Proud pixel-stained technopeasant wench.
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talkstowolvesPardon my brief links here today! I am in the midst of the final week and a half of the spring semester of graduate school: I have two and a half papers to write and two exams to study for-- so I hope you'll understand my brevity!
With that now dispensed:
HAPPY THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PIXEL-STAINED TECHNOPEASANT DAY! [Explanation here.]
Year One (2007):
Year Two (2008):
In my Year Two post, I discussed how Tor had just opened their new website: an interactive, creative place full of free offerings. This site has flourished in the last year: there is so much art and free fiction and miscellanea offered that I've honestly not had time to look at it all.
In the wreckage surrounding us thanks to the recent American economy, some people may worry about giving their work away without charge. However, I say it's even more important to do so now than it was in past years! You foster loyal patronage by showing your patrons what you can do, enticing them with your skills so that they feel moved to support your work.
Without further ado, I bring you my offerings:
Last summer, I began an experiment in cyberfunded creativity, inviting tips but not requiring payment for my work. I've had to put the project on hiatus due to graduate school, but here is a listing of the current offerings:
"In Extremis" (Concerning a working-girl demon.)
"The Brotherhood of Applied Sciences" (Concerning two brothers in science.)
"Our Lady of Crows" (Concerning the earliest story of crows.)
"Mortal Desires" (Concerning conversations with Death.)
I have had two poems published recently that are available in amazing online magazines, free of charge:
"My Small Army of Souls," published in the Sixth Issue (September 2008) of Scheherezade's Bequest, the online companion to Cabinet des Fées.
"Ireland, A Sapphic Poem," published in the 50th Issue (February 2009) of The Pedestal Magazine.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I published a number of my photographs from Kyoto, Japan, coupled with my words in a project called Postcards from a Traveling Oracle: To Nine Sisters, from Kyoto.
At my website, you can find a selection of free fiction and poetry, including my offerings for the previous years' IPSTP Days (which I list here below):
"And My Sky Full of Stars": A short work mixing creative nonfiction with abstract fiction, focusing on relationships. Year One (2007) offering.
"Elegy for a Fallen Angel": A poem considering the subsequent mortal life and mystery of a fallen angel. Year One (2007) offering.
"To Live": Short fiction on the interconnectedness of life through the tale of wolf and boy; originally published in Huntingdon College's The Prelude in 2001. Year Two (2008) offering.
Please see my next post for this year's offering: a selection of free poems, showcasing my practice in some specific poetic forms.
Also:
Visit the community to see many, many IPSTP Day offerings from others:ipstp.
Also see A Directory of Online Creations.
With that now dispensed:
HAPPY THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PIXEL-STAINED TECHNOPEASANT DAY! [Explanation here.]
Year One (2007):
The Internet (in some incarnation) is here to stay. Online interactive content is the wave of the future, and promoting the value of your work via the Internet is absolutely nothing to shy away from.
There are many, many artists that I have discovered online and subsequently spent large amounts of cash on. If it weren't for them freely posting some of their works to the Internet, I'm not sure that I would have found them as easily. This says nothing about their talent and everything about methods of physical distribution.
Click here to read the rest of this post.
Year Two (2008):
What I said last year still holds true today, and I'd like to add a little more commentary on how free work offered online affects the real world of paid work.
First, being able to sample new writers through their online journals and postings has turned me on to authors that I possibly never would have found before. (This is not a comment on how their work stands up among the market, but a comment on the sheer number of things out there that I want to read. Choosing among all the things I want to read can sometimes be a daunting task indeed.) The fact that I had sampled Elizabeth Bear's work sold me a copy of Dust. The fact that I read and enjoyseanan_mcguire's poetry is guaranteed to sell me a copy of whatever physically published work Seanan McGuire puts out. Becoming familiar with the amazing work of
Also, since last IPSTP Day, we've seen a couple of major publishers put entire works of their authors online-- for free.
Click here to read the rest of this post.
In my Year Two post, I discussed how Tor had just opened their new website: an interactive, creative place full of free offerings. This site has flourished in the last year: there is so much art and free fiction and miscellanea offered that I've honestly not had time to look at it all.
In the wreckage surrounding us thanks to the recent American economy, some people may worry about giving their work away without charge. However, I say it's even more important to do so now than it was in past years! You foster loyal patronage by showing your patrons what you can do, enticing them with your skills so that they feel moved to support your work.
Without further ado, I bring you my offerings:
Last summer, I began an experiment in cyberfunded creativity, inviting tips but not requiring payment for my work. I've had to put the project on hiatus due to graduate school, but here is a listing of the current offerings:
"In Extremis" (Concerning a working-girl demon.)
"The Brotherhood of Applied Sciences" (Concerning two brothers in science.)
"Our Lady of Crows" (Concerning the earliest story of crows.)
"Mortal Desires" (Concerning conversations with Death.)
I have had two poems published recently that are available in amazing online magazines, free of charge:
"My Small Army of Souls," published in the Sixth Issue (September 2008) of Scheherezade's Bequest, the online companion to Cabinet des Fées.
"Ireland, A Sapphic Poem," published in the 50th Issue (February 2009) of The Pedestal Magazine.
Just a couple of weeks ago, I published a number of my photographs from Kyoto, Japan, coupled with my words in a project called Postcards from a Traveling Oracle: To Nine Sisters, from Kyoto.
At my website, you can find a selection of free fiction and poetry, including my offerings for the previous years' IPSTP Days (which I list here below):
"And My Sky Full of Stars": A short work mixing creative nonfiction with abstract fiction, focusing on relationships. Year One (2007) offering.
"Elegy for a Fallen Angel": A poem considering the subsequent mortal life and mystery of a fallen angel. Year One (2007) offering.
"To Live": Short fiction on the interconnectedness of life through the tale of wolf and boy; originally published in Huntingdon College's The Prelude in 2001. Year Two (2008) offering.
Please see my next post for this year's offering: a selection of free poems, showcasing my practice in some specific poetic forms.
Also:
Visit the community to see many, many IPSTP Day offerings from others:
ipstp. Also see A Directory of Online Creations.