The formula is deceptively simple, and 1,667 words a day seems like a very reasonable target. What could possibly go wrong? I’ll be able to answer that first-hand by December 1st after completing my first venture into NaNoWriMo. My goal is to complete a novel set in Runes of Gallidon, as well as at least […]
Digital Hollywood – Quick Summary
Spent most of last week in Santa Monica at the Digital Hollywood conference. No ground-breaking insights into the future of entertainment, though I did meet some interesting and intelligent people there. Here’s my summary of the DH09 conference: lots of hand-shaking, hand-wringing, and hand-clasping. First, the hand-shaking. This is a networking conference, no two ways […]
Q: What’s the Value of Content?
A: Whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Not what it cost you to produce or acquire it. Not what you feel or believe it is worth. Not what you sold it for yesterday, last week, last month, or last year. After watching a series of comments on a “hey, here’s how to make […]
Living in a Derivative World
I recently viewed a presentation by The Alchemists (here’s their blog) which included a mashup they made from a Brazilian film. I’ve never seen the film, but having watched the mashup – a hilarious sendup in which the characters are searching for the mysterious “Henry Jenkins” – I have a definite perspective about the original […]
Fan-Forced Reader Behavior: DOA
Charlie Anders at io9 recently posted a rant about the segmentation of the science fiction genre, specifically how everyone’s seen the same movies, but it’s hard to find a handful of SF fans who have recently read the same book. Anders asks: “So how do you start making particular books into “must reads” for all […]