Shorter and shorter short stories - via text

I blogged about Mobile Phone Novels awhile back and got this email recently from a writer who had only just come across the post.

There’s been a resurgence recently in the short story, ever since the success of movie adaptations of them, such as Brokeback Mountain, so this trend towards short literary forms in innovative formats strikes me as part of that move towards bite-sized reads.

Congratulations to TP Keating for his/ her success in this fascinating new genre!

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Hi Yang-May,

In answer to the question on your blog, “Do you know of any writers in English who have a written mobile phone novel?”, I am putting my hand up!
As you say, “…one could write it on a PC, blog-style, and then post it to whatever mobile phone novel site there is around.” That’s exactly me.

Textnovel affords readers the opportunity to follow along as I add new chapters to my latest work. Readers can post comments and vote on my stories too, once they have registered (which is free).

US romance publisher Dorchester Publishing, in conjunction with Textnovel, is currently running a contest, where the author with the most votes will
secure a $2,000 advance, along with a publishing contract. My contemporary romance, London by Chance, is in contention for this prize.

My previous stories, Twilight Journey (supernatural) and Robinson “Zombie Killer” Crusoe (horror) have been Editor’s picks, and I am amongst the
top ten most popular authors on Textnovel.

According to feedback I have received from readers, the stories on Textnovel have been successfully accessed on “a native browser on a small-screened LG handset and the browser on the large-screen T-Mobile”, amongst other options.

Thank you for your very enjoyable, informative blog.

Kind regards,
T.P. Keating
London
www.tpkeating.com

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