MeFi Projects

A couple of years ago I made a free 8-week writing course in podcast form. Starting from Jan 1st I'm releasing a new, bigger version called The 100 Day Writing Challenge. [more inside]
posted by RokkitNite on Jan 5, 2020 - 6 comments

Thanks to AskMeFi I put a bowl of fruit on it and sold a piano on Craigslist. The buyer ended up composing an amazing song with it for my podcast. After 28 episodes of Man Afraid of Everything (from hailing a taxi to doing improv for a year) I’m excited to share this new workbook inspired by the show. Write, draw, and trash your way through a series of challenges designed to expand your comfort zone. [more inside]
posted by systematize on Sep 4, 2019 - 0 comments

I made a free 8-week fiction writing course in podcast form. [more inside]
posted by RokkitNite on Feb 2, 2018 - 5 comments

2015 marked the 800th anniversary of the first Magna Carta, and Liberty Tales is a collection of stories and poems that take a wide-ranging collection of responses to the issues of liberty, both personal and legal. Some of these 25 tales relate to specific clauses of the original document, while others are more concerned with how we experience and search after freedom in the 21st century. [more inside]
posted by dng on Nov 13, 2016 - 0 comments

Today's bestselling cookbooks can seem a little formulaic. The titles start to sound the same. The success of one book begets sequels, riffs and shameless wannabes. With such nakedly formulaic titles, couldn't you assemble a cookbook title by slapping together some diet buzzwords, food trends and publishing tropes? Why, yes you could!
posted by veggieboy on Mar 29, 2016 - 1 comment

The Smoking Moon is an album by Toby Vok, with an accompanying science fiction novelisation by Ted Vaaak. All available for the great price of free (or more, if you so desire). [more inside]
posted by dng on Mar 14, 2016 - 0 comments

What's happening at the intersection of literary culture and the internet? I've started a new bi-weekly blog series intended to address that topic and more. It's called "Litblog Roundup." [more inside]
posted by dylan_k on Jan 5, 2015 - 0 comments

A collection of great first lines. Just launched this week. If you want to recommend a first line, please comment! Excited to share my first project with you, I've been an AskMeFi lurker for years.
posted by c95008 on Jan 9, 2014 - 11 comments

I've been meditating for over a decade, which isn't that long. But now I'm writing about everything I've learned, and I'm linking to all the books that got me to where I am.
posted by zeek321 on Aug 13, 2013 - 3 comments

Instead of trying and failing to write a novel in November I tried and failed to write the script for a children's book every day for the month. Please note: I cannot draw. [more inside]
posted by dng on Dec 1, 2012 - 3 comments

My second young adult novel, Wanderlove, is available from Random House/Delacorte Press today. [more inside]
posted by changeling on Mar 13, 2012 - 4 comments

My debut young adult novel, Like Mandarin, will be released by Random House Tuesday! [more inside]
posted by changeling on Mar 5, 2011 - 0 comments