1. Publishing is Writing in Public,
or, It May Be A Mob...But It’s My
Mob
Richard Nash @r_nash
http://smalldemons.com {Welcome to the Storyverse}
http://redlemona.de {come read, write, and be merry}
http://rnash.com {earlier pontifications}
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3. Since the launch of Richard Nash’s
Red Lemonade site—the first
iteration of his planned Cursor
platform—talk has been buzzing
among writers about it. The question
I’ve heard, literally on the street in
New York when I’ve bumped into
people, and online, is this: how is this
different from any other attempt at
online writing communities?
—Brian Joseph Davis, Founding
Editor, Joyland.ca
4. Historical attempts at these large
online writing communities have all
shown that too big a net is cast over
the notion of “writing” as a singular
activity and goal when, rather,
“writing” is a writhing mass of ever
evolving code between people.
—Brian Joseph Davis
5. Instead of training readers to be
writers—the purported goal of many
Field of Dreams-like writing websites
—Red Lemonade is training writers to
be readers and act as citizens of their
craft. That, I know for a fact, will result
in sales.
—Brian Joseph Davis
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10. American Genius Someday This
will Be Funny
Gross Units 6755 4199
Returns 3840 524
Net Units 2915 3675
Net $ 22,156.36 27,694.29
Digital $ 441.00 5,297.82
Other Non-Digital 0.00 37,500
Total Publisher Revenue 22,597.36 70,492.11
Author Royalties 2,875.00 8247.00
43. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didn’t)
2. If You Can’t Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didn’t)
44. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didn’t)
2. If You Can’t Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didn’t)
3. A Sellable Story is One
They’ve [Been] Sold Before
45. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didn’t)
2. If You Can’t Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didn’t)
3. A Sellable Story is One
They’ve [Been] Sold Before
• The Fantasy of Unique Insight
46. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didn’t)
2. If You Can’t Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didn’t)
3. A Sellable Story is One
They’ve [Been] Sold Before
• The Fantasy of Unique Insight
• The Fantasy of Disintermediation
49. “The 20th century was about
sorting out supply...”
“The 21st century will be
about sorting out demand...”
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51. “Authors and readers aren’t
types of people, they are
behaviors, which we all
manifest at some point or
another, sometimes
together.”
—Peggy Nelson
52. To sign up for an invite to the Small Demons beta
go to http://SmallDemons.com
To check out Red Lemonade,
go to http://RedLemona.de
