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Genius Literary Criticism
The scene below is taken from Jasper Fforde’s 2004 novel The Fourth Bear. Main character Jack Spratt and his wife Madeleine are attending a literary awards ceremony when one of Madeleine’s writer...
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Novelr Needs Your Help
[Update]: I have upgraded the hosting package and Novelr is above the waters once again. I am humbled by the support and goodwill you guys have shown. Thank you, all of you. I don’t think there’s...
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Novelr Has Forums!
Right. Just a short shoutout here – Novelr’s forums, aptly titled NovLounge (yeah it was a hot afternoon and I wasn’t very feeling creative, so don’t clobber me) is up and running. There’s a handy...
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What Is The Classic .com Mistake?
I recently came across a critical piece on two Novelr articles (this one and this one), published in Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large, Volume 8, Number 9 (a journal of libraries, policy,...
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Open Mike: Do You Support The ‘F Word’?
I’ll be taking a study break from Novelr until late December, which means my posts here will be fewer and further between. Yes, I know this sounds quite awful, but I’m currently studying about 4 hours...
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Announcement
Novelr is on hiatus. Posting resumes after 4th December, 2008. [Update]: I’ve just realized that it’s not very nice of me to take a leave of absence without leaving behind something for you read, do,...
View ArticleLife as a Web Fiction Guide Editor
My exams ended on the 4th of December, and I was suddenly left alone with my newfound freedom. I surfed the Internet a bit, clicking about in random directions, in much the same way a criminal may run...
View ArticleMemorandum
Welcome, folks, to a redesigned Novelr. I call this version two point oh, draft eight, and I hope you like it as much as I do. (Note: bugs are still being ironed out, so please bear with me for...
View ArticleA Note On The Month-Long Absence
I think I owe everyone both an explanation and an apology at the month-long absence I took in-between the last two posts. I was working, for starters, and I had only nights to come back home and go...
View ArticleToo Many Commas
We interrupt your regular dish of Internet fiction commentary with a brief interlude … I admit that I’m not happy with the latest writing on Novelr. I feel that it’s starting to become too stuffy; too...
View ArticleIntroducing Novelr’s Linked List
You may have noticed several new posts shaped like little notes between the longer Novelr articles today: these are from Novelr’s Linked List, which are supposed to point you to interesting pieces...
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A Book Buyer Complains About Books-to-Movies
In which I lament the inability to buy movie books during movie season. You know book-movies, don’t you? Yes, I’m sure you do. Most people don’t care much for them, and neither do I. But if there’s one...
View ArticleOn Novelr’s Downtime (And One Other Thing)
You might’ve noticed that Novelr was down for the tail-end of August. For a period of roughly two weeks, Stumbleupon sent 1000-2000 visitors a day to the site, and it wasn’t too long before the flood...
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I’ll Be Liveblogging The 3D1D Event (Updated)
[Update]: Day 1 and Day 2 are over, and I’ve neglected Novelr quite a bit, but expect things to pick up once Day 3 is wrapped up. In the mean time, you can see the summaries for Day 1 and Day 2 here...
View ArticleUtopia
An interlude, in which we find it helpful to imagine the future: In the future of writing there are many websites. All the writers have one, like a new toy, or a fountain pen. They are easy to...
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On The Weblit vs Webfic Debate
Over the past couple of days, there has been some debate over which or what term we should use when we are talking about our work. On the one hand, we have writers who think that we should call our...
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A Simple Explanation
Imagine this: you’re a web fiction writer, and you’re approaching a publisher, or an editor, or a reader – a person who does not understand this thing that you do. You want to explain web fiction to...
View ArticleA Fear of Punditry
Novelr is four years old this year. Four years can be a long time indeed. In the past six months a couple of things have changed at this site. Some of you – the older readers, I’m sure – may have...
View ArticleA Novelr Primer: All We Know About Web Fiction
I think it’s about time I made a summary of everything we’ve learnt about web fiction, at Novelr, for the past four years or so. This post contains all of Novelr’s work. Much of it is directed to the...
View ArticleNovelr Hacked; Back Up Now
Just a couple of quick announcements: 1) Novelr was compromised for most of today and part of yesterday. Those of you using Google Chrome (or a browser with a Google search bar installed) would’ve...
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