Monday 23rd April is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day

[julesjones]

The Vice President of SFWA has posted a somewhat intemperate suggestion that any sf writer who gives work away for free is a naughty person, and a Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch. This has caused a certain amount of free and frank discussion across the sfian blogosphere in the last couple of days. Now papersky suggests:

In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give away professional quality work online. It doesn't matter if it's a novel, a story or a poem, it doesn't matter if it's already been published or if it hasn't, the point is it should be disseminated online to celebrate our technopeasanthood.

I'm in, although it may be a case of applying a banner to the work that I already give away for free, Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch that I am.

Comments

[brooksmoses]

Sounds good to me, though I don't have any professional-quality ... no, wait, I do have some professional writing. It's not fiction, but it is writing: my academic papers.

Also, though, I can claim a small piece of GCC, and I think I'm (arguably) in for that. :)