MULTIVERSE MAGAZINE PUBLISHES DECEMBER ISSUE, PAYS CONTRIBUTORS

Written on November 29th, 2003. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with , , , , , , .

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MULTIVERSE MAGAZINE PUBLISHES DECEMBER ISSUE, PAYS CONTRIBUTORS

Hesperia, California, USA — Multiverse Magazine, the on-line publication presenting short fiction with an emphasis on world-building, has released its second issue at http://www.multiversemagazine.com.

Editor and Publisher Matthew Wayne Selznick of MWS Media (http://www.mwsmedia.com) is pleased to announce cutting the first checks for contributors to the November issue of the magazine.

“We have a compensation model that depends on advertising revenue. While some have questioned the effectiveness of this approach, I’m proud to say we had enough advertising revenue to pay our November contributors a modest amount. As Multiverse Magazine grows in popularity, so will our revenue, and our ability to pay authors even more.”

Most Internet fiction magazine do not pay contributors. Selznick hopes to draw authors and readers to Multiverse Magazine with his advertising-dependent compensation policies.

“If an author publishes in Multiverse Magazine,” Selznick went on, “that author will get paid. It might not be much, but there’s a potential for some income every month for six months.”

Each author’s piece remains in the magazine’s archives for six months.

Multiverse Magazine is published monthly.

Contact information:

Multiverse Magazine

http://www.multiversemagazine.com

Parent company MWS Media

http://www.mwsmedia.com

PO BOX 402081
Hesperia CA 92340-2081
760-964-8044

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Down to the Essentials

Written on November 26th, 2003. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with , , , .

I just finished trimming my blog-style MWS Media site down to one page.

See, I came to the realization that, while I strongly believe in the DIY ethos, and while I?m so into supporting the indie movement that I switched to Linux and I don?t use mp3s (go Ogg Vorbis — it?s open source and free of patents!), I wasn?t the right person to be hosting a web site supposedly promoting all that stuff. There are others who do it better!

What I do is write stuff, edit other people?s stuff, and create music. So now MWS Media simply leads visitors to where that?s all happening.

Learning to focus and hone the edge of my passions is quite possibly my life lesson. Okay, one of them..!

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The Alarm

Written on November 19th, 2003. Filed under Scribtotum. Tagged with , , , , , , , .

I made a pleasant discovery a couple of days ago — a two-dvd set from Mike Peters, the old frontman and founding member of the Alarm. Apparently recorded on the twentieth anniversary of the band?s formation, it?s Mike telling the story of the band from start to finish, with a nifty slideshow and thirty six! songs performed solo acoustic.

Yeah, I know — if you remember the Alarm at all, it?s because of their faux Bob Dylan western outfits, their forty foot hair, and the video of 68 Guns. Their music might be a little dated, it?s true, but I learned how to play guitar from their first two albums. They showed me that acoustic music can be punk as shit, say something real, and have heart, all at once.

Also, they remind me of the bond I had with an old friend, and the music we played together. That friend and I have ideological differences that I think keep us from being too close these days, but we still keep in touch, and I still credit him with shaping much of my musical creative style. We played a lot of Alarm covers those days. When I see Mike Peters waxing nostalgic about his old band, I can?t help thinking about it all!

Those were days filled with righteous idealism and fierce hope — the definition of youth, I think. It?s important to carry that through our whole lives!

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