I read this neat little article by Courtney Carpenter that brings about a rather unusual concept. Even though technology is at a high point right now, isn't it a bit queer that an author would blog their book instead of publishing it in print or on an e-book? The truth is that digital media is taking publication by storm, and this idea really shouldn't seem so alien to us fellow writers, but for some of us traditionalists it seems rather strange. What do you guys think? |
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Sometimes it’s a lone writer who’s been putting off a story idea for too long, and decides it’s now or never. Sometimes it’s a pair or a group determined to find out what they can achieve by sharing self-imposed deadlines and strong pots of coffee. Sometimes it’s peer pressure or curiosity about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org), that challenge that rallies ever-increasing numbers of writers around the globe every November to band together in pursuit of a 50,000-word “win.”
Book-in-a-month challenges take all forms, fueled by all stripes of writers with all manner of motivations—make the most of that time alone in a borrowed cabin, hunker down for the winter, stop procrastinating, have something ready to pitch at that conference, prove to yourself you can do it, prove to someone else you can do it, get a fresh start—and in this hyperconnected age of 24-hour fingertip resources and networks, of tiny portable keyboards and glow-in-the-dark screens, they’re more popular than ever. Read more of the article over here:
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