Entries from February 2007 ↓

Patrick Borders on Emdashery pointed out “Browse Inside” yesterday. It has the potential to be an interesting tool from HarperCollins for readers and bloggers. But it still has some problems.

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Martin Espada wrote this advice to young poets in The Republic of Poetry, but it applies to all writers, bloggers included.

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Why should bloggers go to SOBcon07 on May 11? It’s simple.

Because I can’t go and I want to live vicariously through you.

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It just takes three steps. Praise. Practice. Production.

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A long comment to Karin at Kiss2 turned into a full blown post. She asked:

Why, if it is called the World-Wide-web, do so many websites, blogs, forums etc make it so difficult for the world-wide-visitor to find out (simply and almost instantly) where the company/business/organisation is based?

Sometimes I think it is intentional. A few shady businesses (ok, more than a few) want to hide their identity to fool sloppy consumers. But mostly I think businesses hide their identities on accident.

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Yesterday Michael Hyatt wrote this about Christian publishing:

It’s no secret that this channel is facing significant challenges. Everything needs to be on the table. None of us can afford to keep doing something because “that’s the way we’ve always done it.”

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CSFF is exploring Jeff Gerke’s site, WhereTheMapEnds.com. So I thought I would spend the last day of the tour highlighting my five favorite parts of his site.

1. Interviews! I love interviews, and Jeff has some really good ones. A notable absence is Randy Ingermanson. Jeff, I hope that one’s on the way.
2. Publication Process Revealed! Not for the faint of heart. But an incredible tool, nonetheless.
3. Collaborative Fiction Project! In his newsletter (see the right side bar of Jeff’s site), he says, “Our premise: A medieval fantasy world–with its own problems, histories, cultures, and cast of characters–is suddenly invaded by technologically advanced beings from space–who themselves have their own problems, histories, cultures, and cast of characters . . . I hope you’ll join the fun. Whether you’re a writer, a reader, or just an intrigued bystander (who might BECOME a writer along the way), you’re heartily invited.” His inspiration for the premise is the movie Krull–boy, does that take me back.
4. The Random Story Generator! This is just fun. It’s based on Randy Ingermanson’s snowflake method, and it isn’t half bad as a real tool.
5. Venusian Beauties! Ok, this Ed Wood style short isn’t actually on Jeff’s page, but he stars as a “Commander in the United States Space Invaders Agency who turns out to really be an evil spy from the planet Venus.” You won’t want to miss all the tin foil! (It’s about five minutes, and you’ll hear Jeff say things like, “Show me!” and “It was a big fat bird!” and “Captain Space Man!”

The best stop on the tour by the way is Jeff’s interview about the CBA. I’ll add that link later this morning. (My son is gagging right now, gotta run.)

 

 

A friend asked me that question last month. And it has been bugging me ever since.

The Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy (CSFF) blog tour is talking about Jeff Gerke and WhereTheMapEnds.com this month, so it seemed a good time to get input from others.

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As you all may have noticed, I’ve slowed a bit. Business travel, TheHighCalling.org redesign, and the HighCallingBlogs.com design have swept over me like flood waters.

Also, I’ll be moving this site to a new server later today (hopefully). There are a lot of background things like that going on.

I love you all, and I promise to resurface soon.

I haven’t posted a poem since I moved here from blogger. So it’s a little overdue.

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