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
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Feb 15, 2011
Post 1: Unpluggage begins at 11 am (est)
What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments!
I'll be working on Ch. 7 - I still haven't rewritten that thing. I just want to get a rough draft with all my changes written in, and I'll make it prettier later - hope I can focus today!
I'm mooching internets this morning. Ours will be hooked up around noon. I figured I needed to work on WF since I had a dream last night that I had it edited and they sent it back sayin it was a pile of poo... Not writing for a week had a bad effect on my dreams I think.
I'm here, possibly reading a manuscript. But I'm not sure how much I can focus. I've got a majorly infected wisdom tooth, and my husband, in his infinite ability to ignore things until he absolutely has to deal with them, never noticed our dental insurance changed. We don't have a card or any info to give a dentist about insurance. So I'm waiting for him to talk to the person at work and call me so I can find a dentist and make an appt. And desperately hope they don't mind that I'll be dragging along an active 2 year old.
Awe KB! I hope it goes quickly. My hubz is the same way. We have been married a year and I'm still not on his military docs or insurance. I still have VA but thats limited and well... I just prefer not to go there. As for the active two year old, try taking a bag full of small toys. It always helped with my kids. They just loved pulling every toy out one at a time lol.
I'll be working on Ch. 7 - I still haven't rewritten that thing. I just want to get a rough draft with all my changes written in, and I'll make it prettier later - hope I can focus today!
ReplyDeleteI'm mooching internets this morning. Ours will be hooked up around noon. I figured I needed to work on WF since I had a dream last night that I had it edited and they sent it back sayin it was a pile of poo... Not writing for a week had a bad effect on my dreams I think.
ReplyDeleteI'm here, possibly reading a manuscript. But I'm not sure how much I can focus. I've got a majorly infected wisdom tooth, and my husband, in his infinite ability to ignore things until he absolutely has to deal with them, never noticed our dental insurance changed. We don't have a card or any info to give a dentist about insurance. So I'm waiting for him to talk to the person at work and call me so I can find a dentist and make an appt. And desperately hope they don't mind that I'll be dragging along an active 2 year old.
ReplyDeleteAwe KB! I hope it goes quickly. My hubz is the same way. We have been married a year and I'm still not on his military docs or insurance. I still have VA but thats limited and well... I just prefer not to go there. As for the active two year old, try taking a bag full of small toys. It always helped with my kids. They just loved pulling every toy out one at a time lol.
ReplyDeleteOH OH, KB!! How sucky and painful! Good luck with that!
ReplyDeleteAnd we're off!
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