weblog anthology

veinglory · Apr 12, 2006

I came across this new press planning an anthology of weblog (blog?) pieces.

http://www.miscbooksandpress.org/

Just thought I'd pass it along.

Dawno · Apr 12, 2006

That's nifty veinglory! I wonder if I've posted anything worth submitting...

Hey, the rest of ya'll - submit! Let's get as many AW bloggers in this book as we can - we're great and it will be lots of fun!

DTKelly · Apr 13, 2006

I submitted this short piece of fiction.

Conversation With a Friend Over Coffee in a Yuppie Book Store

Gooch · Apr 13, 2006

Cool! Thanks for the heads up!

I submitted my Fatman and his Dog blog. Doesn't hurt to try!

jenngreenleaf · Apr 13, 2006

I'm digging through today to see if I have anything worth sending in -- thanks for the link!

veinglory · Apr 13, 2006

I haven't sent anything yet myself; must get on with that

Greasy Spoon · Apr 14, 2006

Terms?

Thanks for posting this Veinglory!

Did anyone see any mention of rights or payment? I saw in the manifesto that they believe writers should be paid, but no specifics.

Actually, it's not really payment I'm concerned with (it's a blog entry - just getting it published would be awesome enough), but I am wondering what rights they're asking for. One-time anthology, I assume?

I haven't submitted to publishers very often - if they don't mention what rights they're expecting, should I mention in the email what my assumption is, or just wait and ask questions if they're actually interested?

Thanks all,

Greasy Spoon

MadScientistMatt · Apr 14, 2006

I wonder if they'll take any of my somewhat humorous rants about gas mileage rip-offs. My blog tends to be non-fiction / how-to, so I'm not sure if I have posted anything eligable.

veinglory · Apr 14, 2006

It is light on specifics but I am not sure it has even been decided. I assume they will 'make an offer' on anything they like...

Greasy Spoon · Apr 14, 2006

Okay, well, I just wasn't sure if I was missing a link on the page to more specific information.

I've just submitted a piece of flash fiction I wrote as part of my arts and culture-themed blog, so I'll just cross my fingers and hope I hear something good back. (Or hear something back at all. I still haven't heard from a lit mag I submitted to in September...)

Cheers!

Dawno · Apr 14, 2006

Sometimes you just need to do things for fun. If they pay, cool. If not, well you weren't writing your blog posts for paid publication anyway, now, were you?

L M Ashton · Apr 15, 2006

Hmm. Flash fiction. Now I'm starting to wonder if I should try my hand at that. [/random]

MadScientistMatt · Apr 19, 2006

I just sent them a humor essay from my blog entitled "The Most Dangerous Thing in the Garage."

Dawno · Apr 19, 2006

oooh, Matt, I wanna read it! Got the link?

MadScientistMatt · Apr 20, 2006

Sure, here's the permalink.

http://madscientistmatt.blogspot.com/2006/04/most-dangerous-thing-in-garage.html

I got a response from them - they seemed to like it but weren't sure if they still had room to squeeze it in.

weblog anthology

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Dawno

Shiny!

DTKelly

The Rememberer

Gooch

jenngreenleaf

Here to network and learn.

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Greasy Spoon

MadScientistMatt

Empirical Storm Trooper

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Greasy Spoon

Dawno

Shiny!

L M Ashton

crazy spec fic writer

MadScientistMatt

Empirical Storm Trooper

Dawno

Shiny!

MadScientistMatt

Empirical Storm Trooper