Fictionaut Blog

Fictionaut has always relied on your feedback to evolve. To find out what works, what doesn’t, and what we need to improve next, we’ve created a short survey. We’re grateful for your responses. [Read more]

Recently:
   Checking in with Second Tongue
   Fictionaut Five: Kirk Farber
   Luna Digest, 2/16
   Fictionaut Faves, 2/15

Out of several entries in the Significant Objects group, Nicholas Rombes‘ story was chosen as the official tale of “the music box disguised as a gift that everybody knew was a music box.” The story is now up on the Significant Objects site, and you can bid on the box on eBay. Proceeds from the auction are donated to 826 National.

For the second round, an egg whisk begs for signification. For more on Significant Objects, read Nicolle’s check-in with the S.O. group.

Recently:
   Fictionaut Faves, 1/25
   Checking in with Short Story Challenge
   Line Breaks: “We” by Mary Grimm

Fictionaut is now offering RSS feeds for latest stories, recommended stories, and group activity. With a feed reader of your choice, you can subscribe to a full-text feed of the latest stories as they appear on the site and recommended stories that break into the top ten. To make it easier to find busy groups, we’re now also offering a way to sort groups by most active in a given time period in the groups overview.

Also on the blog:
   Checking In With PANK
   Fictionaut Five: Grant Bailie
   Luna Digest, 11/10
   John Minichillo: Underground, Except Out in the Wide Open

At the Huffington Post, Jürgen Fauth considers Fictionaut’s disruptive potential and whether “it may be more productive to consider the changes roiling the publishing industry evolutionary rather than revolutionary.” Keep reading.

Also on the blog:
   Writing Spaces: Randall Brown
   Fictionaut Five: Matt Baker
   Luna Digest, 11/3
   Checking in with Electric Literature

Mediabistro’s Jason Boog and Matt Van Hoven talked to Fictionaut co-founder Jürgen Fauth about “building a socially-networked model for 21st Century writers.” You can listen at Galleycat.

Also on the blog:
   Fictionaut Five with Barb Johnson
   Luna Digest, 10/27
   Checking In with Muumuu House

At Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors, Eric Banks interviews Fictionaut co-founder Jürgen Fauth.

Also on the blog this week:
   Fictionaut Five with Joseph Young
   Luna Digest, 10/20
   Writing Spaces: Jim Ruland

We lifted the password curtain and made Fictionaut visible to the world. After a year of private testing, we’re delighted to reveal a thriving community along with the terrific writing posted and discussed over the past twelve months. Keep reading…

We’re thrilled to roll out Fictionaut Groups, our most significant update yet. Jump right in, start your own group, or check out the Groups FAQ for more info.

We thought it’d be fun to see all of our members’ books in one place, so we created a virtual store on Amazon. We hope you like it. If you haven’t added your publications to your profile yet, you can do so here. Happy browsing!

We’re pleased to announce that Gary Percesepe is joining the Fictionaut Board of Advisors. Read more…