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2 New Publication Opportunities for Writers in Second Life

by Joan Kremer on January 6, 2010 · 2 comments

in Opportunities, Places for writers

Second Life writers have been brewing up a storm of writing activities lately – both for publication and to support the writing process. While I’ve been wandering about the ruins of Ancient Egypt the past month (subject of a coming post) and wading through the frenzy of holiday time back home in the U.S., my friends [...]

Tagged as: Blue Angel Landing, Blue Angel Poets' Dive Bar, Milk Wood, Poetry, virtual writing community, writers resources, writing contest

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Where to Meet Many of the ‘AWE’some Writers, Publishers, & Resources in Second Life

by Joan Kremer on October 13, 2009 · 1 comment

in Benefits of SL, Events, Places for writers

For nearly two years, I’ve been talking about all the great resources for writers in the virtual world of Second Life. Here’s your chance to see for yourself – in one easy trip to the annual Autumn Writers Exposition. For the third year in a row, the folks at the awesome Written Word organization in SL [...]

Tagged as: authors in SL, networking, Story Mountain Center for Writers, virtual writing community, writers resources, writing contest, Written Word

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How a Successful Author in First Life Supports Aspiring Authors in Second Life

September 9, 2009

Most Wednesday evenings find me with a handful of other writers in a comfy, living-room setting, where we talk and laugh with, and get advice from a writer whose career is way ahead of mine: an author of more than 40 published novels (at least eight of which have been New York Times bestsellers) and [...]

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‘The Rabbicorn’: Another Way Second Life Enhances the Storyteller’s Art

July 17, 2009

It’s sort of a cross between an illustrated storybook and Disneyworld without the crowds, noise, and vendors. It’s a story you can literally immerse yourself in. And it’s something you’ll find only in a virtual world like Second Life.
I love discovering ways in which writers use the 3D elements of Second Life to create work [...]

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Want Help Writing a ‘Fib’?* Talented Poets in Second Life Have You Covered

July 9, 2009

* Or another short poem
I do not consider myself a poet. Oh, I’ve written poetry – some of it’s even been published or won (minor) awards. But I can go for years without writing a single line.
Nevertheless, I studied a lot of poetry in college, and thought I at least knew the primary forms. So [...]

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Do Writers Have a Role in the Future of Virtual Worlds?

June 25, 2009

I asked a question of a few people who are mostly ignorant of the existence of Second Life: What would you expect to see at an exposition on the future of virtual worlds on the Internet?
After they got past the guffaws or confusion or outright indignation (e.g., “Who do you think I am – some [...]

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One More Reason Second Life’s Good for Writers: Bookstacks

June 18, 2009

The writing community in Second Life continues to amaze me! At a literary gathering yesterday, I had the pleasure of being with a couple dozen writers who came together to listen to and applaud the winners of a flash fiction contest I helped organize and judge.
The contest part of it was extremely hard for [...]

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For SL Writers, an ‘Offer You Can’t Refuse’: Speakeasy Bash, Poetry Slam & Flash Fiction Contest

May 22, 2009

One of the serendipitous things that’s happened to me in Second Life is the chance to get involved with a writers’ showcase at a virtual university, where I’ve gotten to know a lot of other writers and participated in many kinds of projects for creative writers.
I’ve never seen anything in the physical world quite like [...]

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WITVS Blogger & ‘Queen’ of SL Poets Go ‘Off the Shelf’ & On the Air

March 26, 2009

The exciting new radio talk show about the literary scene in Second Life, Off The Shelf, will air its second program this Sunday, March 29, featuring perhaps the most well-known SL literary figure/writer/poet, Persephone Phoenix, and one of the newer SL writing-scene bloggers, yours truly, as my SL avatar Alas Zerbino.
Off The Shelf is the [...]

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Story Quest & More Exciting ‘Firsts’ for Writers in SL

March 13, 2009

I’ve been fighting that Big, Bad Time Monster lately — trying to juggle my income-producing work … with revising my novel … with attending an increasing number of great writers’ events in Second Life … with blog-writing … with everything else in life … blah, blah, blah.
And as they say in that great movie, Sordid [...]

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A Writer’s Guide to Learning About Second Life (Part 2)

February 19, 2009

Welcome back! I hope you’re finding Second Life half as intriguing as I do! In Part 1 of this series, I described these six steps that helped me — and I hope can help you — in Second Life:

Learn a little about Second Life before you enter this virtual world.
Sign up for Second Life (it’s [...]

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The Story Trail in SL: A Magical Experience for Creative Writers

February 1, 2009

When’s the last time you combined a walking meditation in a lush, serene natural setting with a creative writing session? Where you didn’t have to worry about cold, heat, rain, snow, mosquitoes, gnats, or any other bothersome aspect of nature. Where all you had to concentrate on was your writing and the gorgeous surroundings?
For most [...]

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Written Word: This Virtual Group Offers Tremendous Support for Real Writers

January 19, 2009

I was lucky to have stumbled onto Written Word in one of my earliest explorations around the virtual world of Second Life.
(I think it was shortly after my ill-fated attempt to dance for Lindens at a nightclub; I earned all of L$15, which then disappeared from my account overnight!! I know I was strolling [...]

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The Start of a Central Information Source for Writers in Second Life

December 31, 2008

I confess: When I first saw the news item about Second Life in The Writer magazine’s most recent issue, I was a bit ticked off — and then my holier-than-thou self-righteousness took over and quickly sparked a full-blown exodus of all life forms from the room. (OK, that’s exaggerating a bit, but it still wasn’t a [...]

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Seven Lessons I Learned from Doing NaNoWriMo 2008 Virtually

December 3, 2008

Well, I was proved wrong once again: Participating in National Novel Writing Month was incredibly more challenging and far more rewarding than I ever expected!
I herewith apologize to all my writer friends whose participation in previous NaNoWriMos I discounted — don’t ask if you were one; I’m too embarrassed to say — and now [...]

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Poets: A Wealth of Open Mics Await You in Second Life (1st in a series)

September 29, 2008

Roughly eight months ago, I tiptoed around a hedge and peaked at my first poetry reading in Second Life. I was still a newbie who knew nothing about HUDs that let avatars know who else is around, so I thought I was hiding pretty good. That is, until I heard a woman’s voice say, “Welcome, [...]

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7 Second Life Ways to Give Your Writing a Boost

July 10, 2008

Yeah, I know—writers are supposed to chain their butts to the seats of their writing chairs if they want to achieve real literary success. But it’s the rare writer (Emily Dickinson is one of the few who come to mind) who can thrive solely in the airspace between the fingertips and the keyboard (or [...]

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Joan Kremer is a professional business/ nonfiction writer, novelist, short story writer, editor of an online literary journal, and most recently co-owner of the Story Mountain Center for Writers in Second Life® (where I go by the avatar name Alas Zerbino, whose picture appears above).

For even more about me, check out the About Me page of this blog, and/or read this interview by Debbie Ridpath Ohi about my experiences as a writer in SL at her great blog, Inkygirl's Daily Diversions for Writers.

A little background on my SL writers' center is in this episode of the Second Life Cable Network TV show Real Biz in SL, which talks about Story Mountain Center for Writers and the other women-owned organizations that share Athena Isle.
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