Blog Fiction Terms

I've already done several posts defining the term blog fiction - including my final definition. I also explained why I call it Blog Fiction instead of fictional blogs. Those are just a couple of terms that may sound foreign to someone who is new to online fiction. I thought that I would use this post to go over some words and phrases related to online fiction that haven't quite made it into Webster's.

Blog Fiction
Serialized literature published to a blog that is written in a diary format. Often, but not necessarily, the fictional writer of the blog will interact with it's readers. See my previous post, Blog Fiction Defined.

Fictional Blog
Blog Fiction is often, incorrectly, referred to as a "fictional blog". See my post, Blog Fiction Vs. Fictional Blog for more details.

Fictional Blogger
An Imaginary Blogger. The imaginary characters who "write" Blog Fiction.

Blogfic
Short for Blog Fiction.

Internet Fiction
Any and all fiction published on the internet. This includes all blog fiction, fiction blogs, and any other website publishing literature to the internet.

Fiction Blog
Blog that contains fiction. This includes short stories, serials, or any other type of fiction prose.

Blog Novel
A term that, while not coined by, but redefined by the people at Making Melly Mills. We agree that the term makes sense as a synonym for a narrative blog fiction. Some people use it to refer to any novel written or published to a blog.

Blovel
Short for Blog Novel

Blook
The LuLu Blooker prize committee defines a blook as:

blook (bluk), n. A printed and bound book, based on a blog (cf. web log) or web site;