Showing posts with label The Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Book. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Success !!
The Book project achieved it's target this week, just a few days before the deadline !
More than 11 man (and woman) years in the making this novel has proved that a group of complete strangers from all over the world can labour together for a common cause creatively and produce a first class work of literature.
As the Copenhagen climate conference draws to a close and focus begins to turn to Mexico in 2010, the timing could not be more appropriate for our novel. As we reveal more about the story you will appreciate why!
Over the next few weeks we will create a website with information about our story and the search which now commences for a publisher. So please bookmark this Blog to keep up to date with the news.
Pete
(On behalf a tired, but very satisfied Crew!)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Latest News!
The collaborative novel remains ahead of schedule and we have now completed a complete 'read through' of all the chapters written to date. We did pick up quite a number of 'typos' as you would expect from the editing process and there are some tweaks to be made but nothing major.
This leaves only the final chapter and our creative team is now working on the conclusion to our story.
We were relieved to hear from our writer in Manila after the severe storms in that part of the world. When this is all over, we should draw up a list of the catastrophes that have affected our writing team through the course of one year on this great planet.
Pete
This leaves only the final chapter and our creative team is now working on the conclusion to our story.
We were relieved to hear from our writer in Manila after the severe storms in that part of the world. When this is all over, we should draw up a list of the catastrophes that have affected our writing team through the course of one year on this great planet.
Pete
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Secrets Revealed & Your Chance to Meet the Authors!
As The Book moves into it's final phase, our team is planning a 'Webinar' for all those who are interested in this collaborative project.
Over the months, several Universities and academic institutions around the world have contacted our team to ask about the project and some have even launched their own internal collaborative works within their English literature faculties.
A wide range of literary professionals have also been in touch for information, in addition to past project members, writer's groups and forums and the many people who are close to the authors themselves.
There are many questions about how we have managed this ambitious project as well as why we did it. When you talk about collaborative writing, most people think that one person writes something, then someone else and so on. This is what I refer to as 'serial collaboration' and there are a number of examples of this on the web.
The Book is not a serial project and I will explain our approach in more detail during the Webinar.
We have also, as you will imagine, been asked lots of times for information about the story (so far a tightly guarded secret!). What kind of story will be worthy of such an effort? How do we maintain a consistent style?
All this, and much more will be answered during the Webinar.
So what is a 'Webinar'?
It's a meeting - but a meeting on the Internet with people from all around the world. Our Webinar will include audio so you will hear us talking and you will be able to submit questions via your computer keyboard into a dialogue box.
We will start with a brief presentation about the project - how it came about and who is in it.
Then we reveal our big secret ...... what the story is about and what we plan to call it! (if the publishers agree!)
From the beginning you will be able to ask questions and these will be logged throughout and answered in turn after the presentation.
So when is this going to happen?
This September!
We will deliver the webinar in each of three major time zones within hours or days of each other. The Western zone will accommodate our audience predominantly in the USA and Canada. Central will cover Western Europe including Great Britain and Ireland, Spain, Holland, France, Germany and those countries in the region. The Eastern zone will address our audience from Eastern Europe through to Australasia including Turkey, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. You can attend any or all of the sessions if you wish, although the presentation will be the same each time.
What do you need to do to attend?
All you need is access to a computer and the Internet, whether that is a PC or a Mac. You don't need any special software but you will need sound or earphones.
To register and receive an invitation with confirmation of exact times and dates, please send an email to webinar@amazonclicks.com .
We'll look forward to welcoming you in September!
Pete
Over the months, several Universities and academic institutions around the world have contacted our team to ask about the project and some have even launched their own internal collaborative works within their English literature faculties.
A wide range of literary professionals have also been in touch for information, in addition to past project members, writer's groups and forums and the many people who are close to the authors themselves.
There are many questions about how we have managed this ambitious project as well as why we did it. When you talk about collaborative writing, most people think that one person writes something, then someone else and so on. This is what I refer to as 'serial collaboration' and there are a number of examples of this on the web.
The Book is not a serial project and I will explain our approach in more detail during the Webinar.
We have also, as you will imagine, been asked lots of times for information about the story (so far a tightly guarded secret!). What kind of story will be worthy of such an effort? How do we maintain a consistent style?
All this, and much more will be answered during the Webinar.
So what is a 'Webinar'?
It's a meeting - but a meeting on the Internet with people from all around the world. Our Webinar will include audio so you will hear us talking and you will be able to submit questions via your computer keyboard into a dialogue box.
We will start with a brief presentation about the project - how it came about and who is in it.
Then we reveal our big secret ...... what the story is about and what we plan to call it! (if the publishers agree!)
From the beginning you will be able to ask questions and these will be logged throughout and answered in turn after the presentation.
So when is this going to happen?
This September!
