Burst Culture
This is just well said – Burst Culture. (by Warren Ellis).
My favourites that are so true:
*) The hurdle to credible publishing on the web, now, is the nine dollars it costs to buy a domain name from GoDaddy, which can be mapped on to a free Tumblr or Blogger space.
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*) Bursts aren’t contentless, nor do they denote the end of Attention Span. If attention span was dead, JK Rowling wouldn’t be selling paperbacks thick enough to choke a pig, and Neal Stephenson wouldn’t be making a living off books the size of the first bedsit I lived in.
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*) Monetisation through a combination of ad programs like Indieclick or Federated Media, clickthrough systems like Amazon Associates, and merchandise operations like Cafe Press (which I’m assured is much better now)…do actually work.
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*) None of this is new thinking. None of it.
I like another point (in the article) that if your a sci-fi writer, collaborate with someone else like minded, build a site/blog, promote yourself, don’t wait for a diminishing set of underpaying sci-fi mags to publish you stories.
Warren Ellis as I’ve mentioned before wrote the transmetropolitan series, a cyberpunk comic. He’s not pro-establishment, just get’s in and speaks his mind (See his blog – small warning that he does post about anything.)
In the last five minutes i found this quote:
Action is the foundational key to all success.
-Pablo Picasso
I guess that’s what he’s saying, don’t like how other people want you to publish your thoughts or stories?
Just do it yourself, $9 for your voice and google to connect people searching for the the same ideas.