The Week in Tweet, Week 43

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The Week in Tweet, Week 43

March 30, 2010 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Outshine, Twitter and tagged: Outshine, Twitter

[Lyrics quote] @outshine

Monday October 19:

[Quote for the Monday] “Since my release, I have become more convinced than ever that the real makers of history are the ordinary men and women of our country; their participation in every decision about the future is the only guarantee of true democracy and freedom.”

[Source] Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) / South African president and lawyer / The Struggle is My Life.

Tuesday October 20:

Hard rock funsters, still very Spinal Jap; but this crowd-funded new album has a more modern tone and (slightly) more serious demeanour.

[#SoundBytes] SUGOI INDEED by Electric Eel Shock — http://is.gd/4sSD2 / Double Peace Records (self-funded) — http://is.gd/4sSD2.

Wednesday October 21:

Trillions of nanoparticles cross the blood-brain barrier, each pairing off with a brain cell. They perform a truly modern dance—science.

[Bio] @MattAlbertson is a Seattle geek who enjoys splicing his fiction with cutting edge technology. http://MattAlbertson.com.

Thursday October 22:

Cameron Diaz delivers the worst Southern accent evuh in a dull, badly edited film that offers more evidence that Donnie Darko was a fluke.

[#Spitballs] The Box / Directed by Richard Kelly / http://thebox-movie.warnerbros.com/.

Friday October 23:

[Quote for the Friday, slightly paraphrased] “Instead of dirt & poison we’ve chosen to fill our hives w\honey & wax—thus furnishing mankind w\the two noblest of things: sweetness & light.”

[Source] Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) / Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman / The Battle of the Books.

Saturday October 24:

It’s a strange week when you’re thinking, ‘trenchcoats or atomic insects? Wait, is that trenchcoats ON atomic insects?’ I love my job.

[Bio] Marlo Dianne is a writer/artist of more than fifty published works. This wondergeek is found @ http://www.forbiddendragon.blogspot.com.

Sunday October 25:

Fast, violent, and blessed with a great voice cast, this is still a rather rote SF take on movies about corrupt cops and the plucky rookie.

[#ShineComics Extra] GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT by Alan Burnett (script), Lauren Montgomery (dir.); Warner Premiere, 2009, $19.98/$24.98 ..

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OUTSHINE submission guidelines

OUTSHINE is A Twitterzine for optimistic, near future prose poems. They’re flash length, and look ahead: why not call them flashforwards?

What I’m looking for: prose poems of optimistic, near future SF that fit within the ‘tweet’ limits (check out Twitter); i.e. maximum 140 characters long.

prose poem: what the heck is that? Well, anything you think it is. Write what you believe fits the bill and let the editor sort it out. Don’t limit yourself and feel free to push the boundaries, like, e.g.:

--> Haiku –- written like this: Maybe a haiku/there in the twitterverse/would appear like this;

--> Prose rife with poetic elements both formal — such as rhyme, alliteration (which is easy to overdo!) and meter — and thematic such as syntax, tone and reference (images, symbols & metaphors);

--> Imbue it with a certain rhythm and a unique voice;

--> I’ll look at actual poetry, too (the boundary will be blurry, anyway);

optimistic: anything with an (eventual) positive attitude or upbeat tone;

near future: from next year up to about fifty years later;

SF: ditto as in prose poem: write what you believe fits the bill and let the editor sort it out;

One submission per person per week: I’ll be publishing one prose poem per week, and will be checking the submissions once a week. Don’t feel limited: this means you can submit up to 52 prose poems a year. I prefer people submitting their best rather than people submitting at will then hoping something will stick.

Submit by email to shineanthology@gmail.com , in the body of the email (and yes: anything longer than 140 characters will be rejected: this is, after all, for Twitter);

Payment: 5 dollars per prose poem, payable through PayPal (don’t have a PayPal account? Either get one, or don’t submit), on publication.

Accepted prose poems will be published once a week on Wednesday on Twitter, here: OUTSHINE!

Bio: a biography with author name will follow the published prose poem almost immediately. Bio must be shorter than 136 characters (as bio- will precede the actual biography). Hint: use a tinyurl to link to your website/blog/LJ or to your FaceBook/MySpace/Twitter account.

UPDATE 2: I have received a question about the rights @outshine is asking. Well, so far, none: I accepted tweets from submitters, published them on Twitter, and republished them on both the Shine and DayBreak Magazine websites. Otherwise, submitters are -- as far as I'm concerned -- free to republish their tweets (OK: 'prose poems') anywhere, anytime, and the rights revert to them rightaway. Why? Well, the moment someone likes a particular message on Twitter, it is 'retweeted' -- a tweet starting with 'RT @ XXX', where XXX is the source. It is *the* common practice on Twitter, and as a Twitterzine publisher I can either state that people are not allowed to retweet @outshine's prose poems -- which obviously won't work and is also counterproductive -- or just let Twitter be Twitter.

Therefore I never asked for rights, or sent out an actual contract. Sorry about that, but even as the highest paying Twitter market -- to the best of my knowledge, and do absolutely feel free to point me to a market that pays more than $5 a tweet: I'd be tempted to submit, myself -- I simply don't feel the need to put up a contract, define rights, and go through all the paperwork: even $5 a tweet isn't worth my time on that.

But after almost a year I did get the question, so here's my answer: I want *exclusive* Twitter rights for 6 weeks -- hey, gotta drive a hard bargain -- or the first retweet, whichever comes first (obviously, if you retweet your own submission, you've just liberated your own tweet, congratulations: it never happened before...;-). Otherwise, I want the *non-exclusive* rights to reprint your tweet at both the Shine website and the DayBreak Magazine website -- things I've been doing for over six months already, sorry about that, but I just assume you want your pieces to be read as widely as possible, and assuming the average word is 6 characters, then including spaces [which Twitter does], I'm paying about 25 cents a word, which is in line with the top paying online markets like Tor.com and Subterranean Press. Only difference is that I am open to unsollicited submissions...;-).

@outshine

I just backed Waylines Magazine on @Kickstarter kck.st/VAu2tN 5 years ago

==> even if we probably both consider a short story called "The Streets of Ashkelon" the very highlight of his carreer. Of course, YMMV. 5 years ago

We both loved the early Stainless Steel Rat novels, the first Bill the Galactic Hero ones, along with Make Room! Make Room! ==> 5 years ago

My father was a huge SF reader & got me into the genre: letting me read the—English—paperbacks he bought when he returned from his travels. 5 years ago

I have a weakness for a lot of Harry Harrison's fiction (unfortunately, I've never met him), partly to do with my—also deceased—father. 5 years ago

As a lot of you already probably noticed: Harry Harrison just died: is.gd/mQ6Si9 . Like the late Jon Lord, another hero passed away. 5 years ago

Also, watch this music video is.gd/dNzIXq then tell me you don't want to see JOLLY live: is.gd/Eb0eOm & is.gd/1rEnBD 6 years ago

Watch this trailer: ironsky.net then tell me - with a straight face - that you don't want to see the movie. YOU LIE! 6 years ago

Net als je denkt dat de Volkskrant niet dieper kan zinken, doen ze het. Werken er nog echte redacteuren op de Volkskrant? Q.E.D. sic transit 6 years ago

Journalistisch hoogstandje: is.gd/n6HDyN "de Conservatieve Partij die massale verkiezing leed tijdens de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen." 6 years ago

Anyway, the previous tweet to show that I support #SOPAblackout #sopaprotest #sopastrike #SOPABlackoutBrasil and #MoreBeer ! 6 years ago

Boing Boing still blocked (not missing much...;-). Do like duotrope.com #SOPAblackout you click anywhere to continue: the way to go! 6 years ago

Now, after giving permission NoScript's installed: Wikipedia works. Like giving a blowjob to the exhaust pipe to get your car started...;-) 6 years ago

You couldn't make this up if you tried. Now I totally sympathise with #SOPAblackout , just wanted to try noscript.net . 6 years ago

Irony's dead: Wikipedia does #SOPAblackout By-pass by disabling JavaScript with NoScript on Firefox, yet Firefox prevents NoScript's install 6 years ago

This is awesome: "So you're MAD about something on the internet..." is.gd/9MhszE And yes. I've been guilty. Learn from your mistakes! 6 years ago

Is Internet Explorer for the Dumb? A New Study Suggests Exactly That: is.gd/4dK7cp Oy vey! 6 years ago

@random_jane @al_robertson Congratulations! See you in London next month! @bethanye @eddygrrl Thanks for the pictures! #AHwed 7 years ago

@dansumption @al_robertson @random_jane Yeah: congratulations from the freezing Netherlands! Wish I was there... 7 years ago

Must go now: do check out the raving SHINE reviews here: http://is.gd/bvPHR & Kate Baker's "The Earth of Yunhe" podcast: http://is.gd/bvPMv 8 years ago

SHINE anthology guidelines

SHINE is an anthology of optimistic near-future SF, edited by Jetse de Vries, published by Solaris Books, and is planned for an early 2010 release.

Keywords:

Convincing and optimistic: Imagine that we are the biggest skeptics on the planet, then show us how things can change for the better, and persuade us.

Near-future: from now until 50 years later.

SF: we're not going to define it. Write what you think is SF, and convince us with the story.

The Gritty:

Length: up to 10k words (not hard, but anything longer than 10k should be mind-blowingly superb).

Payment: 5 cents a word, on publication (and probably a pro rata share of the anthologist's earnings: I'm working on that).

Genres: science fiction only. I greatly prefer original stories, but I will -- like Baen's Universe -- look at stories that have been published in markets that are not professional by SFWA standards, or markets with a relatively small reach. I also consider Interzone, Black Static, Postscripts, Futurismic, Apex Digest and Flurb to be either professional markets or markets with a wide reach (or both), so don't want to see stories published by them, either.

Rights: First World English Rights, non-exclusive world anthology rights, non-exclusive audio anthology rights, and further subsidiary rights specified in my boilerplate [author-anthologist contract], which I'll put up after I return from World Fantasy. NOTE: obviously, for eventual reprints the first world rights will become anthology rights, first if possible.

