Looking for authors for doof anthology
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:31 am
Doof – Stories about Australian Music Culture
Who are we and what do we propose?: We are Dean Rupcic and Kristian Hatton, two budding Editor/Authors, who are studying the very exciting degree of Writing & Publishing at NMIT Campus (Fairfield, Melbourne). Our studies this semester bring us a very fantastic opportunity of publishing our own anthology of work. This is an idea we wish to carry into the future, and we wish to share this opportunity with other budding authors too now.
Kristian has turned the idea of creating a volume of work based around the outdoor electronic music scene of Australia, to create more published literacy that will help other people external to the “Doof†scene have a more balanced perception of what happens within the culture. While a lot of works would be primarily of fictitious or creative non-fiction value, there is the wish for this anthology to present a point of view that has value when attempting to find knowledge about the Australian electronic music culture.
There is very little published work about the Australian scene specifically and we are always being put into a very negative storyline by the media, and he wished to change this perception to not an overly positive promotional one, but one that would have merit to people interested for gaining a more balanced perspective, possibly of value to academics.
When Kristian met Dean in class at NMIT, he found another person who was interested in broadening this definition of Australian electronic music culture to include the club, rave and indoor scenes of the city, as they provide a counter balance to write about and helps define our culture further and more precisely. We would still use the word “Doof†as a broad term to embrace the Australian celebration of beats, as this term is an Australian creation that can be applied to all electronic music, although more specifically outdoor music, which is our primary focus within this work.
What chance do we have of publication?: Within our study, we are presented with many opportunities to meet people directly connected with the publishing industry. The first thing we are going to is establish a blog specifically for this purpose of collecting work and working with other authors to get our work into a format that will be accepted for publication. We will also create a preliminary e-book format for this work for submission as a manuscript and stick with our roots in the social networking devices we have used for communication for years too.
What kind of work will be taken into consideration?: The anthology will be a collection of work by participants of the electronic music culture of Australia. There is a broad range of ground to work on, you can relate experiences, reviews, life changes, travels, how it fucks people up, what music you love/hate, how wasted you got at a party, how you feel the music culture is represented and demonized by the mainstream, comedy, How you think the culture will be in the future, fantasy, sci-fi, tragedy, rants, whatever. The important thing to remember is to have some point of view about what all this doof business means to you, past, present, future. This can also relate to clubs, raves, etc in the city, as it all music culture relates to each other in Australia and defines us further.
How will we accept submissions?: Email any work you may have to kristianhatton@yahoo.com.au or xdeanrupcicx@hotmail.com
Also tell us of any interest or queries you may have related to this work, we’ll try to answer and get back to you shortly. We’ll also shortly have other links for our blog, our facebook group page, as well as any other forums and social networks we are affiliated with (Thank you very much to all of these places to allow us to have a voice).
We will draw a line initially at 2000 words maximum per submission, as we will have edit all works ourselves to begin with, this will be a lot of work that we are doing on a voluntary basis for now until we gain interest. This may lead to publishing royalties to all authors if we score a good deal, this will be something discussed in the future. We accept short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, money, groupies and gifts.
Is there any deadline for submissions?: Obviously we would like work in as quick as possible. We are to start gathering work in some sort of format for public view on our blog, and we wish to have a preliminary manuscript ready for submission to editors by May/June, 2011.
So get those fingers clacking and write that story you’ve always wanted to tell and for others to see! Here’s your chance!
Beats and Blessings
Kristian “Kayhat†Hatton & Dean Rupcic – NMIT, Fairfield, Melbourne.
Who are we and what do we propose?: We are Dean Rupcic and Kristian Hatton, two budding Editor/Authors, who are studying the very exciting degree of Writing & Publishing at NMIT Campus (Fairfield, Melbourne). Our studies this semester bring us a very fantastic opportunity of publishing our own anthology of work. This is an idea we wish to carry into the future, and we wish to share this opportunity with other budding authors too now.
Kristian has turned the idea of creating a volume of work based around the outdoor electronic music scene of Australia, to create more published literacy that will help other people external to the “Doof†scene have a more balanced perception of what happens within the culture. While a lot of works would be primarily of fictitious or creative non-fiction value, there is the wish for this anthology to present a point of view that has value when attempting to find knowledge about the Australian electronic music culture.
There is very little published work about the Australian scene specifically and we are always being put into a very negative storyline by the media, and he wished to change this perception to not an overly positive promotional one, but one that would have merit to people interested for gaining a more balanced perspective, possibly of value to academics.
When Kristian met Dean in class at NMIT, he found another person who was interested in broadening this definition of Australian electronic music culture to include the club, rave and indoor scenes of the city, as they provide a counter balance to write about and helps define our culture further and more precisely. We would still use the word “Doof†as a broad term to embrace the Australian celebration of beats, as this term is an Australian creation that can be applied to all electronic music, although more specifically outdoor music, which is our primary focus within this work.
What chance do we have of publication?: Within our study, we are presented with many opportunities to meet people directly connected with the publishing industry. The first thing we are going to is establish a blog specifically for this purpose of collecting work and working with other authors to get our work into a format that will be accepted for publication. We will also create a preliminary e-book format for this work for submission as a manuscript and stick with our roots in the social networking devices we have used for communication for years too.
What kind of work will be taken into consideration?: The anthology will be a collection of work by participants of the electronic music culture of Australia. There is a broad range of ground to work on, you can relate experiences, reviews, life changes, travels, how it fucks people up, what music you love/hate, how wasted you got at a party, how you feel the music culture is represented and demonized by the mainstream, comedy, How you think the culture will be in the future, fantasy, sci-fi, tragedy, rants, whatever. The important thing to remember is to have some point of view about what all this doof business means to you, past, present, future. This can also relate to clubs, raves, etc in the city, as it all music culture relates to each other in Australia and defines us further.
How will we accept submissions?: Email any work you may have to kristianhatton@yahoo.com.au or xdeanrupcicx@hotmail.com
Also tell us of any interest or queries you may have related to this work, we’ll try to answer and get back to you shortly. We’ll also shortly have other links for our blog, our facebook group page, as well as any other forums and social networks we are affiliated with (Thank you very much to all of these places to allow us to have a voice).
We will draw a line initially at 2000 words maximum per submission, as we will have edit all works ourselves to begin with, this will be a lot of work that we are doing on a voluntary basis for now until we gain interest. This may lead to publishing royalties to all authors if we score a good deal, this will be something discussed in the future. We accept short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, money, groupies and gifts.
Is there any deadline for submissions?: Obviously we would like work in as quick as possible. We are to start gathering work in some sort of format for public view on our blog, and we wish to have a preliminary manuscript ready for submission to editors by May/June, 2011.
So get those fingers clacking and write that story you’ve always wanted to tell and for others to see! Here’s your chance!
Beats and Blessings
Kristian “Kayhat†Hatton & Dean Rupcic – NMIT, Fairfield, Melbourne.
