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[wolven7]

Slightly embarrassing piece on Steampunk, from NPR

'Helium is a community of writers who are revolutionizing publishing.

'Who are our writers? People like you who might have a career in marketing but know more about killing crabgrass than anyone else. People who work in the post office but have raised five honors students. Ex-teachers who love to write and writers who love to teach.

'We’re not a blog or a collection of edited encyclopedic listings. We are a vast resource of experience-based knowledge, wisdom and creativity. We welcome a variety of voices and opinions. Above all, we’re a community serious about writing articles of lasting value.

'Our writers are also our editors. Every article that comes to Helium is rated by other members, using our proprietary peer review technology. Through our fair, trusted and democratic rating system, each article submitted to the site is ranked against competing articles, until it’s placed in its proper position based on its quality.

'. . .Helium shares a portion of its revenue with those who share the most and the best with us.

'Helium is revolutionizing freelancing.'

Needs some looking into, but, there you are.

Susana Breslin: A Porn Valley Story, Part Three. All parts are good, but this. This is the one that you have to read.

Comments

[momentai.livejournal.com]

Seems like a shallow definition of the genre, I think.

[sadistic-apollo.livejournal.com]

I called people for the steampunk interview and it turned out to be more of an art movement than anything really related to the style.