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Green Sky Press |
Introduction |
Someone asked me the other day what I considered myself to be at the end of the day. Not what I did for living, but who I was. I told him I'm a writer. I write stories, novels, poems, songs, web pages, and computer programs. You might object that an author, a poet, a lyricist, a web-site designer, and a computer programmer are five different things. But it all feels like language to me; and I'm good at languages.
I've been a reader from so young an age that I don't remember learning to read, and I've wanted to write for as long as I've been able to read. This Green Sky Press site is where I publish things for anyone and everyone to read.
I'm frequently asked if I've tried to get my writing "really" published. I consider it published when it appears on this site. The point of publication, after all, has always been to put the work out where people can read it. Online publication gives a piece of writing a potential audience of everyone in the world.
Online publication is also free of commercial pressure. To publish a book on paper involves a large number of costly steps: (1) Manufacture the paper, (2) Manufacture the ink, (3) Print the book, (4) Ship the book to the publisher, (5) Ship the book to the distributor, (6) Ship the book to the book store, and (7) Put the book on the shelf and try to sell it. Everyone along the way has to make a profit to stay in business. With online publication, as long as I can afford a computer and monthly hosting fees, and my reader can afford a computer and monthly internet hookup fees, all costs have been met.
Publishing my work online also frees me from having to satisfy professional agents, editors, publishers, critics, and other people who want money because they know the "market" better than I do. Since I'm not on the market, their desires are irrelevant. I don't have to change any titles, add or delete any scenes, make my work more sexy or more dumb, or include car chases to interest movie producers. Contrarily, if I feel the need to kill everyone off or blow up a planet or two, that is entirely up to me.
There should be lots more pictures on my site. Alas, I can't draw! I have a good sense of composition and color, and I can do quite a bit in a technical-draftsman sort of way with the GIMP. But while that might let me publish a chart of timelines or an orbital schematic, it won't stretch to character portraits or action scenes.
So I'm looking for artists to draw pictures to scatter through my site: Covers, scenes, illustrations, artwork of all kind. If you're an artist and would like to make some money, send me e-mail. It won't make your fortune, but I won't cheat you, either.
If you're not an artist, but you know someone who is, have him or her write to me. Thanks!
I'd also like to collaborate with someone on a webcomic. I have lots more plots than I can write in any reasonable time. One or two of them could be moving forward at the rate of two or three pages or strips per week, while I went on writing other stuff. I would pay up front by the page, and share equally any revenues from subscribers, etc.
I do hope you enjoy my writing. If you do, I would like to hear from you; my e-mail address appears below. Some items listed are completely done; some are only partly done; and some are represented by little blurbs saying what they'll be like when I get around to them. I'm always writing, so check the What's New page frequently!
Most sincerely,
Leo David Orionis
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