WEbook Blog: A Writer's Resource

Just Call WEbooker of the WEek Daisy

At WEbook, the dude or dudette who starts a project is known as a “Project Leader.” A Project Leader might be writing a single-author book, with feedback from other WEbook members, or he or she might invite other writers to contribute to a group-written effort. When it comes to group projects, there are a lot of good Project Leaders out there – and then there’s this WEek’s WEbooker, JustCallMeDaisy.

As a sign of JustCallMeDaisy’s dedication to her WEbook project, the two share a name. That’s right – JustCallMeDaisy is the Project Leader of Just Call Me Daisy: A Breastfeeding Mother’s Story. JCMD (as she shall heretofore be known in this blog) first came to my attention when she wrote to me asking what I thought about seeking the support of breastfeeding organizations for her project. “Great idea!” I said. “Go for it!”

A few weeks later, JCMD sent me a link to a website she’d created to help promote and build interest for her WEbook project. “Holy moly!” I thought. “This chica means business!”

JCMD first got the idea for Just Call Me Daisy after the birth of her second child, in February 2008.  A breastfeeding diary quickly developed into a story, which JCMD knew she wanted to share with other mothers.  Says JCMD, “I began by selling it on ebay.  Then I found WEbook, and thought how fantastic it would be if I could publish a collection of other mum’s true breastfeeding stories.”

This powerhouse of a Project Leader promotes Just Call Me Daisy on Facebook, where she has received “an incredible positive response.” Only a week old, the project website has already gotten hundreds of hits. The project is supported by Lactivist, a breastfeeding advocacy group in the UK; the BreastBuddies support forum; and the breastfeeding blog One of Those Women. As of today, Just Call Me Daisy offers stories from nine women, including JCMD. JCMD hopes to continue to gather stories, and submit the book to an upcoming WEbook voting cycle.

In addition to her work on Just Call Me Daisy, JCMD is a regular gal, complete with useless skills (“answering a question without actually answering it”), favorite books (The Time Traveler’s Wife), and weird dreams (which, unfortunately, she doesn’t remember in the morning.) She is the mother of two boys, and a Nursing Student at Nottingham University. She and her partner are in the process of launching a food magazine, EAT. 

Inspired by JCMD’s story? For more tips on how to lead a successful WEbook project, check out the Project Leader’s Guide.

WEbooker of the WEek

Do you have a line on the wonderfullest writer on WEbook? The fantastickest feedbacker? Or anyone else who goes above and beyond to make WEbook the best writing, reading, and publishing community on the internet? Visit my profile and send me a message with the title “WEbooker of the WEek” to nominate your favorite WEbooker and he or she will have a shot at joining the ranks of the immortals – and getting a free WEbook T-shirt to boot.

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-- Melissa

Learn How to Get Published and More: WEbook Project Leader Guide

People are writing books on WEbook -- and you could be one of them.  WEbook Project Leaders start writing projects, and invite others to join them -- either to give feedback on a solo writing venture, or to contribute stories, essays, recipes, poems, nonsense words, and more.  (You can also write your WEbook all by yourself, without a word of input from anyone.)  Through WEbook's revolutionary voting process, the WEbook community will choose some of these projects to become published books.

Join the ranks of the published -- or just lead the coolest project on the WEbook block.  Find out how with WEbook's brand new Project Leader Guide, now available in the WEbook Toolbox.  Get answers to all your burning questions about starting and leading a WEbook project.  Recommended for veteran WEbookers and newbies alike!

Not a WEbook member yet?  Sign up now, and start your very own WEbook project.

-- Melissa

WEbook Guide to Feedback, Part 2.5: How to Read and Write Poetry

If you read and write poetry, I have a treat for you.  After I wrote the second installment of WEbook’s 3-part blog series covering the ins and outs of giving and receiving feedback on WEbook, I realized that I had lots of good advice for how to give great feedback to non-fiction and fiction writers – but when it came to poetry, I was a bit in the dark. I tried to remember what I’d learned in my freshman literary analysis class years and years ago, but all I came up with was something about scansion. So I called in an expert.

