I mentioned a while back (holy crap, and it’s still on the front page) that Kevin Lawver was going to re-incarnate the long-lost property that AOL killed, Ficlets, into a new creation. And now that day has come. Introducing Ficly! I haven’t had a chance to really play with it yet, but here’s some things […]
Ficlets REBORN! (sort of)
I missed this news by a solid week, but it bears mentioning. Kevin Lawver has finally posted the entirety of the recently deceased Ficlets library online, and it is a thing of beauty. Beautiful not just in the fact that it contains thousands upon thousands of miniature stories, the bright flashes of life and insight […]
AOL kills Ficlets
Well, it was really only a matter of time. Once Kevin Lawver left AOL, I knew that Ficlets wouldn’t be able to carry on without his influence and support. If the fantastic and creative community that cropped up around the fiction site could be considered the lifeblood of Ficlets, then Kevin was really its heart: […]
Kevin Lawver leaves AOL…and Ficlets
Kevin Lawver, the AOL developer behind the amazing short collaborative fiction site Ficlets, has taken a position with another company after 13 years at AOL. I learned about it first in a tweet earlier this morning. That was followed not long after by a subsequent blog post on Ficlets. Kevin built an absolutely amazing site […]
I demand creativity from myself
It’s an adage as old as the practice of writing itself: if you want to be a good writer, you have to write every day. The same advice works for artists. I want to be a good writer. I also would love to be a good artist/designer. Let’s face it, I just want to be […]
Ficlets has competition
I know that there are other entries in the short collaborative fiction space, namely Novlet and Portrayl (both of which were profiled along with Ficlets by ReadWriteWeb a while back). But they hadn’t gained the same amount of traction and their user bases are still relatively small. However, a new challenger has appeared on the […]
Ficlet: “Ancient Children”
Today, as part of my fairly excellent birthday vacation day, I got to go to Caleb’s school and eat lunch with him. It was a great experience, eating a meal with prekindergarteners that laugh and joke and make fun of their food. The experience actually inspired a brand new birthday Ficlet entitled “Ancient Children“. The […]
Wil Wheaton finally Ficletting
I’ve decided that with NaNoWriMo fast approaching, now is a perfect time to get back into Ficlets. So, I logged back into the site and took a look at the dusty place that I hadn’t visited in several months. I checked through my contacts and realized that some of my favorite authors also have neglected […]
Ficlets: making mini-fiction into a social app
This. Is. Brilliant. John Scalzi has announced the creation of Ficlets, which is basically a social app consisting entirely of collaborative short fiction. And it is a phenomenal idea. At the very heart of the concept is what we’ve been trying to do over at the Evil Avatar Writer’s Guild. Which is concentrate writing into […]