Now that you have your anthology theme figured out, the next thing that you need to decide on is the content guidelines. What are Content Guidelines? You need to give the authors a clear picture about the kind of content you desire to have in your anthology. The guidelines that you want to address can…
The Magic of your Anthology’s Theme
Last week we covered a brief outline of all of the different things that you need to think about and plan out before you launch your Anthology project. I know, it was a lot of stuff! But if you take the time to break down the individual topics and address one at a time, you…
Foundations – Chapter 2
Last week I had made the decision to raze Anthology Gateway and start over because of how out of date the application was. This week I focused on tooling and the foundation for the new site. Deciding what frameworks and tools I will build this new application on, and then learning those tools, made for…
So you want to make an Anthology… An Overview
Short story anthologies are great. They’re a great way to be introduced to the writing style of several authors at once, to read multiple stories around a similar theme, and to be able to enjoy an entire story in a single sitting. Putting together an anthology can be a lot of fun too. The anticipation…
Anthology Gateway Reborn – Chapter 1
It’s been 7 years since I started work on the idea to create a website that will help publishers with the drudgery of putting together a short-story anthology. Our team had discovered the pain points of trying to manage dozens of submissions, figuring out which ones were good, tracking which story belonged with which author,…