William Roetzheim is the founder of Level 4 Press, and the project leader and editor of five WEbook  poetry anthologies. (Read about how to publish poetry in one of the anthologies here.) He graciously agreed to write a WEbooker’s guide to critiquing poetry, drawn from his many years of experience as a poetry editor.

The first entry in the WEbook feedback series dealt with the golden rule of feedback: Give, and you shall receive. The second post taught you how to give great feedback.  Today’s post is designed to supplement Part 2, with advice on reading and critiquing poetry. Part 3 will tackle the tricky business of how to respond to the feedback you get.

How to Read and Write Poetry
by William Roetzheim

There are several types of poetry, each with a different purpose and a different intended audience.  If the purpose and audience of a poem are not matched, the resulting conflict is detrimental to the poet.  It is the responsibility of the poet to be clearly aware of the type of poem he or she writes, and to match that poem to the appropriate audience.  Let's look at some types of poetry, and the intended audience for each.

Journal Entry.  The purpose is to record thoughts, emotions, and events – either because it is beneficial to vent them (writing poems can be wonderful therapy), or as a diary that the poet might want to refer back to later in life.  The intended audience is the poet.

Letter.  The purpose is to communicate with a single recipient.  The communication desired might be to express feelings, to influence this person in some way, to thank a person, to make the recipient feel a certain way, or to entertain the recipient. The intended audience is the recipient.

Song.  The purpose is to enhance music and to communicate a simple message over the background communication of the music itself (which often requires extensive repetition).  The intended audience is someone who is listening to the music at the same time.

Performance. Conceptually, this is very similar to a song.  The purpose is to provide a script that will enhance the vocal performance and to communicate relatively simple messages over the background of the vocal performance itself.  The intended audience is someone who is listening to the performance.

Note that song and performance poetry will be somewhat effective even if they’re delivered in a language you don't understand, or in an acoustic environment where you only understand some of the words.

Literature.  The purpose of these poems is the same as a very short story.  The poem must offer the reader something in exchange for his or her time. This is the bargain between the reader and the author.  It might entertain, inform, or even persuade.  In many cases, it will do more than one of these.  The intended audience is the world, and these poems might be found in books or on the sides of buses.

You critique should vary based on the purpose of the poetry. For the first two types of poetry (journal entries and letters), the only valid critique is encouragement. You might kindly point out minor improvements that may be easily made. For the second two types of poetry (songs and performances), it’s difficult for even the best of them to work well on the page, so you can only really critique them if you hear them in context – either sung or performed.

The last category (literature) is the only one where detailed analysis of the poem is warranted. For poems written as literature, it’s helpful to know something about the craft of writing poetry. There are far too many aspects of poetry craft to cover in this short write-up, but let me go over a few of the most important.

1) Make it new. Good literary poetry tells the reader something significant that they didn’t already know, or tells them something that they did know, but in a unique and interesting manner. Everyone knows that spring is great, love is wonderful, God is great, and so on. Great poetry tells the reader something significant and new, in a unique and interesting manner.

2) Cut it down. If there are any parts of a poem that can be removed without harming the poem – even a single word – the poem is too long.

3) Understand rhyme. If a poem is written in rhyme, the poet must thoroughly understand meter. The entire poem must be written in accordance with the rules of meter in poetry. For today’s poetry, rhyme must be achieved without unusual or inverted word order. Many poets have neither the skill nor the patience for meter, and they may find that they write more effective poetry if they don’t try to make it rhyme.

4) Avoid abstractions. Say it, don’t show it. Avoid preaching. Avoid clichés, including images as clichés and concepts as clichés. Sunsets and sunrises are examples of clichés in poetry. There have been dozens of wonderful poems written about sunrises and sunsets. Unless you find a way to do it better or different, don’t write about it. As a general rule, if someone else has already written a famous poem about something, don’t write about the same thing unless you can do it better or different.

5) It’s all about sound. Good poets pay attention to sonics (the sound of their words). End rhymes are “in your face” and must be used with caution. They seldom work anymore in serious verse, although there are exceptions. Obvious end rhymes (e.g., the classic moon-June syndrome) should be avoided.

6) Read, read, read. To write poetry as literature, or to critique poetry as literature, you must also read poetry as literature.

