MeFi Projects

I chose to release my submarine novel for free under a Creative Commons license because I am committed to the open-source ideal. Unfortunately, it seems that no publisher would ever touch CC these days, and (more distressingly) lots of readers won't consider it because of our sad cultural heuristic of "free novel = awful". And then the book also doesn't fit nicely into any particular category. It's not really science fiction (the science is realistic). It's not really alternative-history (Hitler doesn't win the war). And it's not even a good fit for submarine novels (the submarines in it are cargo subs, not war subs — it also has strong female leads.) I fear I've doomed the thing to obscurity from the start. But I put years of work into it. I re-wrote it many times. I had it professionally copy-edited. People who do read it, love it. I love it. But this promotion stuff sucks. So if it sounds even vaguely appealing, save me by giving the book a shot! And then tell someone else about it… [more inside]
posted by kunstcleaver on Feb 18, 2024 - 3 comments

A Twitterbot that posts freely-licensed photographs of clocks. [more inside]
posted by Vesihiisi on Aug 17, 2018 - 1 comment

One fun thing from the commons every day. Two rules: it has to be either openly licensed or public domain, and it has to have made us smile when we saw it.
posted by roll truck roll on Oct 3, 2014 - 2 comments

A collection of interviews with people who use Creative Commons licenses, with awesome illustrations by Luke Surl.
posted by roll truck roll on Nov 27, 2013 - 0 comments