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!


Sep 30, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Maria, Marcy, and Dianne were present. Maria was working on brainstorming and critiquing, Marcy was revising, and Dianne was proof-reading.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED!

We are unplugged! We'll meet back at 9 pm EST in post 3 for a reconvention chat. If no one is there, the chat will be canceled.

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments!

Sep 29, 2013

Week of 9/30/13

I am finally winding up my novella draft. We finally had a daytime unplug last week in the place of the critchat. This week Maria is up and I am enjoying reading all this writing again. Hope your work is going well too!

Sep 25, 2013

Unplug with us tomorrow (9/26/13)!

Instead of our critchat, we are unplugging together at 1 pm central/2 pm est. Come join us.

Sep 23, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Marcy, Maria, Christine, and Dianne were present. Many of us were working on revisions or editing at various stages. Christine was working on queries.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED!

We are unplugged! We'll meet back at 9 pm EST in post 3 for a reconvention chat. If no one is there, the chat will be canceled.

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments!

Sep 22, 2013

Week of 9/22/13

Last week Th-Th (our on-line crit group) resumed to it's cycle of writing and responding and tomorrow it is my turn to submit. We meet on Thursdays and have chats about each other's work. Often followed by writing. Tomorrow Diane hosts a TPR at 7. It's often when my family is just gathering together from their daily toils or I would be a regular along with you all. If my days were chaotic in the old house, they are even more so in the new...

Sep 16, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Maria, Krystalyn, and Dianne were here tonight. Krystalyn and Maria are revising; Dianne was planning. We talked about book promotions and writing reviews.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED!

We are unplugged! We'll meet back at 9 pm EST in post 3 for a reconvention chat. If no one is there, the chat will be canceled.

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments!

Sep 15, 2013

Week of Sunday, September 15th, 2013

I wrote about the tree a bit on my blog, you can read it over there. Today I spent way too much time researching the history of my house. But I found out some stuff. The first owners, JB Sutherland and his wife, Myra Lee, were members of the historical society, there is a picture of her there taken by the Lee brothers. The house was designed by William M. Kenyon, a "notable" Minneapolis architect. Eventually I found it listed on a spread sheet made by researcher Anders Christensen, turns out he collects info on builder Theron Potter Healy. Once I got started I couldn't stop. I would have been better served writing and reading - I really have so much I "should" get done. But it was fun!

This week, Monday with Dianne and Thursday with Th-Th, right?

xoT

Sep 9, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Christine, Marcy, Krystalyn, and Dianne were here. All of us were revising and editing tonight.

Post 2: WE ARE UNPLUGGED!

We are unplugged! We'll meet back at 9 pm EST in post 3 for a reconvention chat. If no one is there, the chat will be canceled.

Post 1: Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on? Tell us in the comments!

Sep 8, 2013

What's the schedule and what is Tina doing?

Hey, everybody who still comes around here!

I thought I'd let you know what is going on with me! I moved to a new house in order to move in with my extended family (it is an enormous barn shaped tri-plex/mansion and we are in the process of making a life together. It has stripped me of all infrastructure and therefore regularity. But luckily Dianne continues to hold her Monday evening unplugs and Th-Th will begin again on Thursday the 19th. This week I will attempt to carve some writing time out of driving my kids across town to the old neighborhood and contacting window contractors in order to winterize this place. There she is:


I will tell you about the tree falling down in a later post...