WEbook September Newsletter

So long summer, welcome fall. The kids are back in school, the leaves are thinking about changing color, the days are getting shorter, and it puts one in the mood for cozying up with a good read or, even better, sitting down for a bit of writing on WEbook. Right now, WEbook is ripe with more ways than ever for you to take your place as the next great writing talent or one of the talent scouts helping to discover the next great writer at WEbook.com.

Three WEbooks Get the Green Light for Publication

We heard the voices of thousands of WEbookers, who helped vote for their publication choices in the inaugural voting cycle this summer. WEbook writers placed more than 200 titles in contention, and community votes elevated 22 finalists into the top 10%. After careful consideration, WEbook is thrilled to announce the next three published WEbooks, written by more than 30 contributors on WEbook.com.

101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do

From fighting a bear to buying a used car, from cooking a steak to stoking her fire, from the simple to the scandalous... this is the "How-To" guide your father forgot to give you. 101 Things promises to be a hit among men looking to expand their skill set and women eager to impart those last few secrets to the near-perfect man in their lives. 101 Things is the ultimate grab-bag manthology, capturing the very best tips for every facet of the male persona: Manly Man, Tricky Man, Resourceful Man, and, last but not least, Impressive Man.

The Legend of Vinny Whiskers

It’s Animal Farm meets the modern realities of overpopulation and climate change. It’s War and Peace meets The Rats of NIMH. In this engaging fantasy novel – inspired by real events – you’ll find a zoo gone wrong!  Animals attacked in their own cages!  And one prairie dog to save them all. 

Shirt for Dessert

Marley Barley sucks on her clothes. Why does she do it? No one knows!

Nothing beats creative problem solving when attempting to balance the scales of a child's diet. This rhyming tale is sure to captivate toddlers and new readers.

WEbook is signing publishing agreements now with the authors, and these three WEbooks will be released in the coming months.

So You Think You Can Draw?

It's official!  Shirt for Dessert and 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do have gotten the green light for publication. Now, WEbook is conducting a search for illustrations for these books, tapping the extraordinary WEbook community to crowd-source those contributions. Naturally, selected illustrators will enjoy a share of the royalties from sales of WEbooks.  To submit illustrations to Shirt for Dessert, click here. 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do, click here. Details are included in the book info for each project. For tips on uploading images into your WEbook submissions, check out the FAQ.

Here Comes Election Day!

After nearly two years of campaigning, you might have heard that there is going to be an actual election in the U.S. What better reason for WEbookers across the globe to get those vote-casting fingers ready. Starting October 21, WEbook will begin accepting submissions of complete, book-length works for voting and publication. On November 4th, the day of the U.S. presidential election, drop by WEbook to vote for the next hit book. (We’ll give you two weeks – until November 18 – in case you’re too busy on the big Tuesday.)

Thinking of submitting to WEbook’s next voting cycle? Drop into the forums and swap tips with other writers about preparing for publication.

An Island of Democracy in a Sea of Democracy

WEbook is all about democracy. Now, with our new discussion forums, you have one more place to turn your me into WE. Have a question about the nuts and bolts of writing? Want to connect with other novelists, children’s book writers, or avid readers? Need help getting over writer’s block? Or just want to vent about the guy who sits in the cubicle next to yours, whistling Bolero all morning long? There’s a place for everything in WEbook’s brand new, re-designed forums. Take moment to read our guidelines, take a look around, and join the conversation.

WEbook Tools Now 300% Toolier

WEbook veterans are familiar with 911 Writer's Block, the nifty tool that gives stalled writers 12-volt blasts of energizing settings, endings, verbs, and more – even ideas for how to kill off a pesky character! Now the WEbook Toolbox tab offers two brand-new tools to help you get the most out of your time on WEbook.

Thinking about starting a WEbook project? Check out the Project Leader Guide for tips on making your project that biggest, best, and all around baddest book on the block. And if you’re looking for ways to take your writing to the next level, visit WEbook Writing Secrets, an ever-growing collection of tips for writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and everything in between.

We look forward to seeing your writing, rating, and feedback on the site. And, as always, we love your feedback. Please feel free to drop a note anytime to info [at] WEbook [dot] com with your thoughts and ideas on these emails, the site, or anything else you would like to chat about.

Happy WEbooking!

