Comments for Open Loop Press http://www.openlooppress.org publishing a new kind of writer's notebook Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Is the Mobile App the New Writer’s Blog? by Sam Trawick http://www.openlooppress.org/musings/is-the-mobile-app-the-new-writers-blog/#comment-1968 Sam Trawick Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=393#comment-1968 It is amazing how easy it is to reach out and touch our fan base. Blogs and Ezines can be sent straight to Gmail which can be read from most smart phones. What a great time to be alive! Samuel J. E. Trawick, Author of The Frostbourne Chronicles It is amazing how easy it is to reach out and touch our fan base. Blogs and Ezines can be sent straight to Gmail which can be read from most smart phones. What a great time to be alive!

Samuel J. E. Trawick, Author of The Frostbourne Chronicles

]]> Comment on Code Meets Storytelling in iPhone App Machine #69 by Mark Wernham http://www.openlooppress.org/musings/code-meets-storytelling-in-iphone-app-machine-69/#comment-1933 Mark Wernham Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:49:38 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=379#comment-1933 Hi Claudia, I'll be guest blogging here shortly, writing about the process of making Machine #69, so keep an eye out for that. Please feel free to pay me. I'll look at your blog with interest. Mark Wernham Hi Claudia,
I’ll be guest blogging here shortly, writing about the process of making Machine #69, so keep an eye out for that. Please feel free to pay me. I’ll look at your blog with interest.
Mark Wernham

]]> Comment on Code Meets Storytelling in iPhone App Machine #69 by Claudia Ricci http://www.openlooppress.org/musings/code-meets-storytelling-in-iphone-app-machine-69/#comment-1931 Claudia Ricci Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:14:42 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=379#comment-1931 VERY cool idea and yes I want to read the book -- don't have an iPhone -- yet! My new novel Seeing Red is being serialized on the Huff Post, but meanwhile, I am writing a couple of crazy time travel, murder mystery books-by-blog, one is "Sister Mysteries," http://www.renata1883.blogspot.com, I want to do what Mark has done with Machine #69! EXCELLENT IDEA, Mark can I pay you to show me how to do this? In Japan, novels by phone are the rage! VERY cool idea and yes I want to read the book — don’t have an iPhone — yet! My new novel Seeing Red is being serialized on the Huff Post, but meanwhile, I am writing a couple of crazy time travel, murder mystery books-by-blog, one is “Sister Mysteries,” http://www.renata1883.blogspot.com, I want to do what Mark has done with Machine #69! EXCELLENT IDEA, Mark can I pay you to show me how to do this? In Japan, novels by phone are the rage!

]]> Comment on Should We Write Books? Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age by jesusangelgarcia http://www.openlooppress.org/musings/should-we-write-books-writing-and-publishing-in-the-digital-age/#comment-1878 jesusangelgarcia Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:13:03 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=364#comment-1878 My take is right here: http://badbadbad.net So far, the transmedia creative activity has been lotsa fun. Ask me after the summer tour (book launches in late May) if the efforts helped grow an audience beyond the "lit" crowd. My take is right here: http://badbadbad.net So far, the
transmedia creative activity has been lotsa fun. Ask me after the
summer tour (book launches in late May) if the efforts helped grow
an audience beyond the “lit” crowd.

]]> Comment on Ahsahta Press’s Janet Holmes by Carlen Arnett http://www.openlooppress.org/publishers/ahsahta-press-janet-holmes/#comment-577 Carlen Arnett Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:44:10 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=306#comment-577 Three cheers for Ahsahta! It's envigorating to hear Janet Holmes describe her clear vision for a press that challenges expectations and delights and surprises readers with remarkable work from writers we might otherwise not hear from. Three cheers for Ahsahta! It’s envigorating to hear Janet Holmes describe her clear vision for a press that challenges expectations and delights and surprises readers with remarkable work from writers we might otherwise not hear from.

]]> Comment on Artistic Fundamentals: Gabriel Judet-Weinshel by editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/gabriel-judet-weinshel/#comment-17 editor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=9#comment-17 CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL! Gabriel Judet-Weinshel has been nominated for two New York Emmy Awards for his work on NYC Soundtracks. Winners will be announced on March 29, 2009 at the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Gabriel, all of us at "Open Loop Press" are keeping our fingers crossed for you! ~CMW CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL!

Gabriel Judet-Weinshel has been nominated for two New York Emmy Awards for his work on NYC Soundtracks.

