---
title: "Short Story update"
date: 2004-02-09
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2004"
    url: "/tag/2004.md"
---

# Short Story update

I’m in the process of writing a short story on the themes of Subjectivity and System in the blogosphere. I originally intended to treat it as a mini-Nanowrimo, but on reflection I’ve decided not to publish the story until it’s finished. This is not the same situation as Nanowrimo, which was all about *Quantity* – 50,000 words in a month. I published my Nanowrimo effort in instalments as I went, warts (i.e. mistakes) and all. However my goal with this short story is about *Quality*. That is, I want to reserve the right to fix my mistakes before I publish. I will definitely publish it when it’s ready, and probably in serial form, on Read/Write Web. As always, your RSS Aggregator will be the first to know 😉

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/001800.php))*