Since I’m one to hate texting–not because I’m a luddite in any sense…I just suck at it–I’m pretty sure I won’t be catching on to this new fad.
Use your phone to write a novel or short story, then upload it and sell. Perhaps get it converted to paperback and into stores. While this seems to be a Japanese phenomenon at the moment, no doubt there are people doing it here in the U.S. as I type.
And, of course, you have the dissenters:
Some literary purist don’t think the cell phone novels constitute real literature, but their popularity is undeniable.
Question is, does it really matter how a story is typed/written to define it as literature or not? I understand some people’s qualms about stories written entirely in chat lingo (btw, omg, roftl), but if someone composes a good story with their Blackberry instead of a typewriter, isn’t it still a story? And would you put in the effort to write a manuscript entirely with your thumbs?
I see that smile.