Need structure? Want to find camaraderie? Tired of writing in solitude? Join our virtual office space. At TPR someone is always in the cubicle next to you.

Here's how the practice room works:

First of all, EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

At the given date and time (weekly schedule posted below), meet at post 1. It appears 30 minutes in advance of the hour (barring unusual circumstances), giving us a chance to set our goals in the comments. Declare your goal. Work toward furthering your project; word counting, revision, or whatever it needs - you decide.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED! announces our hour. During that time, we write! The rules: no procrastinations. Please feel free to make tea or stand on your head as needed.

When the time is up, Post 3 appears with a chat box and we will get a chance to converse, or you can comment old-style to tell us what you got done! We are dying to know!

Read about a typical first time here. I make the schedule every Sunday. It will remain up in the side bar until I post the next week's schedule (feel free to make requests for particular times in the comments - I take them into serious consideration). All additions will be noted in in the side bar. Come back and check it often. (The schedule times are listed in Eastern Time Zone but the blog posts in Central - Tina's time zone. Our visitors are from all over the map.)

Please email me with questions, comments, or just to introduce yourself! tina dot laurel at gmail dot com

Don't forget to sign the guestbook at the bottom of the page!


Jun 15, 2010

Post 3: Reconvention!

So, do tell! What happened?


A chat box will  be here the first 1/2 hour after our unplug. Please sign up (I think you  will have to begin an account with Chatroll but it only takes a  second). After our chat I will remove the chat box and post the  highlights. For posterity's sake. If all else fails, please post your  report in the comments. If there is something I can fix I will do it as  quick as I can. And if you just prefer to do it the old school way, in  comments, that is fine too.

 So, I have been mixing up my posting this week, getting confused between time zones. I think I have myself straightened out now, but you never know! This is a big week camp wise, for the kids, so I have been working around them. Next week will be different again. Just so everyone know. Get yourself involved in my thought processes if I need straightening out, it might be necessary. Thanks for all you that are sticking in there!


This was the chat that almost never was, due to the above confusion. So as a result everyone checked in (or at least those who make that sort of thing a habit) checked in on the 7:30 am post, but the unpluggage actually was from 10-11 eastern. The conversation quickly devolved due to cats climbing on legs, Popsicles needing to be pushed up, Cait and the space bars, and oh yeah, YA GABBA! Words of wisdom: I have to write with the interruptions, not wait for them to go away. Yay! 

Present: Kay, Marisa, Heather, Dena and myself.
Links:
http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/ (check out Tessa Gratton's vlog of reading recs)

a list of bloggers retelling fairytales via H:
http://www.annastan.com/
http://funnypoetrygirl.blogspot.com/

Plus, the upcoming writer's conference: http://writeoncon.com/

Other updating: Maggie Steifvator's dedicating the whole week to revising. Excellent info and advice so far.
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