We will deliver the webinar in each of three major time zones within hours or days of each other. The Western zone will accommodate our audience predominantly in the USA and Canada. Central will cover Western Europe including Great Britain and Ireland, Spain, Holland, France, Germany and those countries in the region. The Eastern zone will address our audience from Eastern Europe through to Australasia including Turkey, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. You can attend any or all of the sessions if you wish, although the presentation will be the same each time.
What do you need to do to attend?
All you need is access to a computer and the Internet, whether that is a PC or a Mac. You don't need any special software but you will need sound or earphones.
To register and receive an invitation with confirmation of exact times and dates, please send an email to webinar@amazonclicks.com .
We'll look forward to welcoming you in September!
Pete
Monday, February 9, 2009
From the Philippines to Guernsey
Back to say a big thank you to 'Alpha' who kindly included a write up about our project on her Blog in the Philippines. You can see this on the link below.
dailyartwalk.blogspot.com/2009/02/filipina-author-joins-international.html
Meanwhile, here in Guernsey it's not so sunny today. I've taken a couple of days off work to catch up on loose ends, the main one being a complete 'Chapter Plan' for our story. We have, of course, got a synopsis and our writers are already working the main story threads in their writing 'cells' but we need a chapter plan to make sure it all fits together properly. I keep starting, getting distracted and stalling, starting again, doing something else, and now - well I'm writing for the Blog, I'm still not doing it!!
Never fear I have some hours left and I know it must be done so I will get on with it.
But there is just one more job I need to do first....arghh!
If you read here on the blog that Pete has been beaten up by the other authors, you will know that I failed to get this job done.
It could be worse, if the sun was shining I would be even more tempted to go out on my boat!
Chow for now
Pete
dailyartwalk.blogspot.com/2009/02/filipina-author-joins-international.html
Meanwhile, here in Guernsey it's not so sunny today. I've taken a couple of days off work to catch up on loose ends, the main one being a complete 'Chapter Plan' for our story. We have, of course, got a synopsis and our writers are already working the main story threads in their writing 'cells' but we need a chapter plan to make sure it all fits together properly. I keep starting, getting distracted and stalling, starting again, doing something else, and now - well I'm writing for the Blog, I'm still not doing it!!
Never fear I have some hours left and I know it must be done so I will get on with it.
But there is just one more job I need to do first....arghh!
If you read here on the blog that Pete has been beaten up by the other authors, you will know that I failed to get this job done.
It could be worse, if the sun was shining I would be even more tempted to go out on my boat!
Chow for now
Pete
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Doc forced to leave
One of the stalwarts of our project team and a site moderator, Doc, has been taken ill and forced to leave at least for a while. Doc has made a huge contribution to both the writing and the management of our project.
We are all hoping he gets better soon and is able to rejoin us, but it was serious and he will need to rest and recover his strength.
Pete
We are all hoping he gets better soon and is able to rejoin us, but it was serious and he will need to rest and recover his strength.
Pete
Friday, January 2, 2009
2009 and the writing gets underway!
Even during the seasonal break some of our writers were hard at it working away on the story. As the rest of the group returns, our focus is upon the initial chapters for each story thread.
Most of the 'high level' story has been agreed and we are now filling in the gaps as well as developing all the characters. This work should be completed by the end of January.
One of the problems we have encountered is that with so many creative people, there are lots of really good ideas! It makes it quite hard to decide which to incorporate into our story. Still nobody said it would be easy!
Come back soon!
Pete
Most of the 'high level' story has been agreed and we are now filling in the gaps as well as developing all the characters. This work should be completed by the end of January.
One of the problems we have encountered is that with so many creative people, there are lots of really good ideas! It makes it quite hard to decide which to incorporate into our story. Still nobody said it would be easy!
Come back soon!
Pete
Friday, November 7, 2008
Early Start to the Project!
Writers participating in The Book project held a 'virtual on-line' meeting to discuss a number of topics and one result was a change in the schedule.
Rather than continue recruiting new writers until the end of 2008, they opted to close the door on November 30th and just have the team agreed on that date.
This will now be a smaller team but as we already have wide geographical coverage, the project aims are intact.
The last month of 2008 will be dedicated to choosing the story and preparing for the writing to begin in 2009. This will be a fascinating stage of the project and one we are all keen to begin.
With the forum doors closing and no more public access, we will keep you up to date on this Blogg and a new website that will be created in the months ahead. In the meantime if you want to contact anyone on the project team, please send an email to thebook@amazonclicks.com .
Thanks for dropping by!
Rather than continue recruiting new writers until the end of 2008, they opted to close the door on November 30th and just have the team agreed on that date.
This will now be a smaller team but as we already have wide geographical coverage, the project aims are intact.
The last month of 2008 will be dedicated to choosing the story and preparing for the writing to begin in 2009. This will be a fascinating stage of the project and one we are all keen to begin.
With the forum doors closing and no more public access, we will keep you up to date on this Blogg and a new website that will be created in the months ahead. In the meantime if you want to contact anyone on the project team, please send an email to thebook@amazonclicks.com .
Thanks for dropping by!
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