A Swift Kick in the Pants

There’s nothing like adventure like a deadline, the delivery of that swift kick in the pants… sweet sweet motivation!

I’ve got just the deadline I need, too. Four days from now. At the end of January, submissions will close for The Electronic Literature Collection. What’s that, you ask?

an annual publication of current and older electronic literature in a form suitable for individual, public library, and classroom use. The publication will be made available both online, where it will be available for download for free, and as a packaged, cross-platform CD-ROM, in a case appropriate for library processing, marking, and distribution.

Its time to get around to it, and do something with the electronic novella I wrote. I’ll be much closer to my goals for it if I edit it, with an eye on the criteria for this colllection.

Literary quality will be the chief criterion for selection of works. Other aspects considered will include innovative use of electronic techniques, quality and navigability of interface, and adequate representation of the diverse forms of electronic literature in the collection as a whole.