Morgan BellOn my radar . . .
June 11th 2009 01:39
Confidence is a must
Happiness is a plus
Edginess is a rush
Edges, I like them rough
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar.
I got my eye on you . . . and I cant let you get away.
There actually is a point to this post, other than the musical stylings of Britney Spears and the fan-video direction of Leslie Diep.
A list of websites that have been on my radar.
Some new and exciting ways to entertain yourself on the net
1. Daily Booth
dailybooth.com
For people who like taking photos of themselves. Daily Booth is an online photo journal designed to document the appearance of the user over time in daily photos. Take a snap from your webcam or phone or digital camera and upload to the site each day. You can create a record of your life and how you feel by collating images of how you look. It's a quirky way of marking time, and a great incentive to practice your photography.
2. Blovel Spot
blovelspot.com
Blovel Spot is the new resource for writers to write blog novels (or blovels) online. A blovel is a novel you write very quickly in 40 chapters of around 500 to 1000 words each. One chapter a week (or a day if you are feeling productive) over 40 weeks. Each post is a chapter which should end in a cliffhanger. Blovels should be written in first person and stick to the three act structure. No editing allowed. The blovel is intended allow writers to jot down a first draft which can be used to structure a proper novel from.
3. Square Space
squarespace.com
A fully hosted, completely managed environment for creating and maintaining a website, blog or portfolio. Bloggers, businesses, authors, and professionals are all able to take advantage of Squarespace's flexible platform because it can power sites of all sizes. They give you full control over your content and site customization, and claim to be ten times faster than a regular web builder. Very low hosting fees if you are considering building an online portfolio. Check out the examples. Very swish.
4. Blurb
blurb.com
Blurb is an online self-publishing service, similar to Lulu, but aimed more towards creative and commercial photographers, and visual and graphic artists. You can create your books with a free bookmaking software (for Mac and PC) and produce bookstore quality books. Blurb is a low cost and professional way of promoting your work as an artist. You can maintain the integrity of being independent while selling polished products online.
Happiness is a plus
Edginess is a rush
Edges, I like them rough
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar . . . got you on my . . .
Radar.
I got my eye on you . . . and I cant let you get away.
There actually is a point to this post, other than the musical stylings of Britney Spears and the fan-video direction of Leslie Diep.
A list of websites that have been on my radar.
Some new and exciting ways to entertain yourself on the net
1. Daily Booth
dailybooth.com
For people who like taking photos of themselves. Daily Booth is an online photo journal designed to document the appearance of the user over time in daily photos. Take a snap from your webcam or phone or digital camera and upload to the site each day. You can create a record of your life and how you feel by collating images of how you look. It's a quirky way of marking time, and a great incentive to practice your photography.
2. Blovel Spot
blovelspot.com
Blovel Spot is the new resource for writers to write blog novels (or blovels) online. A blovel is a novel you write very quickly in 40 chapters of around 500 to 1000 words each. One chapter a week (or a day if you are feeling productive) over 40 weeks. Each post is a chapter which should end in a cliffhanger. Blovels should be written in first person and stick to the three act structure. No editing allowed. The blovel is intended allow writers to jot down a first draft which can be used to structure a proper novel from.
3. Square Space
squarespace.com
A fully hosted, completely managed environment for creating and maintaining a website, blog or portfolio. Bloggers, businesses, authors, and professionals are all able to take advantage of Squarespace's flexible platform because it can power sites of all sizes. They give you full control over your content and site customization, and claim to be ten times faster than a regular web builder. Very low hosting fees if you are considering building an online portfolio. Check out the examples. Very swish.
4. Blurb
blurb.com
Blurb is an online self-publishing service, similar to Lulu, but aimed more towards creative and commercial photographers, and visual and graphic artists. You can create your books with a free bookmaking software (for Mac and PC) and produce bookstore quality books. Blurb is a low cost and professional way of promoting your work as an artist. You can maintain the integrity of being independent while selling polished products online.
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Comment by Earl Leonard
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im glad someone found them useful!
thanks fr the comment
Comment by Norm
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Google has nothing on you.
I tried to register on blovelspot.com.
Just now.
Apparently my email address has too many characters.
That's a tough editorial process.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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omg that happened to me too!
it said my hotmail address was too long so i had to use my gmail address which is a couple of characters shorter . . . i thought it was a very odd way of screening potential writers
Comment by Norm
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Look we love where you're going with this, but could you make your email address shorter.
