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Blogs of note
Mamaneedsabookcontract – Mama Needs a book contract is a really amazingly cool project where seven ‘mamas’, myself included, blog about all things writing, parenting, and life in general.
Terry Heath – a relatively new blogger on the scene, he’s a great writer and has many points that make you think – plus he’s a Nanowrimo participant to boot!
The last link
Today is November 1st – a day, traditionally reserved for the biggest hopes of writers everywhere in the writing community. Just in case you missed all the fuss, check out http://nanowrimo.org, and give yourself 30 days of hope, fun, revelation and most of all, amazing writing as an early Christmas present!
Sunday seven
9:07 am by D Kai Wilson, editor in Fiction, Site news
Ok guys and gals - got a question for you.
You’ve got seven sentences to set the scene before your editor’s eyes glaze over and roll back in his head. He’s looking for the next big thing.
What would you write?
If you decide to take part, post that we’re keeping track of it at http://digitalisobscura.com (http://digitalisobscura.com/vol/2007/sunday-seven/)
Welcome our new staff….
10:00 am by D Kai Wilson, editor in Site news, Staff news
I’d like to welcome our new senior editors, Joyce Anthony and Sharon Wren.
I’ve worked with both of them in the past, and they are both amazing, wonderful, intelligent writers, so I’m honored to work with them.
I met both in a writers group several years ago - Sharon and I both work together at Scribe and Quill - Joyce and I work together at Bi-polarbears and she’s also one of my senior content writers.
So, how does this work exactly?
8:09 pm by D Kai Wilson, editor in Site news
The long and short of it is we’re going to be posting content on a first come, first served basis, with it all premiering on the 1st of November. It’ll be in the PDF AND online for discussion from then.
So, if you want your piece to appear first in the email newsletter, then feel free to submit straight away - you’ll also appear on the front page of the blog, and will be able to interact with anyone that wants to give feedback
The stuff that’s going online at the moment is of course, a bonus (if you want to look at it that way) so if there’s anything you really want us to write about, just let us know 
Editorial calendar update
3:53 pm by D Kai Wilson, editor in Notes from the editor, Site news
Hi guys!
Thanks for the overwhelming support for this project so far - I’m delighted that so many people have taken to it, and taken WELL to it.
I know that the honorarium is causing some consternation - if I could pay more, I would, and as soon as we can, I WILL. This project is not for making money - its about having fun and sharing some cool pieces with the world that I have access to.
And yes, I know, a lot of you are asking whether your work is worth ‘more than a cup of coffee’ - I actually, and wholeheartedly believe it is, but if we can’t pay more, there’s no point in promising more. Therein leads to issues that I really don’t want to encounter - either we pay more and accept less - or we offer more and possibly find that we’re not able to sustain pay.
So we’re deliberately starting out modest and working our way up. And I appreciate your understanding in this.
I also wanted to announce that we’ve updated our editorial calendar - and announced our first three themes - added an actual CALENDAR to the site, via google, and can also offer anyone that’s willing to commit to items for all six issues an email address, masthead position, web space and support for things like Wordpress (cause, y’know, I play with that ;)).
If you’re interested, you can read all about it on our guidelines page, or editorial page, or by subscribing to our editorial calendar (the big blue calendar on the far right ;)).
Kai
http://tippingflamingos.com
http://write-and-earn.com
Hello world!
5:11 pm by D Kai Wilson, editor in Site news
You know, no matter how often I install Wordpress, the ‘hello world’ post always makes it ok.
Hiya - my name is Kai - and I’m the managing editor of this project. Over the coming few weeks, between preparing for university, I’ll be expanding on the information that’s available, but for the moment, welcome to the site.
You can read about me in the masthead, so I won’t bore you with those details, but we ARE looking for editors for the sections, and people to help out in other ways - you get a cool email address that runs much like google, hosting on our servers, and, I hope honorarums, just like the writers. I can explain more about that when you apply
You can apply by contacting me at editor@digitalisobscura.com - or if you know me personally, by dropping me a line.
Once again, though, welcome.
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Memories by Keith Foreman
Starsoma has a strange effect upon the mind. Designed to prevent the onset of mental problems during real-space flight, its heady cocktail of chemicals and electrical stimulation creates a montage of looping imagery and cacophonic aural sensation. The speculation concerning the exact nature of these waking dreams has existed for [...]
Markets and links of note
Blogs of note
Mamaneedsabookcontract – Mama Needs a book contract is a really amazingly cool project where seven ‘mamas’, myself included, blog about all things writing, parenting, and life in general.
Terry Heath – a relatively new blogger on the scene, he’s a great writer and has many points that make you think – plus he’s a [...]
Pot lid by David McLean
night slams down a sky
as lid on this sinful kettle,
burning us here
in this hell we live in
seething in our own stink,
this sweaty nothingness
we live in
sin
David McLean was born in Wales in 1960 though he’s lived in Sweden since 1987. He has been submitting seriously for about a year and, as of the end of October [...]
Vigil by D Kai Wilson
I can’t see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
And I don’t know what’s happening and I won’t pretend
I said my goodbyes years ago – when this all first started.
You were different then – brighter, yet…I don’t know – there’s a spark in [...]
Sunday seven
Ok guys and gals - got a question for you.
You’ve got seven sentences to set the scene before your editor’s eyes glaze over and roll back in his head. He’s looking for the next big thing.
What would you write?
If you decide to take part, post that we’re keeping track of it [...]
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Heart medicine - for writers
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