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!


Nov 25, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn and Maria were here, discussing their writing progress tonight, and Maria's progress in NaNo this month. Go, Maria! Go!

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!

P.S. Dianne won't be here tonight. She's at parent-teacher conferences, wishing she were here with YOUUUUUUUU!

Krystalyn will lead the chat. Yay, Krystalyn!

Nov 24, 2013

The Week of Sunday November 24th

No Th-Th this week due to Thanksgiving. I am thankful for my critters. They totally help me see the things that I need to see. The words come to me better with out my own pressure upon them, and so the fact that they are illing to come in and tell me when my wording is lazy helps so much. I should know by now that the first sentance should always be questioned. But I don't. It takes me a long time to learn things.

Dianne and her fabulous crew is on Monday night at 8.

Last week of Nano - write your herat out!

Nov 18, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

We had a big group here tonight: Krystalyn, Maria, Marcy, Joanne, Christine, and Dianne. We discussed NaNo, outlining, Scrivener, Document Maps, first drafts, and revision.

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!

Nov 17, 2013

Week of November 17th

The revision is going well and I have reworked the order of my stories. It felt a bit intuitive even. As a consequence, my plan is to not work on any of the new stories but try to revise through all of the novella.

Th-Th is me. I will submit a short story from the novella.
Monday Dinne and gang will be here.

Nov 11, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Marcy, Maria, and Dianne were present. We talked about writing place holders, rearranging material, rejection, insecurity, and NaNo.

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!

Nov 10, 2013

Week of November 10th

We are writing for NaNo during the day on Thursday. Amy thinks it would be a good idea. :)
Dianne will be here tomorrow night.
Email with questions.

Nov 4, 2013

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Maria, Marcy, Joanne, and Dianne were here. We talked about our accomplishments tonight, NaNo, first drafts and muses -- and planes, trains, and automobiles.

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!

Nov 3, 2013

Week of November 3

NaNo has begun. Dianne hosts Monday night. Marisa is up for Th-Th. This is the beginning of the rest of our writing life. How do you want to spend it?

My own plan is to draft a story a week and I have so many of them in mind. I have a new vein of writing. And these images keep coming to me. I don't know where they belong in the world nor if I am brave enough to put it out there, but I have a need and where there is a will there is a way. Initially I was thinking I would do four of those for NaNo. But the recent messages I have been receiving from beyond (you know how realizations come), have been in the form of this novella I have to pull together.  Therefore my drafting plan must include those stories.

4 short stories this month, 2 to end that crazy novella I have been working on and 2 to set out on this crazy new direction I am taking. I think I have the wherewithal to finish the one. And beginning the other? Well that is the easy part.