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How do we decide on the number of submissions, and who will go through the motions of publishing this in print?
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Like I said, I don't think publishing in print is really tenable due to the global participaton / distribution. I think if we do this, it should be in electronic format, although someone might want to produce a 'print edition' to distribute amongst their own community.
Although themes were touted earlier in this thread, I don't think we should set a theme - I'd rather keep it open, so that the quality / originality of the work remains the most important thing.
Perhaps would-be contributors could submit up to 3 pieces (up to a certain line length of say 100 lines for poetry, or word limit of 1000 for prose), of which only 1 piece could be chosen for the anthology. Although I guess it depends on how many writers submit - if only a small number, then we could look at multiple pieces per writer, although that could lead to fights regarding fairness and favouritism.
We could set up a special thread to house submissions, and set a rough deadline (which could slide depending on response). Then if we wanted to be really democratic, once the deadline was reached, we could set up a poll thread for users to decide which pieces went into the anthology - although we would have to place trust in people not to abuse this system by tipping the voting in their favour, etc.
Anyway, they're just some ideas...
Although themes were touted earlier in this thread, I don't think we should set a theme - I'd rather keep it open, so that the quality / originality of the work remains the most important thing.
Perhaps would-be contributors could submit up to 3 pieces (up to a certain line length of say 100 lines for poetry, or word limit of 1000 for prose), of which only 1 piece could be chosen for the anthology. Although I guess it depends on how many writers submit - if only a small number, then we could look at multiple pieces per writer, although that could lead to fights regarding fairness and favouritism.
We could set up a special thread to house submissions, and set a rough deadline (which could slide depending on response). Then if we wanted to be really democratic, once the deadline was reached, we could set up a poll thread for users to decide which pieces went into the anthology - although we would have to place trust in people not to abuse this system by tipping the voting in their favour, etc.
Anyway, they're just some ideas...
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iLoveYouWithaKnife
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It's so cool seeing all the old posters of Words come out of the woodwork!
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I write for a living (with a nice paycheck, approx. 80K/y) and it really is a sweet gig. There are some downsides, but the plus is that many of my superiors never dog me for deadlines (obviously, client requests are a different enemy altogether...).
None the less, I want to give more info about what I work with but I fear I would be putting myself in a compromising position. However, I can answer any questions or try to provide helpful guidance to those interested in choosing this path...
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None the less, I want to give more info about what I work with but I fear I would be putting myself in a compromising position. However, I can answer any questions or try to provide helpful guidance to those interested in choosing this path...
swybs
ButrosButros_Grantos
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I'd rather have the gratification of getting it published somewhere real and not in some intangible bullshit website where we can collectively back slap one another and put smilies instead of real comments.
Look, I don't think it's going to happen anyway, because a) there just isn't enough interest and b) I don't think we're going to come to agreement over the format and other issues.
It was worth a try... maybe it will become more viable some time in the future when there's more traffic to this forum (there used to be more traffic, didn't there?). For what it's worth though, one of the key motivations for producing an anthology, for me anyway, would have been to 'advertise' this forum to a wider audience and hopefully boost interest and participation.
It was worth a try... maybe it will become more viable some time in the future when there's more traffic to this forum (there used to be more traffic, didn't there?). For what it's worth though, one of the key motivations for producing an anthology, for me anyway, would have been to 'advertise' this forum to a wider audience and hopefully boost interest and participation.