I seem to be on a bit of a role regarding people publishing online. Let me introduce Noah Murphy who since childhood has dreamed of a world that combined elements of both high fantasy and the grittier realities of the real world. After a number of false starts, rewrites and rethinks he has now come up with a blog that supports his fictional universe and a number of books. Demand has mean that although his books were originally available in electronic formats he has now also been able to use Createspace to bring his readers printed editions.
What I love here is the openness Noah has a regarding the development of this world - it did not come instantly - he’s had to persistently change, adjust, remodel and reboot to get it to work, and also that he has employed web sites and social media not just as advertising media, but to also support his creation and let people get under the skin of how it works.
This approach is the future. Its got a far bigger hook than just reading or watching.
You can find our more about Noah on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/K23Detectives
Although Shared Creation focuses extensively on Internet based creativity there is a certain rightness in looking at the real world too. LARP seems to bridge the both the digital and the real.
LARP is consenual group story telling - everyone agrees to a framework of behaviour and uses it to take part in the telling of a story. Its part a very modern idea, part a very ancient idea. The bridge between digital and realworld comes in the way that concepts, stories and characters are often developed online and then played out live.
Twilight Realms is a group that does this. The world is build largely online, and then enacted at events.
Very creative, very modern, and very retro.