The Naked Author meets The Fully Clothed Writer
Well, have to say my first reaction to the title of this article was to picture a rather unsavoury scenario of unclothed authors with notebooks, pens and laptops. The word 'laptop' conjures up all sorts of possible predicaments in this image – or maybe it’s just me. Anyway, the article in Writers News is nothing to do with nakedness as in baring one’s body, but more about baring one’s literary attempts, at the time of inception. Author Silvia Hartmann will be using "Google Docs cloud-based office suite" to let readers share her latest novel online as she types it. Followers will be able to access her writing progress using a public access web page which will go live at 9am on 12th September. Silvia says that the project is 'An amazing opportunity for me as an author to push the boundaries of the author/reader relati...