Team WEbook

Calling all Houston WEbookers!

Do you or someone you love call Houston home?  WEbook is seeking Houston-based WEbookers to share their stories.  If you fit the bill, visit my profile and drop me a note, or leave a comment in this blog.  We'll get the conversation started.

-- Melissa

Got Writer’s Block? WEbooker of the WEek Can Help

“I try to write everyday... even if it’s just utter crap. Aim for a hundred words a day – could be anything. But force yourself to write something. Nobody has to see it so it can be as forced and as awful as anything. You'll be surprised how this can inspire plot ideas or character ideas. Also you might just write one amazing paragraph that you decide has to be in a story – then construct the story around that one paragraph.” -- Lallybell

If you hang around the 911 Writer’s Block forum, you may have noticed WEbook’s newest WEbooker of the WEek, Lallybell, dishing out advice on breaking writer’s block. Whether you haven’t written for a year, like RiSkyBiZ13, or you need to get the ideas flowing for your big mystery novel, like sarazzi, Lallybell is on the case. She’s been writing for a few years, ever since her English teacher told her she had real potential, and her writer’s block wisdom comes from talking to other writers, learning about writing on the internet, and, of course, personal experience.

Like most WEbookers of the WEek, Lallybell is no one-trick pony. According to her profile, her goal is to write and publish a novel in every major genre. On WEbook, she’s starting with a psychological romance, Save You, which follows the relationship between a clinical psychologist and her troubled client – who happens to be a blockbuster movie star whom most of the world believes to be dead. The story is right up Lallybell’s alley – she hopes to get a degree in psychology and criminology, and one day work as a forensic scientist.

To find out more about the real Lallybell, I asked her some tough questions.

Q: What's the story behind your WEbook penname?

A: As a toddler I insisted on calling myself Lally ( my real name is Lauren), so my mum's nickname for me is Lallybell.
Q:  How long have you been on WEbook, and what's it been like so far? What's the main thing you hope to get out of your time on the site?

A: I’ve been here for about a month. I wanted somewhere where I could get feedback on my work from people who also enjoy writing. I also like reading the amazing unpublished stories on this site – and I like helping out my fellow writers.
Q:  If you could be a famous writer, a rock star, or the elected leader of your country, which would you choose? 
Prime Minister of United Kingdom would be good.  I'd like to have a go at sorting out the problems without party politics being involved.

In addition to writing, Lallybell enjoys swimming, history, and Formula 1 racing.

WEbooker of the WEek

Do you have a line on the wonderfullest writer on WEbook? The fantastickest feedbacker? Or anyone else who goes above and beyond to make WEbook the best writing, reading, and publishing community on the internet? Visit my profile and send me a message with the title “WEbooker of the WEek” to nominate your favorite WEbooker and he or she will have a shot at joining the ranks of the immortals – and getting a free WEbook T-shirt to boot.

-- Melissa

 

WEbook Launches Contest to Choose Illustrations for Next Published Books!

It's official!  Shirt for Dessert and 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do have gotten the green light for publication.  Now we need illustrations!

Shirt for Dessert tells the tale of Marley Barley, who sucks on her clothes.  Why does she do it?  No one knows!  In this charming, rhyming children's book, Marley's parents search for creative ways to get their daughter to stop eating her clothes...and start eating her vegetables!

101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do is the ultimate grab-bag manthology -- a community-sourced marvel, spanning everything from cooking steak to fighting bears, from buying cars to tipping strippers.  We have articles for the Manly Man, the Impressive Man, the Tricky Man, and the Resourceful Man.  We're all over the map, and we like it that way!  We want our illustrations to be all over the map, too.  The illustrations for 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do, like the articles, will be community-sourced.

WEbook is sponsoring a competition to find the perfect illustrations for these books.  To submit illustrations to Shirt for Dessert, click here.  101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do, click here.  Competition details are included in the book info for each project. For tips on uploading images into your WEbook submissions, check out the FAQ.

WEbook  will use a combination of user ratings and our own impeccable good judgment to choose the best of the best from submitted illustrations.  Chosen artists will receive a share of the profits from sales of the books.