I've heard it all before.
I never write in the first person either.
I'm an Eve-man.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you like a bit of rib, eh?
i dont know if they actually check whether youve written in first or third person, i think its more of a suggestion, i think its intended to facilitate you writing quickly, just put yourself in the characters head and go
its sposed to help you flesh out a plot
well help those people with short email addresses haha
Comment by Mountain Fog
blovel, I like the sound of it, but, what about copyright.. and I wonder how one protects ones work online anyway, as anyone can alter your idea and claim it as their own... dunno..
and you didn't ring me when in Katoomba...baiitcch!
cheers
fog
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i would have to check the fine print about copyright, i think one of the benefits to posting it online, as opposed to keeping it in a word document, is that you can get feedback from other writers as you write
Katoomba, oh well that didnt end up happening, Troy and i both got the flu and stayed in Newcastle on the weekend . . . its a shame, i was keen to lend my support to the Bent Art show and my friend Angela (one of her works was rejected because it depicted a dildo haha, the other one got in)
i promise i will ring you if i ever do get to the area
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Comment by Mountain Fog
oh what a peeee ewwweh getting a cold, hope it wasn't swine like, then again you didn't go to Victoria, where it seems "mexicans" (Melburnians) are the carriers in our country! HA! Love having a swipe at them every now and again..
Yes, I agree the blovel concept is a good one, but, plagiarism is rife. but, it would be a good exercise to force one to write every day.
and what a load of nonsense, banning your pal's dildo picture! It really amazes me (dare I say it considering my facetious and sarcastic "mexican" remark!)) how backward Australia still is, they let that other idiot take photos of nude little girls and boys, eyt ban a dildo depiction!
Some of these morons should take a stroll through the corridors of classic Greek and Roam sculpture sometime, let alone the Indian, that entire temple devoted to sex and the penis...amazing.
cheers and if I get down to Taswegia, I'll let you know, it would be rather fun actually,
fog
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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You need to get a life
Always a font of knowledge . . .
Now if only you could turn a quid out of all of it!
Blovel - wow - I can sense a new entry into the Macquarie Dictionary.
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im am quite the googler . . . and very well networked!
youve got to keep your ear to the ground for these upcoming internet activity trends
hi Fog,
i live back in Sydney now (well if you consider the Central Coast/ Newcastle as a far outer suburb haha) so dont go looking for me in Tazzy anymore
funny how the Classical era was more progressive an open-minded than current society when it comes to appreciating the beauty of the human form (well if you consider a synthetic penis to be a far outer appendage of the human body
hi MNG,
i hear a few things here and there, store them in my memory files, and then one day a few pieces of useless info connect and snap into line like and electricity bolt
then TADA theres a whacky post on Deep Pencil for us all to read
i work in mysterious ways
the net IS my life . . . well my sober life
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About the Blurb, you guys should try it, as it's definitely a very good platform, as Morgan have described here (I tried it before, and I loved their service).
Comment by Morgan Bell
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haha im on your radar . . . excellent!
so youve used the Blurb self-publishing? what kind of book did you create?
Comment by Mau-Medellin
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If you continue to be a supporter of terrorisms Morgan Bell, then perhaps I will no longer be able to enjoy your Deep Pencils Musings?
Mau-Medellin
Comment by Morgan Bell
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"Radar" is a song about terrorism?
you need to watch less Fox news!
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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Blurb would be a great idea for your photography!
if you created a book you could put a link to it on Salty Popcorn and all your stalkers will buy it
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I really liked the sound of Blovel and squarespace. Even if I don't want to use them they sound very interesting. I will check them out
Comment by Morgan Bell
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ive been considering doing an online portfolio on SquareSpace, ill be keeping it in mind in future as i was very impressed with the other pages people had created on there
and i like the general idea of Blovel, you could probably do the same sort of thing on any blogging network, but i think the real advantage of going there would be to be in a community of other creative writers and get feedback on technique specific to fiction
its always interesting to have squiz at other sites even if you dont intend to use them
thanks for the comment
Comment by Morgan Bell
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as Jack on Will & Grace would say: im not a stalker, im a professional crazed fan
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http://blovelspot.com/about
Morgan, Jorge is running a 'lightweight' site. There is no real substance or protection for writers.
This site comes up with a very low level of security through WOT. I didn't bother to run it through Alexa and the others.
But really...
1/10 for trying, Jorge.
Daily Booth is marginally better and comes in with a 4/10
Checking out the rest soon