Short Story Compilation

I've been writing some vignettes lately about people who are out of place. I think I'd like to collect a book of shorts about this very topic as it's something I've always kind of been interested in. I'll probably write 10-20 of these, but I'm gonna need more. I eat words, you see, and I am hungry.

If you are interested in doing a story or two or three or four and would like to be included, let me know. Unfortunately, I can't promise that this will lead to fame or fortune, but if the book makes any real amount of money I will try to compensate the contributers in some way. I haven't really thought of the way yet. This is just a fun side project for me, so I don't want to get too complicated with it.

Rules:

1) Write 1000 words or less on someone who is out of place. No minimum. If your story is 10 words long and good I'll include it (no, that's not a challenge). Nothing over 1000. Seriously.

2) Please thoroughly edit your own pieces. I don't mind doing a tiny bit of grammar correction/spell check, but I don't want to be too bogged down by the editing process on this.

3) If I think something is just incomprehensible, I probably won't use it.

4) I retain the right to use or not use any piece sent to me at my own discretion. If I really hate something, it's probably not going in the book. That said, I enjoy a huge range of writing and I doubt I'll have a heavy hand in this process. Again, I'm doing this for fun.

5) I'm still looking into the rights system for this but I expect it will be almost identical to Weaponizer. If anyone has any advice for me on this front, please let me know. I won't publish anything until I get this all figured out and you will retain the rights to any stories you send me.

6) These rules may be revised at any time if deemed necessary.

7) Due Date is June 30th.

I think this will be a fun exercise and I hope that I get enough entries to fill a book. If you need any clarification on anything, don't hesitate to ask, my email address is right down below. I'll also monitor comments here and respond to them.

Artists! I could use some cover art for this, you know, so I don't have to use one of the generic covers they have on Lulu. Anyone interested can email me. I'll post further guidelines for art if and when we really start getting off the ground with this.

You can submit stories or send questions to me at steevo83 {at} gmail {dot} com.

PS. Intimate Knowledge is going to be the home base for this project so if I post any new information, it will be here.

I've been reading comments on YouTube about the tsunami in Japan:

Since the only comments I've been seeing are spam, I've added a word verification step to leaving comments. Not that it matters, just sayin.

I haven't blogged in a long time and that's because I'm doing most of my ranting and raving on my newsletter now (http://tinyletter.com/steevo, if you're interested), but I thought it was time to come back and say a few things.

I've been looking into The Creator's Front For Diversity In Comics a little lately and they seem to have a good message. The problem is they don't seem to actually be plugging any comics directly. What should I be reading, Creator's Front? Tell me, better yet, tell people who can afford to buy the books.

I think it would be cool for them to set up an actual publishing house, if they can get the funds. Maybe just a single book (a la cLint) that showcases indy writers and artists. I dunno, I just think they need to do more than rage at the establishment without providing alternatives.

In other news, I will, in short order, be putting out a book of old works of mine. This should happen fairly soon and hopefully people will like it. We'll see, a lot of it is not stuff I would write anymore and I'm not sure I like it, though that could be because it's tough to like my writing after I've had some space from it. I'm constantly shifting mind frames. So I'll put it out there and we'll see.

I'm also slowly working on compiling the Life After Death stories written so far into a book. I think it will be about 300 pages long, which is kind of cool. That's quite a lot of writing we did without even realizing it.

Anyway, that's it for now. Keep it real.

A Poem To Remember

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
the Gunpowder Treason and Plot,

I see no reason the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot...