{"id":164,"date":"2010-05-11T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T01:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=164"},"modified":"2010-05-11T21:46:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T01:46:49","slug":"writers-blog-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Writer's Blog Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update<\/strong>: How does Wednesday sound for Blog Carnival day? And I’d like to get theme suggestions in today, so I can put a poll up for the next carnival (the week after next Wednesday).<\/p>\n

This is an idea that sprung to mind this afternoon, and was fleshed out by chatting with a few other authors.<\/p>\n

What do writers think of a blog carnival for twitter writers? For those who don’t know what a blog carnival is, this<\/a> is a great example (just click on any week). Basically, each week a blog would have the privilege of hosting the carnival, and provide links (and usually short excerpts) to all those who submitted articles for the week. This drives traffic to multiple blogs and writers, and allows new writers to get their name out there in a simple manner.<\/p>\n

To differentiate this from Friday Flash and Tuesday Serial, I would suggest that each week has a theme (or perhaps two themes) around which the stories are written. This theme would need to be announced a week in advance of the submission date. I believe a poll would be the best method, so that writers may choose that which most interests them.<\/p>\n

Stories would be of approximately 1000 words, and can also be submitted for Friday Flash or Tuesday Serial. Good stories deserve as wide an audience as possible.<\/p>\n

There would also need to be a coordinator for the blog carnival. Much as I like the idea, I won’t have consistent enough internet access over the summer to serve in the role, so someone else would need to be nominated.<\/p>\n

For those interested, please comment here, or send me a message on Twitter. I would like to have 5-10 interested authors before starting this up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update: How does Wednesday sound for Blog Carnival day? And I’d like to get theme suggestions in today, so I can put a poll up for the next carnival (the week after next Wednesday). This is an idea that sprung to mind this afternoon, and was fleshed out by chatting with a few other authors. 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