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New Book Project – Sailor Moon Book!

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Sailor Moon, the anime, the manga, the fandom is everywhere.  It’s been with us for decades.  It’s influenced many people.  In North America she’s probably one of the most recognizable super-heroines.  There’s a lot to learn from the fandom – and you know how I like to learn!

I’m teaming up with a fellow professional, Bonnie Walling, to work on a book about the impact of Sailor Moon on women 18 and older in North America. We’re looking to interview women who were or are fans of Sailor Moon, and who felt it had a positive impact on their lives.  Our goal is to listen to people’s voices, and organize what we find into a book that will help people understand how the phenomena affected – and affects – these fans In addition, we’re doing historical and related research so the book can try and give people a grasp of the impact of the series over time, and provide a useful reference.

We’re looking for people to interview, so if you’d like to be interviewed or know people who would be, go on and let me know!

If you’re interviewed, then:

  • That you’re credited in the book – by your given name, nickname, alias, or whatever you prefer.
  • That you’ll get to see a draft of the book (electronically) before it goes out.
  • You’ll get a free e-copy of the book after publication in your preferred format (PDF, ePub, Kindle, etc.)

Drop us a line!

Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/

Way With Worlds: Wrap-Up Plus!

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So, I sat down recently to plan my next Way With Worlds Column – and realized that I had no more to write. I had all the rewrites I wanted. I had added all the new content I was inspired to add. I had completed my goal.

That goal? Revisit what I’d written over 15 years previously to update it with all the things I learned since then. Mission accomplished – but now there’s more to do.

I’m now going to gather all these columns and do what I should have done all those years ago – edit them into a book. Once that’s done I’ll have the definitive word on my theory of world building for the next fifteen or so years. That’ll also give people something to have and read and keep – much as I found some people had printed out all my old columns.

While editing the columns into a book (and doubtless improving and updating them), I’ll probably be inspired to write other columns. You’ll see those pop up here and there as the mood strikes me – and they will be integrated right back into the book.

This is going to get the full book treatment – multiple edits, organizing the columns into appropriate categories, and so on. I will surely tweak, rewrite, and expand the work, integrating the feedback and insights I’ve had since I started this mad effort. When it’s done it’ll be worth your time.

How long will this take? Not sure because I want to have fun with it – and because I’ve got other projects going on. Right now I’d guess the release would be no earlier than late 2015, and no later than a year from now.

Will there be other non-WWW writing here from me? Probably. You know me, I can’t shut up . . .

. . . though I should also get to some more generators. That Plot Twist one is still hovering over me, and you folks keep sending ideas . . .

Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/