Yesterday, I wrote A Post, about using the DHF to invest in Startups and Businesses of Hive users, as a way of bringing money into our economy.
I stand by the idea and believe that under the right circumstances, it is exactly what we should be doing. Mainly as a way to use the money generated to offset the selling pressure generated through the maintenance and expansion of our Dapps.
But I have other ideas. Cheaper ideas. Less risky ideas.
Writers of Hive
This is an idea I had about 3 or 4 years ago, and I think it could work, and I truly believe in it.
I thought it would be good to gather up multiple fiction writers on Hive, who write stand-alone short stories that can be compiled and published as an Anthology collection.
Each author would maintain total control over their story; so this would not be multiple people sitting down to write together and work on a large story, it would be many individuals combining their work and sharing the burden and the cost of publishing something like this.
It would go up on Amazon, and we would publish it ourselves. In the introduction, we would advertise Hive and give a call to action for anyone who reads it to join, follow the authors involved, or, better yet, get writing and submit their own work to the next collection.
Another added benefit is that advertising Hive this way, we are almost guaranteed to bring in more readers.
What We Would Need
We would need ISBNs, an editor, and a cover art designer. I don't know what other associated costs are involved when it comes to self-publishing, but that is something the team can all work toward finding out.
The point I'm making, though, is that it wouldn't be cheap, but since it is benefiting Hive, I am sure there are people here who would not mind donating towards it (I would gladly put some money in the pot)
The Second thing we would need is writers.
I Hope You Don't Mind Being Tagged;
@alonicus @litguru @oblivioncubed
(I know you guys are still active, and I have read your work/ written with you in the past)
Granted, when I initially had this idea back then, Scholar and Scribe was teeming with life, but these days the community is kind of a ghost town. But, there are still plenty of active writers here, and many who I'm sure would make a comeback.
@grocko I believe is inactive these days, but the guy is an avid lover of fiction, a good writer, and even if he didn't want to submit work to the collection, maybe he could work as an editor. (I haven't forgotten the money I owe you for that last story you edited for me)
This Is A Good Idea
I want to/ am going to release my own collection of short stories, but I'm not quite ready yet. However, I would have a few I could submit to a collection like this.
That's kind of the point of something like this too, it allows us to work together, share the pressure of releasing something, and it allows us to gain some recognition for our work outside of Hive.
Will it be a best seller? Probably not.
Will it generate a lot of money? Probably not.
Will we have fun doing it? Yes.
Will it bring people to Hive? Maybe.
Will we be able to hold a physical copy of the book when it releases? Hell yes.
I remember one major point made in the past when I first threw this idea out there, was, what happens with the money? How do we split the money?
Back then, I came up with a convoluted answer, but I was idealistic and full of whimsy then; now my answer would be, lol, what money? Nobody makes money from art anymore, so don't worry about that.
We will figure that out just before hitting publish, but I'd gladly forgo my share of the spoils if it meant we could work on something like this and gain some eyeballs on our work, and bring some more lost souls to Hive.
I think what would work on a group project like this is having a well-known, well-established, trusted treasurer who can handle the donations. And, who can distribute the money from sales (if any), but that is a bridge we can cross down the line.
