Writing a new book

LeoZ 2011-10-04 05:54:11 ET It'll be called: "Writing for a Non-Existent Audience"

subsume 2011-10-04 06:11:09 ET You're doin' it wrong! Writing on subkultures.net rarely yields the validation we, as humans, so desperately require. Get a tumblr, bro. Duh. Words are a thing of the past. We're all about expediency. Saying more with less. TWITTER, TUMBLR - get it? 140 characters or less. A picture says a 1000 words. Efficiency is the foundation of sensuality.

LeoZ 2011-10-04 14:30:48 ET How does one enable people to leave comments on Tumblr? This is a genuine question. On the other hand this post was a half-joke. The idea is actually real but I posted it here for obvious reasons. The idea is that if somebody starts a blog, any blog, they are basically writing to a non-existent audience. What they write is supposed to bring in an audience that will read and discuss the written content. If that can be mastered then a book deal can be wrung out of it methinks.

subsume 2011-10-04 17:56:28 ET I don't have a tumblr or twitter, so I'm not the guy to talk to about Getting The Word Out There (though I am a "lackadaisical" Jehovah Witness on the weekends and I might, like the almighty Lawd, pay a visit to your unsuspecting doorstep one Saturday). The biggest issue with your writing is the lack of congruency, if that word is applicable. I'm you're Average Joe reader and your story lacks a beginning and an end that is in any way cohesive. William Burroughs has the same affect on me; it somehow works in the movies but being verbally and extraordinarily thrust into a story, of the short or novel kind, can be jarring, disorienting and perplexing. No one likes to feel like they're "missing the point." The humor and descriptions are dead-on and vibrant but if you want to address a wider public, I suggest something of an intro, vague and crpytic as it may be. I was entirely goofy & facetious in my initial post but thinking about it, there's a challenge there: with words and no photos or catchphrases, you have to infiltrate a generation that's saturated with vivacious and poignant photos & quotes (generally under four sentences) to define their feelings and convey their appreciation for things. Man, it's tough but feasible and you have the right idea, you just need to better cater to people outside your head if you want an audience.

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