The rather nifty little picture to the left is the logo of Free E-Day, a wonderful idea which I am happy to be a part of.What is it? Glad you asked...
Basically, this is a day on which we can celebrate the wonderful talent of people who are prepared to make their work available (electronically) for free! On the 1st of December (and, in many cases, beforehand), dozens of writers, bands, poets, artists etc. will make some of their work free to download. Stuff for free: brilliant!
The whole shebang is the brainchild of the, quite frankly, amazing Dan Holloway (or, as I call him, "The Man Who Needs No Sleep"), whose first novel, 'Songs from the Other Side of the Wall' was reviewed on this site a few months back (just in case the FBI are listening in, yes, Dan did send me a paper copy of the book, but only after I'd reviewed it - be gentle with the handcuffs). Among other goodies available on the day, you can download PDF versions of both 'Songs...' and his latest book, the written-in-chapters-on-Facebook novel, 'The Man Who Painted Agnieszka's Shoes'.
So where do you go to join in? Well, a couple of places to begin are the official web-site and the Facebook group, from which you can hop off to hundreds of interesting (virtual) addresses; if you live in Oxford (UK), there's even a live event - free, of course...
And my part? Well, aside from acting as Dan's personal pom-pom girl, I will be giving away a short story (my first work of fiction) for free. Hopefully, it's worth it... Anyone interested should check out my blog on the first of December and follow the link - just don't blame me if you don't like it ;)
So what are you waiting for? Check it out for yourself, and have fun discovering great new talent; you may even stumble across the next big thing! Here's a tip: it won't be me...
