My good friend and fellow noob author, Jim Goodman, came up with this idea to write a collaborative story, but done in an odd sort of way.  I liked the idea so much, that not only did I agree to participate, but I offered to help promote it, document it, and share it.  Here's how it works.  Jim began by writing a single paragraph, presumably as the first in a story.  Without offering any other direction with regard to content, he asked me to continue the story with my own short contribution, … [Read more...] about Collaborative, Quasi-Curated Fiction

NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS:  Below is the story in full as it has developed so far.  It includes the name of the contributors and the state in which they live.  We recommend you read it before you contribute.CHAPTER ONEMy sister was always the oddball of our family. Although we were quintuplets, the other four were all boys and I killed her thinking that I could get away with it because there would be so much matching DNA. I made my three brothers think that there was someone else after all … [Read more...] about How Not to Stay in Vegas (Project Content)

We decided to add a little spice to our project by inviting illustrators to participate. We'd like get a single illustration for each chapter of our project.  At the end, we'd like to consider some of the contributions or even new ones for a cover of the completed work.  You can find out more about the project on our project description post here. As with our written content, we're asking illustrators to tag a friend to contribute the next illustration.And if anyone is feeling generous and … [Read more...] about Seeking Illustrators