Gus: heh.

Connie: no idea yet. But they'd all come from here. Keep in mind that, the larger the pool of writers, the smaller the payout to each writer. I'm thinking probably somewhere between a dozen and 16 or so writers total, but I could be talking entirely out of my ass. Once I do the proposal, I can get a better idea as to how many.

Tep: hell yes.

I'm thinking probably somewhere between a dozen and 16 or so writers total, but I could be talking entirely out of my ass. Once I do the proposal, I can get a better idea as to how many.

I'm just thinking out loud, but could the anthology be structured by topic, choosing 12-16 topics, rather than authors?

I'm just thinking out loud, but could the anthology be structured by topic, choosing 12-16 topics, rather than authors?

Obviously, it depends on what BenBella would want to do, if they're even interested, but I like this idea, too.

The problem -- if you want to look at it that way -- is that they pay very little for essays in their other anthologies. This might wind up being a "paid in copies" deal, if there are a lot of authors involved, but that wouldn't matter to me.

Honestly, I wasn't even thinking about $$. At all. It never actually occurred to me. I'm just thrilled at the possibility of getting our words out.

(Yes, that was a Wonderfalls reference.)

I'm just thinking out loud, but could the anthology be structured by topic, choosing 12-16 topics, rather than authors?

Obviously, it depends on what BenBella would want to do, if they're even interested, but I like this idea, too.

I was actually planning on structuring it by topic, rather than writer. If it's being pitched as essentially a non-fiction deal, then the topic becomes the primary focus: using the variations on each topic to illustrate how different writers might interpret and use.

Amy, I'm assuming you have no objection to being one of the proposal "name legs"? Laura Anne has indicated she wants to play, so there's three.

Amy, I'm assuming you have no objection to being one of the proposal "name legs"? Laura Anne has indicated she wants to play, so there's three.

Not at all. And yay for Laura Anne playing!

Man. I wish I had the ability to drabble.

I wish I had the ability to drabble.

So do I. Are you sure you don't? Some nice crisp 100-word observations on fandom?

I've made the attempt. It never works out well.

Yeah. I think the paid in copies thing would make sense - maybe not even always that. I mean what if someone has written one really good drabble? You want to leave that out if they are willing to contribute it? And somewhere in the range of zero to one copies equals market rate of compensation for 100 words of fiction from a non-name. If there is any money it shold go the names, and perhaps to people who make really signficant contribution. (That might be a fair distinction - major and minor contributors.)