Saturday, 31 March 2007

Welcome to Acephalous Identity Publishing

Get published on the Internet!  Acephalous Identity is concentrating its publishing efforts on the short blog post market.  We are compiling short blog posts into blogs that will combine the efforts of well-known bloggers and famous internet celebrities alongside new upcoming bloggers.  Our blogs are arranged to provide the reader the enjoyment and variety of classic short blog posts along with more contemporary ones.  If you find pleasure in reading and writing short blog posts you have found the perfect publishing house.  Acephalous Identity is committed to quality short blog posts having intellectual merit.  We are constantly looking for a variety of short blog posts to be assembled into one of our upcoming blogs and eagerly await to read each submission.

Bloggers submit your short blog posts to us for publication consideration.  We are continually searching for short blog posts from new rising stars and established bloggers of short blog posts.  Get published with Acephalous Identityand one day your short blog post may be on one of our blogs.

Welcome back to the world of short blog post entertainment.


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Now Available for reading!  If you want to be a published blogger on one of our upcoming blogs, get published with Acephalous Identity.


Meet some of Our Authors:

Reading2

Sherry Livingston giving a brief reading of her post
"Just the Apple Juice, This Officer Said" at a library.
Reading5

Ryan Dove reading his post "A Rising Star: The Ryan Dove Story: Part I"
at a different library.

Reading3

Amanda Perry reading "And When the Children Forget about Laughing
They Will Also Forget How to Sing with Their Hearts" with
her children and inspiration at a local bar and restaurant.

Reading4

Randy Picard, co-author of "And When the Children Forget about Laughing
They Will Also Forget How to Sing with Their Hearts,"
reading at a different local bar and restaurant.

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Jenny Harrison reading "The Outfielder on the Mound
Will Have Been Crying Now For Very Last Time"
at another local bar and restaurant.

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Kathy Parker reading "Growing Up Pretty Despite What Happened"
at one of her favorite local bars and restaurants.

Great Writing Tips For Those Who Would Like To Get Published On The Internet

What is a short blog post and more importantly, what makes a good short blog post.  Short blog posts tend to be more concise and succinct and to the point than longer blog posts.  Because they are so concise with precision, successful short blog posts rely on literary devices like words, sentences, paragraphs and insight to a greater extent than longer blog posts.

Writing a blog post is an easy way to become familiar with the processing of writing blog posts to get published.  The short blog post can take on many different forms and one should allow them a measurable degree of creative control regarding format and structure.

Developing an idea for your post is the first step.  Choose an idea that excites you and ignites some passion and then define it with these important components.

Words

The words you use in a post are important to conveying the meaning of your idea.  Diction is important because you don't want to sound stupid to your reader and at the same time you shouldn't have to explain what the idea of your post is.  The reader should be able to learn and recognize the idea through the post.

Structure

At first, writing a short blog post from the first person point of view seems simple, you just write as if you were the person who has the idea.  However, when getting further involved, there is more to consider.  There are only two different kinds of first person narrators: "I" who tells his or her own idea, and "I" who tells the idea of someone else they know.  Additionally, there are many other techniques for such styles you can use to write a good short blog post.

Style and Tone

Style and tone is the language or dialogue you use that is right for your post.  Always use words to let the reader know what's happening whenever possible.  To write well, simpler is usually stronger and less is most often more.  Finally, choose the best word, the one that is closest to your meaning and gives the clearest image of that meaning possible.  If you can't think of a word, use a thesaurus.

Now that you have some insight into how to write a short blog post, the next step is to start writing your short blog post.  The concept of a beginning, middle and an end can be considered but keep in mind that many interesting short blog posts don't take that linear approach.  Reading short blog posts is a great way to learn about them and the many different styles in which they can be written.  Writing your short blog post should be a creative process that reveals itself to you as you go along.  As you grow into the writing process you will know what is right and what works because it will organic to you when it does.


Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Is it easier to get published by being a short blog post author or by being a long blog post author?

Answer: To get published as a short blog post author is easier for the simple reason that there are more avenues available for short blog post authors to get published.

Question: Can I submit multiple short blog posts to get published with Acephalous Identity?

Answer: Yes, however we are only accepting one short blog post per author which doesn't mean that we wouldn't be willing to publish other short blog posts of yours in the future.  If you have posts of different genres you would like to submit we would be more than happy to accept those.  However, don't submit multiple posts of the same genre.

Question: Do I have to email my post or can I save it to a disk?

