Wait. What? That's not what I heard...

[maygra]

The No Stairway Anthology


To be upfront and honest, we're not quite ready for the reveal. Neither the comm nor the website are entirely ready, not all the process and procedures have been honed or tested, and our proposed staff have neither been allowed to review the project nor opted in on any level.

However, I seem to be doing a poor job of defining just what this project is and what it intends -- mostly because we've been using the procedure process to help refine our scope and better define our mission and goals -- but I did hear what people were saying and we did make note of their concerns. We can't guarantee this will satisfy everybody, but we do hope it at least gives people a place to start assessing what we plan on doing instead of what they think we are doing -- or even why.

People form opinions and take positions that are entirely valid to them -- and the information in the link below may change no one's mind, and it is as likely as not to generate more questions and possibly more concerns. Fair enough. But I'm sincerely hoping that at least some information -- as opposed to speculation -- might at least give the project a chance.

So, please go here: http://community.livejournal.com/nostairway/

at least this way, if you still think it's a bad idea, at least it will be the right bad idea.

*and for anyone keeping track, the "Anthology" part of the idea jumped in and wrestled us all to the ground around midnight Friday. *g*

Comments

[maygra.livejournal.com]

I get that. But what I can't quite get my head around, or apparently my reassurance-fu, is that for every issue I address, another comes up. Something that highlights "good" (however subjective) is an issue, literary is an issue, the name of he anthology is an issue, trying to promote lesser known authors is an issue as is trying to promote better known ones. The fact that people have issues with the people doing the layout and design and who are trying to generate interest is an issue.

I'm sincerely grateful that most folks seem to think that me being involved is if not a good thing, at least it's not a bad thing. And for those people who are saying "Hey, let them do it, even if you don't want to play", because at least they aren't making us out to be fandom wreckers.

I've got some awfully talented people waiting in the wings who really want an opportunity to work with writers new and old.

I'm sorry that the name and userinfo seems to misrepresent what we're doing. Obviously it didn't hit me the same way when we put the comm together -- we thought it was a pretty interesting and inclusive statement about it without the (issue) of being too pretentious.

I know you think this whole thing is a bad idea and while I can respect your concerns, you're right that we really are seeing this through entirely different lenses. I see something that could bridge the gap between what's well known and what's going by without note, as comes up every time we have any discussion at all about writers and readers and audiences and who gets the attention and who doesn't. I mean that is, all this aside, why you and I and Killa and everyone else makes recs and why we are really thrilled when we find someone new whose work we really love.

This isn't a rec list, but it's not really a zine either. I really do see it as a way to get a bunch of good things in one place. I'm sorry you don't see it the same way.

[gekizetsu.livejournal.com]

HEY

HEY YOU

FANDOM IS SEIRIUS BIDNESS!

Is this the same Maygra who was getting busted quite awhile ago for being a BNF and then not encouraging the emerging and deserving writers out there? Can't you stay out of trouble? Do I need to move there, or something?

I'm glad I'm too simple to understand half of this.

[maygra.livejournal.com]

Yes, that would be me.

PLEASE, PLEASE MOVE HERE. And Bring Red. And the cats. And Mom