Children of the First

So I'm in this creative non-fiction workshop and our last assignment is to write about whatever we want. Naturally, I'm going to write an article (or piece, story, essay, whatever) about writing on the web, specifically webnovels and other webfiction (i.e. not just another thing about blogs). I think I'm going to focus on the growing community of readers and writers and see where that takes me. It might take me to the relationship with traditional media, or to the future of blogging, or somewhere completely different. I don't know. I do know that I'll draw on my own experience, but that I'll need more than that. I'll need you. I want to know what you read, why you read on the web, how long, ect. Basically, anything you think or feel about webfiction that you want to share would be great. Any little anecdotes about writing on the web would be greatly appreciated as well. (Don't worry, I won't quote anyone without permission. This is just to help me work out what I'm going to say.) Thanks!

AUTHORS NOTES AND SUCH
(I have nothing new to say; the chapter took forever and you guys rock.)

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I don't have anything due for class the rest of this week (except for reading some of E.B. White's essays, which isn't exactly an arduous task), which would normally mean I have more time to devote to the internet in the next four days, but unfortunately (or I guess fortunately for my sanity) this is the week I'm running the light board for the Newcomb Dance Recital. That means that I'm in the theater for many many hours every night, which is when I'd usually be writing. I'll probably have a good bit of downtime, so i'll see what I can get done in that time, though I doubt seeing me bent over a pad of paper and ignoring my cues would inspire the Prof to be generous with my grade. So, you could skip all that and just read this: I will do my best to get the next chapter up by Thursday, but it means working while the sun is up, so I can't promise it wont take until the weekend. I will, as always, do my best to get it up as soon as possible and keep you guys updated if anything changes.

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. -Thomas Mann

New chapter? Hell yeah, new chapter!
Sorry it's been a while since the last one; stupid "life" got in the way of writing.
So I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. It ended up taking forever and—surprise, surprise—I didn't get as far as I thought I would (in terms of the storyline/ plot). You would think I would have learned how much I can fit into a single chapter, but no, I haven't.

On an unrelated note, I recently built a new website for the 1718 Reading Series, and I think it looks pretty good. You can check it out at SeventeenEighteen.com.

As always, thanks for reading and for rocking. Hardcore.

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