Is the internet good for writers and writing?

[Darren Dirt]

Is the internet good for writers and writing? Was the printing press?
http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/10/05/is-the-net-good-for-writers/

[Darren Dirt]

If you won't click the link without at least a hint of whether it's worth your time, well...

The list of heavy-hitting contributors to the above include:

-author and net artist Mark Amerika (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Amerika)

-cultural critic Erik Davis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Davis)

-cultural critic Mark Dery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dery)

-cartoonist Jay Kinney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Kinney)

-counterculture freethinker pioneer and "FOTUP*" Paul Krassner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krassner)

-Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Parfrey)

-technology media/popular culture writer (and founding member of "Technorealism") Douglas Rushkoff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff)

-scifi and horror writer John Shirley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shirley)

O_O


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*FOTUP = "Father of the underground press": Paul Krassner's FBI files indicate that after Life magazine published a favorable profile of him, the FBI sent a poison-pen letter to the editor, complaining: "To classify Krassner as a social rebel is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut." "The FBI was right," says George Carlin. "This man is dangerous--and funny; and necessary."

[Mr. Analog]

There are some amazing pieces of fiction being written solely online, many are garbage, but many more are fantastic.

I wish I had some links ready... maybe later!