Novel Editing: Week One Written on July 26, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
I’m finding my original edits from 2003/04 were more thorough than I remembered in some areas and missed some glaring errors in others. One week in and about half the book has been cleaned up. Surprisingly I haven’t needed a second red pen. I worry that is more a judgment of my editing abilities than [...]
Media Holdouts In The Digital Age Written on July 26, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
The Economist writes about media’s analogue holdouts and how they may be missing out on some awesome digital benefits: They have some good reasons. Online advertising is worth much less than television or print advertising. It is hard to persuade people to pay much (if anything) for digital content. Technology firms such as Amazon and [...]
Novel Editing Written on July 22, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
On the left is a printing of my finished 2003 Nanorwimo novel that was roughly edited in the months after it was written and then shelved. On the right is a current printing of the first draft with plenty of space for me to really go hardcore on the edited. Not pictured are the handful [...]
Time Capsule Written on July 21, 2010, by Rick Sincere.
A few months ago, the Wauwatosa Historical Society put out a call for reminiscences of the Wauwatosa fire department. The idea was to collect memories and memorabilia to put into a time capsule that will be embedded in the new fire department hea…
Remembering ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Written on July 21, 2010, by Rick Sincere.
Today is actor John Francis Daley’s 25th birthday.
That may not seem to have much significance except that, ten years ago this month, a TV series in which he played the central character, Freaks and Geeks, had the last of its original episodes broadca…
Handwritten non-sci-fi contest leads to no entries Written on July 19, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
Across the lake in Kent, England a H.G. Wells story competition ran into a bit of trouble: Budding young writers were invited to send their short stories creating a picture of contemporary life in Kent, to Reg Turnill, a former BBC aerospace correspondent who as a young reporter interviewed Wells. But due to what Mr [...]
A post about a Washington Post column that mentions Lady Gaga but not Justin Beiber found via Kottke.org Written on July 19, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
Interesting column from Gene Weingarten about how the new newsroom is different than the old and, in particular, the impact it has on headlines: The only really creative opportunity copy editors had was writing headlines, and they took it seriously. This gave the American press some brilliant and memorable moments, including this one, when the [...]
Twitter Users More Likely To Be Active Offline Written on July 16, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
According to a survey by MRI, Twitter users are not only more active online than average adults but are more than twice as likely to be active in their communities offline: The survey finds that Twitter users score high on all dimensions of public activity. They are 209% more likely to have written something that’s [...]
Newspapers And The Hulu Model Written on July 13, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
Wesley Donehue over at TechRepublican wonders what if newspapers explored the Hulu advertising model? Let’s look at South Carolina as an example. The State’s John O’Connor and Gina Smith pumped out “must read” material for the nation during the Mark Sanford scandal. Unfortunately the only money they got from the increased readership was a hopeful [...]
Like A Brick Written on July 13, 2010, by Jason Kenney.
Brick/Brick Reloaded, a big media attempt at local alt-weekly-ness, will run it’s last issue next week. People don’t pick up newspapers to read syndicated material. You will not last long doing that. And people don’t go to flimsy, finger-staining newspapers to read reviews of movies, books or music. The national stuff is all available everywhere [...]