Some Interesting News Bits happening in the Blog Fiction World. Some old, some recent, all of it was news to me in the last month.
Novelr taking a semi-break
Eli James has let us know of a planned "study break" until December. Unfortunately, that means a lot fewer posts. The online fiction community never seems quite right when we're deprived of Eli's insight.
Pages Unbound is closing down.
In a sad move, Pages Unbound is shutting down. Alexandra Erin didn't have enough time to run the review site and forums. Pages Unbound was a busy, well frequented site, and a great resource for finding quality fiction online. It's absence will leave a huge gap and need. Fortunately, another site has risen to fill that need. Which brings us to the next news bit...
Web Fiction Guide now has forums
In response to the loss of Pages Unbound, the editors at Web Fiction Guide installed a forum. The forum isn't Blog Fiction centric, but covers all online fiction which include Blog Fiction.
Seeing Blog Fiction published
This is really old news, but Undead Man Blogging is working on getting published. Still waiting to hear about Star Islanders being published.
New Blog Fiction
I found 2 new blog fiction sites: Death's Blog which is still active, and BlogPaige which is not.
Unknown Ship, Unknown Planet gone.
Unknown Ship, Unknown Planet has done a disappearing act. One that would make "Life in Bear Country" jealous.
Unannounced Leaves
Unfortunately, there are a lot of blog fiction sites that seem to be taking unannounced leaves.
A while ago, Fleet Commander teased us with a possible comeback. Unfortunately it didn't materialize.
The three Super Hero blogs, of Leroy and Enigma have not had a post since July 8th. Hopefully they weren't defeated by a super villain. Terra is still blogging sporadically.
Peep this Diary also teased us with a comeback. With only 2 posts back in early July and none since, it may have been premature to call it a comeback.
What was news to you this past month?
August News Roundup
Labels: Blog Fiction, Fleet Commander, News, Novelr, Pages Unbound, Peep This Diary, SuperHero Blogs, Unknown Ship-Unknown Planet, Web Fiction Guide |
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4 comments:
So... Showing that August is not quite over, Alexandra Erin lets people know that Pages Unbound is not closing after all.
In fact, she may be looking for help to run the thing or ultimately take it over.
Now that is what I call breaking news. Thanks for the update, jz. If I'd only checked the site one last time before publishing...
Sorry for the break. I will definitely do better!
Don't worry about taking a break. Just let us know if there's going to be one.
Good to see you back!
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