Note:  Though Shirt for Dessert and 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do have been green-lighted, they are still works in progress!  We're working with the authors to finalize publishing contracts, and the books will be edited and revised before publication.  Although the contents of the books can't be considered final yet, please use the existing material when deciding what you want to draw.

Have fun!

-- Melissa

Take a WEbook Staycation: WEbookers Writing about the World

Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about the staycation. Apparently, more and more people are choosing not to take flights or road trips, and are using their vacations to stay home and get pedicures instead. According to MSNBC, it all has something to do with the combination of high gas prices and something called a “recession.”

I wouldn’t know about that. But until Donald Trump returns the private jet he borrowed from me last Christmas, I’m afraid I’m stuck at home along with everyone else. Lucky for me, I’ve got WEbook to keep me entertained. My fellow WEbookers hail from all over the globe, and they’re all here to share their stories. Who needs Paris when I’ve got “The Real Paris?”

If Donald Trump stole your jet, too, here’s a list of great WEbook projects that are guaranteed to transport you somewhere other than your living room.

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Destination: New York City

Project:  New York Undercover

Tour Guide: tahrasep

Mode of Transportation: Non-fiction insider’s guidebook articles. “There’s Times Square, and then there’s New York City.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Destination: Africa

Project: Africa’s Sons, Africa’s Daughters

Tour Guide: AkindeleDecker

Mode of Transportation: Non-fiction essays, poetry. “I see a vision for Africa. One that involves and integrates the minds, the intellects, the theories, and philosophies of the likes of our past intellectually enlightened storytellers.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave feedback. Only the Project Leader can write.

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Destination: Dublin

Project:  Dirty Old Town!

Tour Guide: jamesmcshane

Mode of Transportation: Fiction and non-fiction stories. “New York is the city that never sleeps. Dublin is the city that's never sober.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Destination: Kansas

Project:  Jake River’s Kansas

Tour Guide: jakerivers

Mode of Transportation: Fictional short stories. “I was a runner. From about the time I could walk I ran everywhere and all the time. We lived out in the country, kinda north of Wichita along the Little Arkansas River, a nice area called Pleasant Valley.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave feedback. Only the Project Leader can write.

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Destination: Louisiana

Project: Louisiana: Every Man a King

Tour Guide: MDWillis

Mode of Transportation: Fiction and non-fiction stories, poetry. “From S'port to N'leans, from Texas to Mississippi, from past to present.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Destination: Ireland

Project:  Irish Interest Stories and Poems

Tour Guide: Breagadoir

Mode of Transportation: Fiction and non-fiction stories, poetry. “Bringing together stories and poems that have some connection with Ireland.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Destination: China

Project:  China Trip, Summer 2007

Tour Guide: jRphillip

Mode of Transportation: Non-fiction memoir/journal. “I got to see China as a tourist, but I also got to see kids my own age up close and personal in their school. I even got to go home for lunch with them!”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave feedback. Only the Project Leader can write.

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Destination: Michigan

Project:  Lake Superior Tales

Tour Guide: Mikel

Mode of Transportation: Fictional short stories. “The first Governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass was quoted when first seeing Lake Superior in 1820, ‘There are four Great Lakes and then there's one that's Superior.’”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read and leave feedback. Only the Project Leader can write.

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Destination: Las Vegas

Project:  Vegas Undercover

Tour Guide: AmyHa

Mode of Transportation: Non-fiction insider’s guidebook articles. “Vegas vacation ideas that leave the dice in the dust and the cards on the table.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Destination: Everywhere

Project: Ex-Pat Journal

Tour Guide: Sarah

Mode of Transportation: Non-fiction essays. “Nothing makes you appreciate home like living somewhere else.”

Who’s Invited: All WEbookers can read, write, and leave feedback.

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Featured WEbook Projects

Know a great project you’d like to see written about in the WEbook blog? Have a fantastic idea for a feature about a particular type of writing you’ve seen a lot of on WEbook? Visit my profile and drop me a note with the subject: Featured WEbook Project. I’ll check out your tip, and the best of the best will live in infamy on the pages of this blog.

