Dumps Week
Lots of things suck this week. One, I am an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest loser. Didn’t make the next round. Didn’t really think I would, but it’s a bummer all the same. So I sent ...
Month: April 2009
Why Didn’t I Write That?
It was inevitable: give me three weeks on my own, with no work responsibilities, and I will read. Straight through. I haven’t been able to actually read a book since the winter break; between teaching ...
Choosing Software for Digital Fiction: Step 3
Finding a Web-builder First, I’m not a giant corporation with tons of cash to spend to hire a web developer to create the all-singing, all-dancing web extravaganza I’d envisioned. I’m a broke PhD student, struggling ...
Choosing Software for Digital Fiction: Step 2
Features But what kind of website? I could build a simple flash site that takes my readers through my stories click by click, the way Inanimate Alice does. It’s a pretty simple option, really, and ...
Choosing Software for Digital Fiction: Step 1
Deciding on a Platform This was pretty simple. All it took was my supervisor handing me some CD-ROMs containing the premier examples of electronic writing (all hypertexts in Storyspace). Then me sitting down at my ...
Choosing Software for Digital Fiction: Intro
I love Spring Break. No teaching. No office hours. No meetings or training sessions. No having to talk to people. I just get to sit in my home office, make my list of tasks for ...