Anaphlyaxis - the starting point

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 14:10 — johnso73

I'm committing to transparently drafting this project online, which will be a little different than how I work with paper and pen. Usually, I outline notes with paper and pen, have a list of plot points, images, elements, characters, possibilities, etc. This is then formed into a word or rich text file on my computer. I will sometimes use pen and paper to write changes to a draft, composing a scene or snippet of a scene. Usually, this is no more than three pages and frequently less than that. I then fold the handwritten into the electronic. While entering my pen and paper scene edits, I'm also editing what I wrote with pen/paper as I enter the text. Thus, records of my manuscript edits are incomplete. With this format, I hope to be more reflexive and transparent with my edits.

I begin with a document that has been edited already. I don't have an original, or at least don't have a copy from between original and an early version, I'm guessing, as my iBook was stolen about one year ago. I may have earlier drafts in the cloud (gmail, D2L). I will look and port asynchronously if need be.

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My first review

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 09:24 — johnso73

Playing around with the Google alerts for cream city review [the RSS for the blog "link:http://..." went mysteriously blank a few weeks ago...], i started poking around with variations of "cream city review" - which inevitably led to me googling myself. Who is more interesting than me, right? Partly due to my name and partly due to a lack of curiosity (and content), I've largely avoided the suisearch.

However, today I found a brief review of my story, "Anaphylaxis", at the Emerging Writers Network, which is founded by Dan Wickett, who also does the really solid Dzanc Books.

Massive Update... maybe

Wed, 06/03/2009 - 14:30 — johnso73

So, I've been giving love to the um... backend of this site far more regularly than to the whole 'content generation' aspect. Thems the breaks, I suppose, when time is limited.

But, lucky for the interweb, that doesn't mean I've not been listening to or reading about interesting things. Plus, have a few bits of good news to share about myself, too.

I'll try to clip off the easy things here.

  • On May 1st, Guernica published my short story, Anaphylaxis (yeah, the one that I'm now interested in exploring as a collaborative text). They are a tremendous magazine, with lots of really well written and smart content. Why they published me, I couldn't tell you. I recommend checking them out, not just for my story, but for blogs by people like Robert Reich. (A point of pride to say I shared a venue with him, even an email newsletter.) Esquire also named them as one of the top five places for fiction online.

    So: Yay for me. Also, was awarded a Sappenfield Fellowship from the Universtiy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for general admiration of my work. Also, received a Teaching Assistant position for next year.

    • Digital Stories

    Mon, 01/12/2009 - 19:27 — johnso73

    Discussed:

    BBC's Digital Planet discusses a South African mobile web app story serialization project.

    NPR's All Things Considered compiled a story about the "wovel", which is, in essence, a roughly interactive serialization of a novel on a blog or on the web (web + novel = wovel).

    Schmidt campaigning for Obama in Virginia

    Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:22 — johnso73

    Schmidt and I, we're two of a kind. Eric; not Steve.

    It is important for a President to understand these issues, to have a clear policy statement on net neutrality and many more aspects, to extend broadband access to address some of the domestic digital divide, and to have clearly displayed an organizational mastery of incorporating networked technology into social capital building. It's refreshing to read words like transparency, access and privacy.

    Plus, appointing a Chief Technology Officer just sounds cool.

    Your Election Day HQ

    Tue, 10/28/2008 - 23:17 — johnso73

    Here's the deal: this is designed to be a central link collection of major news outlets, blogs, state secretary of state websites, and citizen journalism or new media resources that will provide you with the information you need on November 4th and (hopefully a happy) early AM on November 5th.

    Also, it will serve as a live blog/open thread for all who want to share in the evening.

    Also also, I'll try to add links relevant stories on turnout/polling problems/extended hours in the body of this post.

    Temporary Bonus:

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