Some of the people who’ve subscribed to The Big Meow (that’s the final book in the “Feline Wizardry” sequence, in case this is the first you’ve heard about the project) have been asking about the possibility of hardcover editions being made available when we go to press in early ‘07. I’ve done the costings, and […]

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For those of you who’re subscribers to The Big Meow: A conflicting work commitment has come up which is going to make it impossible to get the subscribers’ version of Chapter Four posted on its projected date of May 10th. I’m therefore rescheduling the posting date for May 12th. Apologies to everybody: but sometimes something […]

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After a whole lot of antibiotics, some blood tests, and various other craziness…it’s up at last. Thanks to everyone for being so patient.
The URL and access information are going out to subscribers right now. As usual (because believe it or not, the mailing list is STILL acting up…), if you haven’t seen access information by […]

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I spent the weekend dealing with not only the flared-up ear infection, but also an incipient eye infection. Fortunately the drugs are now taking hold, and I should be able to get the chapter up tomorrow. My apologies.

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Well, the local craziness continues (the most exciting part of it being that my ear problem is back — half back, anyway: I still have one working ear, and with any luck the other one will put itself right in a day or three). Meantime, I continuedoing the tidying-up work on chapter 3 of “Big […]

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The book’s second chapter is now available to non-subscribers. You’ll find it here:
http://www.the-big-meow.com/ch2/ChapterTwoGateway.php
The chapter is available in Web-friendly HTML, Adobe .PDF, and MobiMate/MobiPocket .PRC formats (for the Palm OS and other PDAs).
Chapter Three is scheduled to go online for subscribers on April 21.
Enjoy!
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Put Chapter Two up for the subscribers very, very early this morning, and then forgot to edit the gateway page so that other human beings could actually get at it.
Many apologies, everybody. It’s accessible now. (And I had a chance to get at it again this morning and remove some typos that squeaked through.)
If you’re […]

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Chapter access and location info for Chapter Two of The Big Meow are now starting to go out (as of around 10:00 GMT) via the subscriber/donor mailing list. The directory location and username/password info for the page are different from the old ones. If you’re a subscriber to the book (either whole-book or single […]

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For those who’re interested, another challenge grant has just gone up. A kindly donor has pledged $400 toward the completion of the Big Meow project…if subscribers / donors match it.
The last challenge was completed in something like three hours. Let’s see how long this one takes… (And to all of you who’ve already subscribed […]

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I ran across this reference to the Big Meow project in a nice weblog called Everyday Literacies:
Online narrative writing practices, especially those associated with fanfic writing have spawned a reading and peer editing process generally referred to as ‘beta reading’. Basically, the process involves the author posting a narrative, or a chapter from a more […]

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The subscribers saw it a week ago: now everybody else who’s interested can go take a look. Chapter One of “The Big Meow” is now online at:
http://www.the-big-meow.com/ch1/ChapterOneGateway.php
So far it’s only available in HTML and PDF formats. If anyone’s interested in seeing any other formats go up, let me know and I’ll see what we can […]

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Just so that everybody knows: access information for Chapter One has gone out to all TBM subscribers.
The mailing list software is still acting up, so I’ve had to gang-email everyone by hand this morning. If you’re a subscriber and you do not receive your access info today, please mail me and I’ll see what’s going […]

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