An Open Source Model for a Speculative Fiction Magazine

This is the collaboration wiki for storing ideas on the future of speculative fiction magazines. The password is "future". Please feel free to add pages with your ideas on the potential of spec fic magazines. Public development notes for the microtransaction-based magazine specified in the original "Open Source Model for a Speculative Fiction Magazine" post will also appear here.

In terms of etiquette, if a page of ideas is posted for storage and discussion purposes and the author asks you not to edit it, please don't edit it. Err on the side of adding information rather than removing it. Please leave comments!

To create your own pages, start by clicking the 'edit this page' link at the top of the screen and adding a link to your page in the 'Pages' section below. Follow the model. You can create links by putting text in brackets []. The more magazine ideas, the better.

Pages

Magazine Models

• The Original Model The first model, from the original post on HomelessMoon.com.
• M. C. A. Hogarth's Aphorisms User-Funded Chapbook Project.
• M. C. A. Hogarth's Flight of the Golden Griffin interactive novel project.
• Shira Lipkin's Wind Tunnel Dreams livejournal project.

Auxiliary

• SocialNetworking notes for how existing magazines can improve their social networking and trackback.
• Web Native notes on how online magazines can deliver content using the unique strengths of their medium.
• Technical Submission Maintenance on how modern web technology can improve the submission response process, providing automated information for editors and contributors.

Uncategorized (please categorize)

• Fiction Genome Project