Recent content by brendancody

Thanks for those perspectives—all very useful to take into the next phase. I can immediately see that information addressing some of your queries and assumptions is currently only accessible if you have created a writer account. It’s now clear to me that this should be brought forward into the...

There actually is a submission and acceptance process in order to get published. I appreciate that may not be clear until you get through to the writers desk part of the website, (where the submission process is laid out in detail.) This is an excellent observation though - thank you - as it...

I've put more detail about it in another post.

It’s hard for me to believe, but it’s been over a decade since I joined the Litopia Colony. I’ve been dormant in recent years, though. Like many who love writing, I found it difficult to make work as more than a side-line. Bills had to be paid, so my career in IT necessarily took precedence, and...

Thanks @Sedayne. I appreciate the encouragement. :)

It's research for my own information (not distributing it anywhere), but related to a new eReader I'm developing. I'm just curious to ascertain whether writers would actually be bothered submitting to a new digital publication dedicated to short form fiction, and how often in a year they might...

Thanks, that's interesting, and exactly the kind of information I'm looking for. @Sedayne - yes, there's a project I'm working on which I'll post more details about soon. In the meantime I'd love to hear how prevalent or not short story writing is with you all.

I'm doing a little research about short stories. Do you write short stories, or focus only on longer forms such as novels? How often would you compose a short story, and how many are in your back catalogue (either published or sitting unpublished)? Thank you.

Memories of The Alhambra - shot in Spain, but with Korean language and cast - was oddly compelling viewing on Netflix.

Came across this interesting video and thought the colony would be interested.

Having an interest in this field myself, I reckon that they'll never be able to fully detect and weed out AI content technically. There's a couple of likely scenarios. Publishers will get legal, asking authors for an indemnifying affidavit stating that the work is all their own (similar to...

It seems to be particular to niche sub-genres in digital publishing. With fast fiction, just like fast food, I suppose you get what you pay for, and expect!

Apologies if this is already posted somewhere, and for being off the forum for a while, but I was wondering what people in the colony think about the future of A.I. (artificial intelligence) assisted writing. I've always considered AI to be a bit of a misnomer. These type of systems are mostly...

This may interest some Litopians. Kickstarter are holding an on-line conference about the Future of Publishing. More information here: https://www.kickstarter.com/conferences?ref=section-homepage-promo-the-next-page-creating-the-future-of-publishing

We have a duty to know what they - especially the powerful - do. Decisions about kvetching or regulation (whichever your personal taste) come after, but cannot even happen in the absence of knowing. Is it self-defeating for society to hold the powerful to responsibility? It is also, I would...