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[doctorclark]

[PuzzledPineapple]

[GasparLewis]

Alright, so, I have my first submission.
Nice, fat 1K words prepped for the presses.
Something I've kept in storage and tidied up to go.
Where do I stick it; here?
(I want to stick it here; I think everyone might get a kick out of it.)

EDIT: I think we can pull some of the Perplex City Humour off the Wiki for a few bonus points, no? The Postcard Code Play would real purty in the book, no?

EDIT AGAIN: We're going with my title? At least for now? SWEET!

And, boy, I have a puzzle-story in the works that I guarantee will make even the guys with solved silvers cringe a bit. [/b]

[Scott]

http://wiki.incognitus.net/ppc/index.php/Tales_From_Earth

I imagine violet will give us more information soon enough. We need at least a deadline, yaknow? fFor the time being I believe it is a good idea to place articles on the wiki as a repository.

I don't think I need to say: Do NOT edit anyone else's work unless you are asked to.

In short, post your pieces with page titles like: Tales From Earth:Title placing an entry on the index page (Tales_From_Earth) listing who you are, how long it is, when you wrote it, and a short description.

Also note, if people prefer they may post a link to their article which may be posted elsewhere such as on a blog.

[European Chris]

How does one post to wiki-how do you register?

[uneasyjd]

[pickwick the second]

I'll see if I can't find a few minutes, too...

[simonw2000]

[chippy]

I think a collaborative story would be great for a chapter or three in the book. You know, the ones where someone writes a line (or paragraph) and another person adds another one, etc..

1) This could be done on the wiki - editing is easy (registration needed to post)
2) or it could be done on a site like this http://storyteller.ning.com/ click on browse to read some of the other stories (reg. needed to post)
3) Or, it could be done as a forum thead (minus the "ooh! thats a good line" comments). (lurkers can post too?)... and then stitched nicely on the wiki?

We can also think about adding pictures to help illustrate the story.

Its meant to be totally free-form, but could have a theme, such as "drama" "sci-fi" "monty python-esque" "humour" etc ...

edits:: Tales from Earth is the book, so probably not sci-fi, and its gotta be reasonably unfilthy too

EDITS: Here is the thread for the collaborative story

[sledgecallier]

Having done some work in the publishing industry I would be more then happy to help out with editing, production etc. By the sound of it we also need someone to take charge a bit and set deadlines, topics etc to make sure we don't end up with 15 stories about the same topic...

[European Chris]

[specterz]

Alright, I just added my little thing about the nights on Earth to the wiki. I think I did it right, though I've never used the wiki before so I can't be sure

[Mikeyj]

I like the bragg idea, but maybe to save time a sentence each and then we can do it like consequences? It'll allow more people to be able to join in? Or maybe one submission could be like that and the rest individual articles?

Anyone know a real live published author that we could get to do a foreword?

[Daffy889]

If we're going to use this to our advantage to send coded messages to the 3P, perhaps we could call it "Tales From The Third Planet", and include our own "Third Planet Logo" on the cover. That'd sure grab their attention.

(I'm joking, BTW)

[chichiri]

I'm stupid, sorry!

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