-- Melissa

WEbooker of the WEek Makes Me Wish "Prolific" Came in Verb Form

A few weeks back, I invited readers of this blog to nominate their favorite WEbookers to receive the unparalleled honor of being named WEbooker of the WEek. I received lots of nominations, and witnessed countless acts of outstanding WEbooking. When the dust cleared, one very special WEbooker outshone all the rest. He was nominated by WEbook’s biggest fan, GranisGrazin, and his name, ladies and gentlemen, is RikScott.

According to RikScott’s profile, he’s participated in NaNoWriMo five times, and completed the challenge to write an entire 50,000-word novel in one month four out of those five times. Let me say that again: RikScott has written a whole novel in one month. Four times. This seems inconceivable – until you check out his WEbook ouevre and see that this guy is absolutely, 100% the real deal. He leads twelve active projects, and has submissions in twenty-one other projects. Ordinarily, I would count up all his submissions and let you know the total count, but, frankly, there’s a reason I majored in English instead of math.

Quantity, of course, is not everything, and that’s what makes RikScott so special. His work is funny, energetic, and extremely contagious – every time I read one of his entries in the Semi-Circular File or The Pure Imagination Dictionary (such as psychosematicopharmicologicalschematographographer), I find myself overcome with a nearly irresistible urge to drop whatever I’m doing and devote the rest of my day to writing snappy, imaginative WEbook submissions. If WEbook has already caused you to miss three big deadlines at work, you might want to avoid checking out RikScott’s stuff. If you’re looking for a little jolt of vicarious writing energy, he’s just the thing.

RikScott spent five years in the U.S. Army Special Forces, serving in both Vietnam and Thailand. He has attended seventeen schools, including one where he received a business degree, and the most valuable thing all that schooling taught him is how to type. RikScott also loves music, acting, and radio.  With the help of a friend, he’s transformed his garage into a recording studio, where he works on radio plays, sound effects, background music, and recording – as his time on WEbook permits, of course.

RikScott has been with WEbook for about five weeks, and in his very own words, “they have been some of the most amazing, glorious and productive weeks I can ever remember at a word processor.  There are days when I spend twelve hours or more logged in and reading, reviewing, and writing!  Most of what I have posted here has been written directly into the WEbook editor, something I enjoy doing as it makes participation here more immediate and fun.”

Dying to know more? RikScott was kind enough to answer my most urgent and irrelevant questions.

Q: What was your biggest childhood fear?

A: As a child I was issued a full set of normal fears: Being separated from my family in a crowded place, unexpected loud noises, and being forced to eat foreign vegetables at a friend's house for dinner.  But the scariest thing, I think, was the dark.  Blessed (or cursed – you decide) with an active imagination, I found it impossible not see things when the lights went out.  Elsewhere, in a story, I've written that I can actually see air.  This is not a joke. I've always been able to see it, and it makes me crazy if I think about it.  Worse, I can see darkness.  Not just the absence of light, but the actual stuff of darkness.  Darkness is made up of tiny floating points of not-quite blackness that swirl and move, if you keep your eyes open and look at them.

Q:  What's one thing you love to do that you don't get to do often enough?

A: I love to teach.  I love to stand up in front of a large group of people and teach them something, and make them laugh in the process.  My favorite thing to talk about is the future: How technology will change our lives, and how it is changing everything, all the time.  But give me any topic I'm conversant with – goal setting, writing, blowing things up – and I’ll have a ball!

Q:  If you could have a wrestling match with any person, living or dead, who would you choose?

A: Ooh.  Loaded question.  If I answered the question as if it referred to physical wrestling, I would probably embarrass the readers. However, if I could engage in intellectual wrestling – a full-on, no-holds-barred, non-contact match – I would have to say Colin Wilson, a man of incredible mind and depth.  I can only imagine what a mind-rush it would be to spend time with a writer who not only writes outside the box, but destroys it first.

Q: Describe your hometown in four words.

A:  Seattle.  Rainy.  Aurora Borealis.

WEbooker of the WEek

Do you have a line on the wonderfullest writer on WEbook? The fantastickest feedbacker? Or anyone else who goes above and beyond to make WEbook the best writing, reading, and publishing community on the internet? Visit my profile and send me a message with the title “WEbooker of the WEek” to nominate your favorite WEbooker and he or she will have a shot at joining the ranks of the immortals – and getting a free WEbook T-shirt to boot.

-- Melissa