Hi, all! If you're not already reading the Editorial Ass blog (featuring blogger Moonrat), you should be. Make it happen.
One of Moonrat's posts is about the sticky issue of what to publish online, e.g. on a blog, if you want to eventually publish that work in real life. We have had this discussion before -- it's kept us from doing more with the blog, or from creating an online mini-magazine (maglet?). But Moonrat answers the question well, and with great perspective, since she's an acquisitions editor who has to worry about issues like this routinely.
Here's her thought: if your blog doesn't have a ton of readers, and if you take the work down later, there is absolutely no problem with posting your unpublished work online. Make sure that you don't post the entire MS in one post, of course. But, on the whole, posting your work online is a good way to 1) get constructive feedback and 2) build a fan base.
With that in mind, maybe I'll start posting my own writing on my blog!
Have a great rest of your summer, and I'll see you all in Chicago this fall.
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