by Libby O'Loghlin | Oct 19, 2016 | story + content creation
**First published online in Words With Jam, 2016 What’s its purpose? How do we spot it? How does it work? How do we write it? Exercises. From Wikipedia: Subtext or undertone is any content of a creative work which is not announced explicitly by the characters or...
by Libby O'Loghlin | Apr 24, 2013 | creative business, story + content creation, transmedia
Every so often, people ask me about the Charlotte Aimes storyworld, and how it’s progressing. I refer to it as a storyworld because it’s not just a novel; it’s a sprawl. And, luckily for me, publishing these days doesn’t have to be just about...
by Libby O'Loghlin | Jan 21, 2013 | story + content creation
The Conundrum is a book by David Owen. It puts forward the thesis that in this world of over-consumption, we’re going about reducing it the wrong way. Efficiency, he suggests, doesn’t reduce, but rather increases consumption. It gives us an excuse to keep...
by Libby O'Loghlin | Jan 7, 2013 | story + content creation, transmedia
There are a number of predictions floating around in the ether regarding the direction of publishing in 2013. Hard copy sales are up; e-sales are up; ePUB3 won’t do what we expected it to do; the world is ready for the next round of content curators … And...
by Libby O'Loghlin | Dec 20, 2012 | story + content creation, transmedia
Publishing Perspectives this week ran an article by Marc Piesing entitled: Despite promise, transmedia still a mess. As a novelist, writer of a transmedia-book-in-progress* and a games reviewer, I have a few ideas about why it might be taking some time for transmedia...
by Libby O'Loghlin | Apr 30, 2012 | story + content creation
In theory, this needs no introduction, except to say that once in a while a healthy dose of Lampoon At Your Own Expense is good for the writer’s soul. Big thanks to Krista Schmeling and The Rooftop Revellers for their generosity with the use of...
