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Oct. 6th, 2007

Anathema Online

The first issue of the Anathema online anthology is up!  Whew!
We have two great stories for the premiere issue:
 "Angel, With Child," by Calie Voorhis, an intriguing and lyrical story about an angel who spawns an anti-theist revolution.
"The Club," by Sue Lange, a hilarious look at the Singularity, from the inside. (Can there be an inside and outside in the Singularity?  Hmm...I don't know).
I hope that you all will get a chance to take a look, and let me know what you think!
And remember, we're always open for submissions...

Sep. 3rd, 2007

Anathema Open for Submissions

Just like the title says, RedJack's new online anthology, Anathema,  is now open for submissions.   If you're interested, please visit the guidelines page.
Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you all!

Jul. 14th, 2007

The Anathema Project

A while ago, I posted a poll asking if people were interested in the idea of an online anthology in which the writer is challenged to write (sympathetically) from a point of view directly opposed ot his or her own.  Everybody who responded thought it was interesting, so I'm going to go ahead with it.  As soon as I get the details worked out, I will post submission guidelines to all of the usual places.  
In the meantime, is there anybody out there who is interested in helping me sift through the submissions?  I would pay some token amount, and guarantee a spot in the online version of the anthology (not sure yet if there will be a print version -- I'll have to see how it goes).  Let me know if you're interested.

Jun. 4th, 2007

Anathema? Or Not?

Mary (Hobson) has asked me a couple of times now if RedJack is going to do an anthology, and both times I've said "Eh," because I really couldn't think of anything new to do, that others aren't already doing extremely well.  But then, at Wiscon, I had an inspiration, and I wanted to see what you all think of this idea...
I was thinking of doing an anthology wherein the stories are written from a point of view that is anathema to the author's own point of view -- and written sympathetically from that point of view.  So, why would I want to do this?  Well, it's an interesting issue, I think, and one that was brought up at least a couple of times at Wiscon (once by me, at Cat Rambo's "When Good Books Happen to Bad People" panel, and by a couple of people at the "Glorifying Terrorism" reading/panel).  The issue is identification of the author with the viewpoint of a character.  Are we afraid to write from certain viewpoints because we're afraid of being identified with them?  And, if we had the chance to write this way in a "safe environment" (ie., in an anthology that explicity states that we're taking a viewpoint we don't agree with), what would we learn about "the enemy" or "the other"?  Would it lead to greater understanding?  I was thinking of starting it as a serial online-only anthology, and then putting it into print (if it works out) later -- with bonus stories, and all that.
So, does this sound at all interesting to anyone? Or not?  (By the way, I'm also open to suggestions for other ideas)
Poll #997319 Anathema? Or not?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

Would you want to write a story for this anthology?

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Yes
4 (100.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Would you want to read this anthology?

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Yes
4 (100.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)