Thanks, guys. I will be snarfing these up as soon as I get home.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2009 4:08:51 pm PDT #10253 of 28377
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2009 5:22:36 pm PDT #10254 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What does "cell novel form" mean?
I hope to God it doesn't mean what I think it means, which is a book told entirely in text messages.
Steph L. - Oct 22, 2009 5:22:49 pm PDT #10255 of 28377
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
LOL
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2009 5:26:27 pm PDT #10256 of 28377
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strix - Oct 22, 2009 6:48:14 pm PDT #10257 of 28377
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. Interesting. Now, I read books on my itouch and on my computer -- instant gratification is EXCELLENT at 3 am when you've discovered a new series, or if you are in your underwear and scraggly hair -- but I cannot imagine WRITING anything lengthy on a cell.
P.M. Marc - Oct 22, 2009 7:53:31 pm PDT #10258 of 28377
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I, err.
::coughs::
Yeah, I've probably written at least 10,000 words of fiction on my iPhone, some of it through texting, some in note form.
I usually wind up with 300-400 word chunks that I quilt together and expand in the final versions, but really, most of my drafting now happens on the phone.
DavidS - Oct 22, 2009 8:04:35 pm PDT #10259 of 28377
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cell phone/text novels are a big deal in Japan where they've been popular for years.
Really just updating the format of the old epistleatory novel, like Dangerous Liaisons.
Maysa - Oct 22, 2009 10:22:58 pm PDT #10260 of 28377
This is a really interesting article about the cell phone novels in Japan and how they're used by young women as a means for expression:
Fred Pete - Oct 23, 2009 4:38:31 am PDT #10261 of 28377
Ann, that's a ferret.
I haven't kept up -- my first reaction to "cell phone novel" was Steven King's Cell. Where cell phones are a key part of the story, but it definitely isn't a cell phone novel.
Aims - Oct 26, 2009 7:51:49 am PDT #10262 of 28377
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Emeline got a personally inscribed copy of Blueberry Girl from our friend Anne this weekend. Damn book made me cry. But she LOVES it. It is quite beautiful. A must-have for young girl children.
She is building up quite the collection of personalized books. She already has The Wolves in the Walls, Micawber (by John Lithgow) and this winter she'll be getting The Last Unicorn since Peter S. Beagle will be at the Con that we always go to.