Reading Period: May, June and July 2009. (UPDATE: reading period extended until August 1)

Response Time: Most rejections will be sent out quickly, while I will hold over stories that I like until July 31, when a final decision is made. No multiple submissions, please: only one story per author, and only submit a second one if I expressly ask for it. Simultaneous submissions: at your own discretion, but keep in mind that I will not fight over a story, that is, if it's with another publisher I will drop it like a ton of bricks.

Submissions Instructions: send your story, preferably single-spaced and in rich text format (RTF) to shineanthology@gmail.com. Put Submission: "Title of your story" in the email's subject line.

Submission tips: Things to keep in mind when writing a story for Shine & An update on the Shine submissions, part 1.

About:

STATUS FROM OCTOBER 1 ONWARD:

The Shine anthology is a print anthology for Solaris Books, and is now closed to unsolicited submissions. Shine has been released in the US on March 30, and will be released in the UK on April 15.

Contact the editor at shineanthology@gmail.com.

Review quotes:

That’s why Shine is such a significant — dare I say, historic — anthology.

—Explorations: the Barnes & Noble SciFi and Fantasy Blog;

Overall, Shine is utterly worth reading.

—SciFi Wire;

It is to de Vries’ credit that all but the most hard-hearted of sci-fi readers should find their own brand of optimism represented somewhere among Shine’s array of bright futures.

—New Scientist;

But if we are to have some some influence over how that change unfolds, isn’t it important that our stories, whether they be in the news, on television screens or in the pages of science fiction novels, fully explore the optimistic possibilities that technology represents?

—The Guardian;

[...] Shine was a truly fascinating and enjoyable read. [...] because this one has genuinely broken down some preconceived ideas I’ve had about the genre.

—SF Revu;

For an anthology with a very tight remit — optimistic near-future science fiction — there is a huge variety in the stories themselves. It occurs to me that this book is the perfect introduction to SF for readers who wouldn’t normally venture into the genre.

—Catherine Hughes;

The diversity of the stories and the consistently high quality of this collection is testament to his passion for this project. [...] A shining example of what positive thinking can achieve.

—Val’s Random Comments;

Starting Friday October 16, 2009, DayBreak Magazine and DayBreak Magazine 2 have been launched (two faces of the same outlet): DayBreak Magazine will feature a positive, forward-looking story every second Friday until the print Shine anthology is released, or possibly even a bit beyond that date.

OUTSHINE is a picowebzine on Twitter that I set up for fun and as a way for both writers and readers to get a feel for what might be coming in the Shine anthology. OUTSHINE is open to submissions — that is prose poem tweets of 140 characters (incuding spaces), or less — until further notice. Feel free to submit!

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@LeeAHarris After a very long flight—Amsterdam to Hobart—an Aussie cabbie refused my tip, saying: I don’t need your… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 weeks ago

I vaguely recognise this one...;-) twitter.com/garethlpowell/… 1 month ago

9 days and $980 to go. Please support this writer and this crazily-themed anthology: kickstarter.com/projects/33504… Otherw… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 1 month ago

@_watsu This is both blasphemy and strangely appealing. Hagelslag on a pizza? The mind explodes... 1 month ago

Bees are dying and scientists blame pesticides. The EU's banned them, sign now to take it global! secure.avaaz.org/en/save_the_be… 1 month ago

Another market that deserves your support is @heliosquarterly I forgot to renew my first year subscription, which… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 1 month ago

I just backed Normal Deviation: The Completed Weird Fiction Anthology on @Kickstarter kck.st/2JUvPq0 1 month ago

Challenge from @ClarkeAward's newsletter to predict this year's shortlist (in alphabetic order): The Stone Sky—N.K… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 1 month ago

@AnnVanderMeer @blindtigernyc You are truly fearless...;-) 1 month ago

A market—wanderlust journal—charges $5 to submit a postcard essay of 50 words: alturl.com/ms2bp They don't p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 2 months ago

I just donated to @Wikipedia. Support free knowledge! #iloveWikipedia donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_medium=So… 2 months ago

I just backed The Return of Amazing Stories as a Print Magazine! on @Kickstarter kck.st/2Fk7JGJ 2 months ago

@Duotrope Another tweet by yourselves about an agent reopening to queries supposedly charging fees. 3 months ago

@Duotrope One tweet from yourselves about an agent reopening to queries and charging fees. 3 months ago

Shima Babaee uit Iran protesteerde tegen de verplichte hoofddoek. Zij en haar man zijn opgepakt en lopen het risic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

Hey @Duotrope consider me confused. Several agents are mentioned as "reopened to queries" with the "(fees)" additio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

(2) So, to reduce the plastic that's already there, you can go fishing for plastic in the Amsterdam canals:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

For some reason-probably coincidence-today's theme is Amsterdam and plastic. World's first plastic-free aisle opens… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

Amazing Stories (@AmazingStories0) will be launching a Kickstarter campaign on March 1 (that's in three days):… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

A bit of self-promotion: my story "City Beneath the Surface" is the closing one in "Goddesses of the Sea", edited… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 months ago

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