Winners will be announced on March 29, 2009 at the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Gabriel, all of us at “Open Loop Press” are keeping our fingers crossed for you!

~CMW

]]> Comment on Fiction as Fibbing: Benjamin Taylor by editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/benjamin-taylor/#comment-16 editor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:05:04 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=114#comment-16 BENJAMIN TAYLOR IS A FINALIST FOR BARNES & NOBLE'S 2008 DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS AWARD!! The winner will be announced on March 4th, 2009 in New York City. All six fiction and nonfiction finalists will give a reading at Barnes & Noble's Tribeca store in Lower Manhattan (97 Warren Street @ Greenwich) at seven o'clock that evening. Keep your eyes on your feed reader for more info. And if you're in the New York area, stop by to support! ~CMW BENJAMIN TAYLOR IS A FINALIST FOR BARNES & NOBLE’S 2008 DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS AWARD!!

The winner will be announced on March 4th, 2009 in New York City.

All six fiction and nonfiction finalists will give a reading at Barnes & Noble’s Tribeca store in Lower Manhattan (97 Warren Street @ Greenwich) at seven o’clock that evening.

Keep your eyes on your feed reader for more info. And if you’re in the New York area, stop by to support!

~CMW

]]> Comment on Creating the Chorus: Joshua Kryah and the Question of Faith by editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/joshua-kryah/#comment-15 editor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:30:28 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=116#comment-15 You can find the entire sequence of Joshua Kryah's "Holy Ghost People" in issue 25 of Slope (Slope.org). Check it out. http://www.slope.org/latestissue/poetry/joshua_kryah.html ~CMW You can find the entire sequence of Joshua Kryah’s “Holy Ghost People” in issue 25 of Slope (Slope.org). Check it out.

http://www.slope.org/latestissue/poetry/joshua_kryah.html

~CMW

]]> Comment on Crafting Connection: Christina Davis Reaches Out by editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/christina-davis/#comment-14 editor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:22:06 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=118#comment-14 CHRISTINA DAVIS IS AWARDED THE 2009 WITTER BYNNER FELLOWSHIP Congratulations, Christina!! Poet Laureate Kay Ryan selected Christina Davis and Mary Szybist as winners of the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowship awarded by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Davis will join Mary Szybist for a reading in the Montpelier Room of the Library of Congress' James Madison Building (101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC) on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 6:45pm. If you're in the Washington area, why not stop by? The event is free, tickets are not required, and all are welcome. It promises to be a memorable evening indeed! ~CMW CHRISTINA DAVIS IS AWARDED THE 2009 WITTER BYNNER FELLOWSHIP

Congratulations, Christina!!

Poet Laureate Kay Ryan selected Christina Davis and Mary Szybist as winners of the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowship awarded by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry in conjunction with the Library of Congress.

Davis will join Mary Szybist for a reading in the Montpelier Room of the Library of Congress’ James Madison Building (101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC) on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 6:45pm.

If you’re in the Washington area, why not stop by? The event is free, tickets are not required, and all are welcome. It promises to be a memorable evening indeed!

~CMW

]]> Comment on Fiction as Fibbing: Benjamin Taylor by NYCwriter http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/benjamin-taylor/#comment-4 NYCwriter Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:15:53 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=114#comment-4 I think some of the best books I've read follow a character from early childhood to early adulthood.  One in particular stands out: "Body and Soul" by Frank Conroy.  It's about a boy named Claude and his journey from being a young musician to a famous composer.  It's the kind of story that you can't stop reading because from page one you care about the main character, which means you're completely invested in finding out what happens to him.  On a technical level, I don't know why it works so well, but as a reader I think it has a perfect combination of art and action.  Plus the author gets inside the head of the musician and reveals what it's like to intimately understand music, which seems really hard to do as well as he's done it.  I just really love this book. I think some of the best books I’ve read follow a character from early childhood to early adulthood.  One in particular stands out: “Body and Soul” by Frank Conroy.  It’s about a boy named Claude and his journey from being a young musician to a famous composer.  It’s the kind of story that you can’t stop reading because from page one you care about the main character, which means you’re completely invested in finding out what happens to him.  On a technical level, I don’t know why it works so well, but as a reader I think it has a perfect combination of art and action.  Plus the author gets inside the head of the musician and reveals what it’s like to intimately understand music, which seems really hard to do as well as he’s done it.  I just really love this book.

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