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Everybody talks about how great social networking is for writers, but very few people actually know how to make it work.
Last week, Larry Smith (founder of Smith Magazine) and Rachel Fershleiser (senior editor at Smith) were my special guests, discussing how they built an interactive storytelling community.
During their long interview, they showed us how they turned a network of friends into a brand new book, Not Quite What I Was Planning--using the magazine's community as a springboard.
I'm trying to put all my Five Easy Question interviews into an easy-reading form, so here's a quick and dirty index of that interview, for your browsing pleasure...
In my favorite segment, Larry Smith explained How Microblogging and Mobile Technology Can Help Fledgling Writers.
My web video feature took you inside the Smith Magazine book party so you could Meet the Twenty-First Century Writing Community.
After that, Larry Smith taught us How Your Writing Community Can Help You.
Rachel Fershleiser gave hints on How To Build A Reading Community.
Then, in a special double-header question, Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith showed us How To Balance a Writing Career and a Dayjob.
Finally, Rachel Fershleiser took us Inside the Mind of an Anthology Editor.
"[I went] begging my way into the homes, offices, favorite cafes, and bars of dozens of people who have been doing this for a while ... One of the many inspiring things about this business is that if you’re someone with energy and what sounds at least like a half-decent idea, almost everyone will hear you out."
That's Larry Smith describing how he dreamed up Smith Magazine a couple years ago. He co-edited the new Smith book, to the six-word memoir collection, Not Quite What I Was Planning, with his Senior Editor, Rachel Fershleiser
They've been our special guests this week, both in print and in web video. Today, Larry Smith explains how an up-and-coming microblogging company Twitter changed his magazine.
Welcome to my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions (this week, each of our guests get two-and-a-half easy questions). In the spirit of Jack Nicholson's mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
SMITH Magazine hooked up with Twitter way way before anybody knew about it. How did you build this relationship between a tech company and a magazine? What are the technologies that writers should be paying attention to now?
Larry Smith:
Twitter was a great partnership for us, and exemplifies a lot of the way we think. Soon after SMITH launched (Jan. 6., 2006) I became obsessed with telling stories from SMITH on mobile phones. Continue reading...
That web video shows just a few of the happy contributors to the six-word memoir anthology.
Writing anthologies and contests are tricky business. Editors comb through vast amounts of submissions, and it's hard to know what they are thinking. Most recently, Stephen King and Zadie Smith both bemoaned the state of short story submissions. Smith angered plenty of writers in the process.
This week, Larry Smith (the unrelated founder of Smith Magazine) and Rachel Fershleiser (senior editor at Smith) are our special guests, giving us an inside look at how they created their six-word memoir anthology, Not Quite What I Was Planning.
Welcome to my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions (this week, each of our guests get two-and-a-half easy questions). In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
You must have combed through a bazillion memoirs while editing the six-word memoir book. How did you organize this huge mess of content and make the tough decisions about what to keep and cut? As an editor, which stories grabbed you the most?
Rachel Fershleiser:
Several bazillion, yes. Basically, for months I read through the backend of our submission-software every night and copy-pasted the ones that grabbed my attention into a spreadsheet. Continue reading...
"We were struck by the openness of the memoirists--and by their desire to share even more of their lives with perfect strangers. People sent us pictures of the adorable children they'd just admitted, in six words, they regretted having. One woman wrote us a letter detailing the infertility developments that had rendered her hopeful memoir obsolete."
That's the introduction to the six-word memoir collection, Not Quite What I Was Planning, where the editors explore the emotional range that they discovered in the thousands and thousands of submissions they received.
The book was edited by Larry Smith (founder of Smith Magazine) and Rachel Fershleiser (senior editor at Smith), and today they both explain how they manage and organize their writing projects.
Welcome to my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions (this week, each of our guests get two-and-a-half easy questions).
In the spirit of Jack Nicholson's mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
Between SMITH and your other projects, you have a list of jobs that's longer than my arm. How do you balance your writing life with all your life responsibilities?
Rachel Fershleiser:
Oh man, I wish I had something constructive to offer. The truth is I balance them by staying up until 4 am, drinking too much coffee, and being that asshole with the blackberry. Continue reading...
Shooting that video at the six-word memoir party, I realized that there's nothing better than making friends with a writer. You end up with somebody to talk about books with, to edit your writing with, and help you find new places to work.
This week, Larry Smith (founder of
Smith Magazine) and Rachel Fershleiser (senior editor at Smith) are our special guests, discussing how they built an interactive storytelling community.
Today Larry tells us how he turned his network of friends into the collection, Not Quite What I Was Planning--using the magazine's community as a springboard for a book
Welcome to my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions (this week, each of our guests get two-and-a-half easy questions).
In the spirit of Jack Nicholson's mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
I've heard multiple people say, "Everybody knows Larry." How did you build this community of writers in your life? How did you channel that community into your dynamic magazine? Any advice for the writer who feels alone?
Larry Smith:
I've been in journalism for a while now, and I've always tried to treat people well, do the little things that as a freelance I've always appreciated: answer emails and return calls, grab that cup of coffee of quick beer with someone who wants advice. Continue reading...
How do you get your readers to interact with your writing? That's the 21st Century problem that all fledgling authors face. To help us answer that question, I brought in the experts.
This week Larry Smith (founder of Smith Magazine) and Rachel Fershleiser (senior editor at Smith) are our special guests, discussing their six-word memoir anthology and how they built an interactive storytelling community for writers.
They turned their community work into the collection Not Quite What I Was Planning, bringing together thousands of writers in a six-word storytelling project.
Welcome to my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions (this week, each of our guests get two-and-a-half easy questions).
In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality conversations with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web writing.
Jason Boog:
How do you keep readers writing and contributing to the SMITH interactive story features? What topics did people love? Which ones didn't fly? Any general advice for writers/editors looking to interact with their readership the way you do?
Rachel Fershleiser:
Most of what I learned about topics our readers love happened from editing The PopuLIST, a feature where we ask a question based on current events and ask for a 100-word story in return. Continue reading...
