THE STORY SPOT

Oh boy. If I had a dime… Here’s a recent posting on Craigslist by a person who seems to think that their ideas are worth something. Wait. Not that they aren’t, they’re just not worth cash money, is all. As the old Hollywood saw goes, “Ideas are a easy, execution is hard.” But I’m sure there are just as many green and eager producers whose shoes just slid off the bus who will pony up for this never-been-seen-before brilliance. I’ve posted full links because who am I to stand in the way of another person’s self-inflated, misguided dream?

Remarkable Stories For Sale – Read This Now

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Reply to: sale-457980415@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-10-23, 10:49PM PDT

I am an unknown writer from Texas that has developed several plots that are very well thought out and planned. One is character driven and offers an experienced person the chance to really build from where I have developed the story. The other is an amazing plot for life in the big city and also how small it can be at the same time. I have three stories developed but I just do not feel prolific enough to get them done right.

So here it goes. I am offering them up for sale. If it is meant for me to become a writer then it will happen with some other story down the road. Two of these stories are adaptable to screen or television for serial story telling.

Yeah, I am green and don’t know the business but I know that if I sign on the dotted line someone is getting some great ideas without my name attached and you get complete ownership and creativity credit…I was never attached to it.

Take a chance…I really have something here.

• Location: Los Angeles
• it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 457980415

My favourite *free* online library toy, LibraryThing, has added new features! Common Knowledge allows anyone to add book awards, character names, biographical details on authors, book descriptions, etc, wiki-style. That means the info you add is in constant flux, changeable by anyone at any time. The blog-worthy part is that, “Everything is free under a Creative Commons license, so you can take it, change it and do anything else you want without asking,” Abby Blachly says in her mass email.

So, if you don’t have a library already or if you have one somewhere else, come on over and check LibraryThing out. It may not be pretty but it sure is a bucketload of fun…for some of us anyway.

Hi all. Just a note to let you know that I’ve been invited to read at the inaugural event for 826LA’s new Echo Park location. It’ll be low-key affair with a few cocktails beforehand. For those of you know aren’t familiar with 826LA, it’s the non-profit group founded by Dave Eggers (of McSweeney’s publishing and “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” fame) that helps kids with their reading and writing skills. More at the link below.

You might call this an invitation but I’m not one to invite my friends to a couple of hours of potentially painful readings so, if you enjoy that sort of thing or if you’re really desperate to hear what I’ve been working on for two years, stop on by. I’ll be reading the opening from The Novel.

Here’s the info:

Thursday, October 4.
Merrymaking at 7:30pm.
Readings at 8:00pm.
826LA East
1714 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
310.305.8418
info@826la.org
www.826la.org

No idea about parking.