This document discusses Richard Nash's Red Lemonade publishing platform and writing communities online. It notes that Red Lemonade trains writers to be readers and citizens of their craft, which will result in sales, rather than just training readers to be writers like other sites. It also contains statistics on sales and revenues from two books, and quotes about the challenges of large online writing communities and how the 20th century was about sorting out supply while the 21st century will be about sorting out demand. It ends by providing links to sign up for the Small Demons beta and check out Red Lemonade.
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It may be a mob, but it is my mob
1. Publishing is Writing in Public,
or, It May Be A Mob...But Its My
Mob
Richard Nash @r_nash
http://smalldemons.com {Welcome to the Storyverse}
http://redlemona.de {come read, write, and be merry}
http://rnash.com {earlier ponti鍖cations}
3. Since the launch of Richard Nashs
Red Lemonade sitethe first
iteration of his planned Cursor
platformtalk has been buzzing
among writers about it. The question
Ive heard, literally on the street in
New York when Ive bumped into
people, and online, is this: how is this
different from any other attempt at
online writing communities?
Brian Joseph Davis, Founding
Editor, Joyland.ca
4. Historical attempts at these large
online writing communities have all
shown that too big a net is cast over
the notion of writing as a singular
activity and goal when, rather,
writing is a writhing mass of ever
evolving code between people.
Brian Joseph Davis
5. Instead of training readers to be
writersthe purported goal of many
Field of Dreams-like writing websites
Red Lemonade is training writers to
be readers and act as citizens of their
craft. That, I know for a fact, will result
in sales.
Brian Joseph Davis
10. American Genius Someday This
will Be Funny
Gross Units 6755 4199
Returns 3840 524
Net Units 2915 3675
Net $ 22,156.36 27,694.29
Digital $ 441.00 5,297.82
Other Non-Digital 0.00 37,500
Total Publisher Revenue 22,597.36 70,492.11
Author Royalties 2,875.00 8247.00
43. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didnt)
2. If You Cant Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didnt)
44. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didnt)
2. If You Cant Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didnt)
3. A Sellable Story is One
Theyve [Been] Sold Before
45. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didnt)
2. If You Cant Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didnt)
3. A Sellable Story is One
Theyve [Been] Sold Before
The Fantasy of Unique Insight
46. 1. Tell a Good Story (I didnt)
2. If You Cant Tell a Good Story,
Tell a Sellable Story (I didnt)
3. A Sellable Story is One
Theyve [Been] Sold Before
The Fantasy of Unique Insight
The Fantasy of Disintermediation