tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post437645580846162738..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Hendrix-stained Pixel Postingtate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-14581143127586009012007-04-16T22:47:00.000-05:002007-04-16T22:47:00.000-05:00Lyda, not a closed circuit at all. There are alrea...Lyda, not a closed circuit at all. There are already dozens of pro and many more semi-pros and amateurs who are talking about doing this. That means links etc. at a lot of sites with a lot of eyeballs, many of whom probably don't currently have a copy of WebMage on their shelves and who might be motivated to go out and buy one if they like my free short fiction enough.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-66817543999453532032007-04-16T20:28:00.000-05:002007-04-16T20:28:00.000-05:00Oh, and you can already buy the t-shirt:http://www...Oh, and you can already buy the t-shirt:<BR/>http://www.cafepress.com/pixelstainedtate hallawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-2602995049736792082007-04-16T20:03:00.000-05:002007-04-16T20:03:00.000-05:00I'm still on the fence about this whole issue, I'm...I'm still on the fence about this whole issue, I'm afraid. <BR/><BR/>Right now I currently have lots of "teaser" material of my fiction available on-line for free (including somethings I didn't agree to, namely Amazon.com's "Look Inside" feature) because I do tend to agree that in this electronic age you do need to give something away in order to generate attention for yourself. However, I'm usually very careful not to include the entire work, only portions of it -- enough, hopefully, to send a veiwer off to look for the print version of my stories/novels/whatever.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Kelly, who's attention are we getting by doing this? Isn't this a closed circuit?lydamorehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193266008038604325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-76124611723822281822007-04-16T19:44:00.000-05:002007-04-16T19:44:00.000-05:00I'm with Kelly on this one. I'm perfectly content ...I'm with Kelly on this one. I'm perfectly content to use Hendrix's poor manners to generate eyeballs for my work. It makes him useful in a way his original letter was decidedly not.<BR/><BR/>I've already had some godawful writing available on the net for years. It's gotten me some interesting correspondence, the lead quote in a college thesis, and the opportunity to demand someone take down my work because they were using it to advertise. Imagine what something good--with good links--could do.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-67551970431802041622007-04-16T15:56:00.000-05:002007-04-16T15:56:00.000-05:00How about to draw further attention to your own wo...How about to draw further attention to your own work? <BR/><BR/>It would seem to me that by participating in a multi-blog multi-professional author release of professional quality material one is in essence adding to a web anthology of professional fiction, one that should have a fairly high profile and attract many readers.<BR/><BR/>For several years now, I've been thinking about putting reprints of one or two published shorts on my website for people to see. This would seem an ideal time due to the massive free publicity blitz provided by the Hendrix flap. Alos, I frankly don't see a huge amount of difference in terms of commercial and moral value between this and the semi-annual Wyrdmsiths anthology, or this and the Wyrdsmiths blog for that matter.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-4916929389897674452007-04-16T15:42:00.000-05:002007-04-16T15:42:00.000-05:00Well said.Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com