Answer: You must send the post via email to get published.

Question: Do I need to send a hard copy of my post?

Answer: No.  We publish almost all our blog posts on the computer.

Question: Do I need an agent?

Answer: In most instances agents do not negotiate for the sale of short blog posts. 

Question: I'm confused at how the royalties work.  How much will I get paid as a blogger?

Answer: Because this is a group blog, each blog will have multiple authors each with their own short blog post.  The 10% royalty is then divded amongst the bloggers.  This is on the high side of the royalties amongst blogging companies and we feel it is a generous percentage.

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14 Comments

Ferox

I hope this isn't like the scam blog compilation I submitted my short blog post "I Saw My Friend Sam at the Gym Today" to. They just sold me the URL for like $50!

I felt so ripped off.

Posted by: Ferox | Saturday, 31 March 2007 at 11:48 PM

NWC

Always use words to let the reader know what's happening whenever possible.

OK Scott; I'm drunk and you have won me over.

So then, you've been reading too much spam lately?

Posted by: NWC | Sunday, 01 April 2007 at 01:04 AM

The Constructivist

Shall I repeat that five times?

Posted by: The Constructivist | Sunday, 01 April 2007 at 11:36 AM

Scott Eric Kaufman

Ferox, Acephalous Identity is so on the up-and-up, we're damn near horizontal.

NWC, no, not spam, that's an actual line from the site. I know, hard to believe, what with the spiraling paradox at its core. But now that I'm getting more and more interested in this unfolding scandal, I'm finding more spam-like material to mock. I mean, comedy gold! (And a fair bit of tragedy, and being-taken-advantage-of, if true; but I doubt it is, since so much of the language is identical to what's on the Author Identity site:

Not only has she learned so much about the publishing industry from working with the team at Author Identity, but they are helping her with marketing ideas, book signings, readings and author's resources. After all, marketing is key in today's fast paced times and without it your story or book will have a shelf life longer than that of an old can of spam.

The Shortcut has reached #2 on Amazon.com's Bestseller List!

I mean, seriously?

Constructivist, we'll need to hear that at least three more times before we can judge the intellectual merit of your short blog post. Your comment, however, we think we can work with. It would fit perfectly in our forthcoming Short Blog Comments, which also includes works by XXX69XXX ("Do u like hottie chickz?") and Wrenches ("Everybody needs wrenches and I know where to find them").

Posted by: Scott Eric Kaufman | Sunday, 01 April 2007 at 01:19 PM

Adam Roberts

Mr Acephalous, you make me uncomfortable with your publishing propostion.

Posted by: Adam Roberts | Sunday, 01 April 2007 at 02:02 PM

CR

True story. My wife actually won the International Library of Poetry contest back when we were kiddos. Total vanity press operation (you've seen it advertised all the better Sunday paper suppliments - Parade, Life, USA Today), but it actually cut her a damned check for, what was it, $2,000. And said check didn't even bounce.

Posted by: CR | Sunday, 01 April 2007 at 10:33 PM

The Constructivist

Ah, now we're talking! Some more short comment proposals:

"Scoreboard! Scoreboard!"
"X rulez, Y droolz!"
"Can you smell what the Z is cooking?"

These things write themselves. Next time you're hating yourself about the state of a chapter, you can save lots of bloggy time by doing one of these posts yourself. I mean, how long could it be--or take?

Posted by: The Constructivist | Monday, 02 April 2007 at 12:45 AM

eb

Makers of [Your Product Here] Presents: The [Your Name Here] Story

Posted by: eb | Monday, 02 April 2007 at 01:05 AM

Karen Funk Blocher

Sorry, but I'm more interested in being the Published Author of Long Blog Posts. What shall I do?

(here via ML)

Posted by: Karen Funk Blocher | Monday, 02 April 2007 at 01:05 AM

The Constructivist

Karen, do as teh SEK does, not as he says! Or follow the way of teh Clark(e)....

Posted by: The Constructivist | Monday, 02 April 2007 at 12:23 PM

Jonathan Dresner

We publish almost all our blog posts on the computer.

That line, more than any other, made me laugh.

Posted by: Jonathan Dresner | Wednesday, 04 April 2007 at 03:11 AM

Sisyphus

Wait, wait, I was looking for the We Write Dissertations For You in 48 Hours web site. You mean this isn't it?


Could I buy some short blog posts and compile them for a dissertation?

Posted by: Sisyphus | Friday, 06 April 2007 at 05:23 PM

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