I think we should sign up to a creative commons licence.
A member has sent me a concerned PM about the fact that it's totally open for reading.
A member has sent me a concerned PM about the fact that it's totally open for reading.
July Writing Contest Voting Thread
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Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
Definitely a good idea.
A cc licence would mean people could distribute it but couldn't profit or plagiarise it themselves. Seems fair to me 
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
A cc licence would mean people could distribute it but couldn't profit or plagiarise it themselves. Seems fair to me
Exactly. The use of the internet to publish all manner of work has left all manner of openings for unscrupulous types to rip off other people's work and pass it off as their own. Annoying as hell if you write for fun, but commercially a real problem if you write for a living.
I have to confess that I wrote my story for this in about 2 days.
But some of the things are really very good and so it will be worth doing.
But some of the things are really very good and so it will be worth doing.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
more CC info here
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses
OK, done
I've put 'urban 75 collective' as the people who 'own' the work therein.
If that's a bit 90s, I'm happy to put something else
I've put 'urban 75 collective' as the people who 'own' the work therein.
If that's a bit 90s, I'm happy to put something else
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The People have triumphed once more. Long live the PWC and Comrade UpsidedownWalrus
OK, done
I've put 'urban 75 collective' as the people who 'own' the work therein.
You've made me a hippy
Clair De Lune
Apocalypse cocktails
People voting for themselves? I kinda think that should be a no no myself.
I voted for Raven, enjoyed that
I voted for Raven, enjoyed that
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
People voting for themselves? I kinda think that should be a no no myself.
I voted for Raven, enjoyed that
well given that it's anonymous theres no way to tell. But the author doing so is only cheating him/herself!
We can make next month's one a publick poll then 
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Mine took 2 hours
Didn't even know what I was going to write about until I started writing.
But then I don't seem to be winning so we needn't give too much credit to my methods.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Same here. It tickled me in a Christopher Moore kind of way, and seemed like one of those stories you could spin into a whole book.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
are authors allowed to state who they voted for?
I went with Sons Of Thunder. It had a vsceral edge to it's scenes of violence that got my blood up. It is an effective little coming of age piece
I went with Sons Of Thunder. It had a vsceral edge to it's scenes of violence that got my blood up. It is an effective little coming of age piece
fogbat
The Talibum
Fingers crossed the next topic is vague enough that you can still submit the same story
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fingers crossed the next topic is vague enough that you can still submit the same story
this is the way forward.
Winners who choose the topics as specific as 'FTL starships' are not playing fair.
fogbat
The Talibum
this is the way forward.
Winners who choose the topics as specific as 'FTL starships' are not playing fair.
You've just been told you're not allowed to do that, haven't you?
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
Sounds reasonable enough to me.
The only way writers really sharpen their game is to recieve honest and constructive feedback on their writing, and I don't think anyone who writes for others to read should be afraid of that.
As long as the criticisms are constructive and not too harshly put I don't see it as a problem.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
My work is not my child, it's splurge of off my wrist. Criticise away. What is the point of a writing contest if we cannot have criticism?
Fire away, Diamond - these stories are for fun, the aim is to write them as fast as possible.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
^ This.
Fire away oh readers, consider the opportunity to slag us all off a than you for taking the trouble to read everything in the first place
Yeah, and seeing as only one poster has used his actual log in name as his blogging name, we can all pretend we aren't being slagged off anyway
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Yeah, and seeing as only one poster has used his actual log in name as his blogging name, we can all pretend we aren't being slagged off anyway
Wasn't that the whole point of anonymity?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Too late
Holt, Pratchett and Christopher Moore have all done similar, two of them before Gaiman.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Holt, Pratchett and Christopher Moore have all done similar, two of them before Gaiman.
Gaiman shits on Pratchett from a great height though
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