Book Deal

In conversation with Steve S. an idea arose that I wanted to share with folks. The local/indy music scene seems to - on the whole - be thriving. The analogous literature scene, however, isn't doing as well. The strength of music lies in its ability to create a community through public performance. Literature, however, tends to be more solitary. To break past that and start building a "literary scene" we thought it would be neat if writers took up some aspects of performing: either by organizing their own shows (come listen to a night of short stories by local authors), or - better yet? - in conjunction with musicians (come listen to FooBar play and Etaoin Shrdlu read her latest story). It would be really awesome if this would ultimately culminate in Book Tours in which a group of writers would travel around - the same way bands do - reading their prose (or poetry) at small venues. I know there exist open mics and that slam poetry is very performative. The idea here is to organize something closer to a traditional music show, but with writers instead of bands. Hopefully, not only would this spread some awesome writing around but it'll inspire more folks to tackle writing -- the same way everyone and their mother's second cousin is now 'starting a band'.