She's looking forward to using Maura to branch out a bit
meta
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
I love one word magazine titles, like Sassy. Of course, let's forget about Talk or George...
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Spin is a good one as well, obv.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
looking forward to playing the maura fort in 2015
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
The text size and style on the web app is delightfully huge. I can even read it with my glasses off!
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 12 January 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, iOS app, not web
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 12 January 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
what you mean the ios app that you can find at http://maura.com/app ???
(sorry everybody)
― maura, Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
hooray!
― geeta, Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
can you get this if you don't have an iphone/ipad? i don't know how apple apps work...
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
nope
― 乒乓, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
bummer
― flopson, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
but like can i get it on my macbook?
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― crüt, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
still nope
― 乒乓, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's a bummer but I can understand it - much easier to paywall on a iOS device than on the web
I think people who have subscripts can still share articles though? or something, idk
― 乒乓, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
can't believe i have to own one of the most common pieces of technology in media to read this thing that appeals primarily to people in the media
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
i'm stapling printouts at kinko's right now, send $3 to Maura Zine, PO Box #454
― some dude, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
i'm burning it to DVD-Rs right now, will be mailing free copies to those who want one
― 乒乓, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
so not owning a specific brand of smartphone is somehow "backwards" to you lot? smh
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
i've chosen not to go for an iphone for several reasons, primarily because i can't fucking stand touchscreens
I'm just sad that I can't read it! Nobody is being incredulous itt as far as I can see, just disappointed.
― crüt, Sunday, 13 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Sunday, January 13, 2013
posts very much in character etc etc
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Sunday, 13 January 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Likewise, would purchase but don't have the correct device to read it on.
― Position Position, Sunday, 13 January 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
maybe an android version will come out soon ... hahahahahaha *falls over and dies*
― 乒乓, Sunday, 13 January 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
droid
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 13 January 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Get in!!!!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 13 January 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
according to maura there's an android version in the works and very tentative possible plans for a print version. I do think its silly there's no web version with a standard paywall.
― s.clover, Sunday, 13 January 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
android is a bugger because of all the versions and screen variants and etc etc. probably quite simple for a print venture of this kind though.
the app itself is very simple—probably too much so. first thing I wanted to do was make the text smaller, but there's no setting anywhere. also I subscribed, but I can't get to issue 2, and there's a 'your subscription has expired' message in the corner. probably just teething problems, I dunno. haven't read anything yet, only just woke up, geez.
― das ist not einer 不必 (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 13 January 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
subscription appears to be okay now, but the 'expired' message is still there, and it's still nagging me to subscribe. hmm.
― das ist not einer 不必 (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 13 January 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
btw i wouldn't have known about this magazine without lex's pvmic. cheers lex.
― das ist not einer 不必 (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 13 January 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
I had to restore the app to get it to register my subscription and let me have the second issue.
― im (if), Sunday, 13 January 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
same, but the 'expired' message is still there ON IPHONE and ipad. app works though (apart from the nag pop-up).
― das ist not einer 不必 (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 13 January 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
AA go to back issues then restore and that should be your problems
― maura, Sunday, 13 January 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
SOLVE your problems
sorry, we are still working through some bugs
and thanks to everyone who's already subscribed! an android version is far off if it ever comes, but there'll be supplemental content on the web site (and we'll eventually unlock some pieces there as well)
― maura, Sunday, 13 January 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Just caught up on both issues. Loved Michele Catalano's piece in particular.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
i am among the iphoneless, but i cheer maura on from under my rock. :-)
― les yper-fem (get bent), Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
the reissue interview in issue 2 was really fascinating stuff.
― s.clover, Monday, 14 January 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
thanks so much everybody <3
― maura, Monday, 14 January 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't read the thread yet. Does this magazine feature a column with advice on Dating In These Mixed-Up Times Whilst Maintaining Yr Independence Of Thought?
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
Ha ha.
― maura, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe you could ask luna to write it.
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, looking forward to upgrading my phone so I can listen to this.
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
I can't tell if you're making fun of me or not.
― maura, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
No, I'm making fun of the same thing you are complaining about on the other thread. But couldn't figure out how to signal that, don't know if there is an emoticon.
