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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: […]

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Nathaniel Payne in Writing | Tagged aol, community, ficlets, happenings, protagonize | 4 Comments

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 […]

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Nathaniel Payne in Creativity | Tagged art, drawing, ficlets, ficly, protagonize, Writing | 3 Comments

My first Protagonize story

It’s called Stonerise, and you can find it posted over here. It’s a linear story, not an addventure. Please feel free to rate it and add a chapter!

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Nathaniel Payne in Writing | Tagged protagonize | Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Nathaniel Payne in Writing | Tagged ficlets, protagonize, social network, web 2.0 | 1 Comment

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