling 'The Pulp'.</p> <p>The idea is this--a set of 1920s/30s 'comic book' serials, each concerning either a specific character or organization, each with a set core author. All of them would be hosted on the same site (with individual blogs 'nested' into the primary blog), all of them with one author dedicated to writing their story. Also on the site is a forum for us to brainstorm about characters, work on plots (that unite several several characters), omnivillains (that unite several stories), submit chapters for proofreading and feedback (optional, but probably an excellent idea), etc. In addition, we'll probably have a 'primary' story feed that involves short one-shots with a rotating author schedule.</p> <p>Some of the benefits of this model: If an author gets sick, has to quit, can't keep up with the update schedule, or otherwise loses interest, we have options--we can 'cancel' the series, write an ending, put the character/organization on a bus, collapse it into someone else's narrative, or even have another author take over the whole thing. If you can't make your update just for a week, someone else can step in and write the story for you for that week. Crossovers are easier, and can either be just a two-person thing or a grandiose all-involved thing; we can have multiple story foreshadowings (a villain foreshadowed in one narrative, appears in the other), have guest stories (I take over your story for a week, you take over mine), and do all other sorts of interesting authorial hijinks. Authors are allowed to do 'their own thing' without having to double-check everything with the community; also, you get the benefits of brainstorming and feedback with a group intimately involved with the project, as well as a pool of interesting bit characters that everyone can trade around freely.</p> <p>I picked 1920s/30s pulp serials because I have a particular love for that century's feel of heroism--but also because it's something I haven't seen often done. I love the process of world and character building, and I feel like there's a lot of material to chew on in that era--characters like the Shadow, Doc Savage, and others offer a whole platter of ideas to modify and make our own. There's also the fascinating possibility of ending the pulp era and moving on to other periods of superheroism with the background established in this first part.</p> <p>If you're interested, feel free to register at <a href="http://thepulp.inmydaydreams.com/wp-admin/" rel="nofollow">http://thepulp.inmydaydreams.com/wp-admin/</a> and post under 'Anything Goes - Introductions' to tell us what part you'd like to take in the project. We've got a forum up now, and we're getting into the nitty gritty of the basic rules/characters that occupy this setting--fresh ideas and writers are always welcome.</p> <p>Thanks for reading! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/next-week-i-start-my-new-project#post-7370 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:38:12 +0000 ubersoft 7370@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>The announcement is here: <a href="https://www.unexploredhorizons.net/news/2011/starting-next-week-points-between" rel="nofollow">https://www.unexploredhorizons.net/news/2011/starting-next-week-points-between</a></p> <p>I am equal parts pessimistic and excited about it. Well, I'm probably more excited than pessimistic. Except for the times I'm more pessimistic than excited. You know what I mean. </p>