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
No ipad or iphone here, but if this is ever distributed via print/pdf, I'll subscribe.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Monday, 14 January 2013 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
/laughingwithyounotatyou
― The Teardrop ILXplodes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 January 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
#letmaurapaywall
― some dude, Monday, 14 January 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
The Party!
― geoffreyess, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
would be curious to hear a maura's thoughts on this as i associate you with next-gen writing/publishing some kinda wayhttp://www.theawl.com/2015/09/dox-dox-dox-ii-the-doxxing
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Mary H.K. Choi has a suggestion: “Nobody become a writer unless your side hustle is finance or your parents are rich.”
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
the other day i saw a bumper sticker that said "SURFING SUCKS, DON'T TRY IT"
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
^ this has become more or less the standard info regarding "i want to be a writer" that I've heard from more or less every writer i know and yet they're all still writers, go figure
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, September 9, 2015 1:56 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well think about it, what ulterior motive might they have
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
they have a side hustle in finance?
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
tbh, i assume the reason most contemporary freelance pop culture writers write is because they enjoy having the finished product to look at / enjoy getting paid to be clever / enjoy the writing process to some degree / enjoy having their saythose have been major motivators for me when i dabble but i can't imagine writing for a living; freelancing is hard enough piecing together a budget when you have multi-month contracts
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
i respect the fuck outta anybody who does it; you're all astronauts to me
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
lol i definitely balance my freelance writing with a day job and suspect i'd die if i ever went completely freelance
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
I live by Wallace Stevens' stray remark about why he likes jobs: "After all, I like Rhine wine, blue grapes, good cheese, endive and lots of books as well as supreme fiction."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
I've done it for a few months at a stretch. Back in 2008-2009 I did it for almost two years, but that was back when I was able to collect unemployment for 96 weeks. That helped a lot. These days, forget it. I have a full time job that has nothing to do with either music or journalism, and I write about whatever I feel like, whenever the mood strikes (which it mostly doesn't).
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
i really hate pitching stuff. which is why i don't pitch stuff. and why i don't write more. i pretty much only write if someone asks me to. and that doesn't happen very often. but 85% of the good stuff i've ever done has come about because someone asked me to do it. so, it works for me. i'm like the slow food movement of rock crit.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
i almost never pitch either, it feels awful
― soyrev, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
I do pitch but it does feel awful every time
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 10 September 2015 00:06 (eight years ago) link
i freelanced A LOT when i had a 9-5 which feels pretty crazy in retrospect, but i also didn't have a kid then. now, i have a non-9-5 job that ends up leaving me with lots of little pockets of free time to get writing done, but i also have kids, so i'm kind of handicapped a +1 and a -1 that even out. but now i kind of only write what i want -- the ideas i'm too excited to not see through, or the assignments that pay too well to turn down -- and i'm happy w/ that. bouncing between writing and a different kind of work makes me enjoy both more, i think if i only wrote i would enjoy it less.
― some dude, Thursday, 10 September 2015 01:45 (eight years ago) link
Social media presence has def helped the reception of my pitches, but it's thanks to a full time job that I can do this shit. I will never underestimate having the sort of job with uninterrupted computer time for a couple hours a day.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 September 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
related: http://priceonomics.com/the-priceonomics-freelance-writing-program-s1000
sorry to clog the maura thread up with "the difficulties and wonders and challenges of being a freelance writer in the aughties"; is there a better thread?should i maybe make one?
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 September 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
do freelancers all have day jobs to provide their income?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 September 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
side note: why is that site called "priceonomics"? That just seems like a weirdly redundant coinage, it's like saying "Relitheology"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
thx for that curmudgeon, reposting.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 September 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
Air Supply? Really? Haha :)
― everything, Saturday, 13 February 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
?
new issue in a week if everything comes together. thanks anyone who has held onto their subscriptions (they're going down in price bc of the intense delays i experienced all last year (and this year so far lol) in getting issues out)
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 February 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
Sorry for cryptic post. Maura was just on the CBC 20 mins ago discussing that particular Antipodean atrocity.
― everything, Saturday, 13 February 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
ah lol
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 February 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link