April 1st Idea - Calling Web-serial authors!

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

Originally posted on weblit.us and on the Web Fiction Guide Forums, x-posting here to reach the parts of the Venn Diagram those don't reach ;-)

I was thinking recently of the common complaint that most of our most active readers are, well, each other.

Well, why not use that?

When I started reading web-comics, they would often, on April Fool's day, draw each other's strips in a sort of round robin.

Why not do that with weblit? Enough weblit writers read each others' work that it wouldn't be that hard to write a guest post in their setting.

wsteria is helping me organize this; if you're interested, we've agreed on a deadline of 2/14 to give us time to get it all sorted out.

Comments

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I support weblit, but what I'm doing with it is different than most people: Poetry Fishbowls rather than a fiction serial. (I have a project in progress that may turn into a fiction serial, but not this month.) I read or have read a number of weblit projects. So is this project strictly for fiction, or are you open to the idea of a poetry crossover?

Oh, and you should crosspost this on the Dreamwidth Crowdfunding community, if you haven't already.

Re: Hmm...

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

I did Xpost it.

Let me poke Wystie, but I think we should probably be able to work with the fishbowl.

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Okay, great. Thanks for letting me know.

Re: Hmm...

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

After a brief consolation, we've determined we don't see any reason it can't work. :-)

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Okay, great. Please count me in as a potential participant. Are you going to try matching people up, or what?

Re: Hmm...

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

Wysteria has a wonderful intro letter that she'd love to send to you; what's the best way to contact you?

(it answers both of those questions)