When I was first making my rounds on the web to get up to speed on the state of online storytelling, it took me very little time to come across Novelr.com. Busy as I was, however, I filed the URL away in my ever-growing list of sites-to-visit, and promptly got lost in other things.
A few days ago Janoda kindly thought to suggest the site to me on Twitter, whereupon I immediately vowed to visit the site before promptly getting lost in other things.
Which brings me to yesterday, when Eli (the person behind Novelr) stopped by and added a comment to one of my posts, innocently punishing me for being such a slacker. Of such self-induced slights are my better motivations born.
The post Eli commented on was called Taking Stock, in which I updated myself and you about my current level of interest in all things digital and storytelling. One of the things I said I’m less interested in now is the broader question of online fiction, in part because it’s just so damn broad. If not unending.
Happily, as my dedicated visit to Novelr revealed, Eli and the Novelr community are very much on top of the subject, and very much probing the further reaches. Which means Eli and Novelr can do the heavy lifting on this subject for all of us. Wink!
Stop by, take a look around, and if you’re new to subject, say hello before Eli finds you first. You’ll be glad you did.
— Mark Barrett
I forgot to drop by and thank you, Mark, when you first posted this. But thank you anyway. Lately, updating Novelr has been hard for me, and I really appreciate your email prodding me to change the date headings for my linked-list posts. It reminded me that there were still people following the blog. Thank you.
(I’m tired and slightly depressed at the messy code behind the blog. You can tell that, right? Right?) 😉
Absolutely — it was my first thought! 🙂