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 29, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Maria, Dianne were here, along with Vicky who attended for her first time. We had introductions, discussed pets and Newbery award winners. We shared the projects we were working on, and Dianne may have (possibly) realized what she needed to do to work past a stuck point.

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 24, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Maria and Amy and Marisa and I. Writing and doing what we do. Pants, short stories, novellas, nagging.

We are Unplugged!

From 1 pm until 2 pm central. Meet back at post 3 for the chat!

Unplug in 10 minutes!

What will you be working on? Tell me in comments. I will be cleaning my hose, which is totally cheating, but I have a class this evening and I wrote all morning. Also, want to prepare a MP3 recording and I have never done and sent one of those before, so FUN!

Sep 22, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Maria, and Dianne were present. We talked about Krystalyn's upcoming blog tour, guest posts, and what to say when you're supposed to write about the "playlist" for you book -- but you don't have one!

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, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Maria and Marcy and Dianne were present. We talked about our WIPs, about word-cutting, and about retellings.

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 10, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Amy! Yay! Marisa, Maria and myself. Same time next week!

Post 2: We are Unplugged!

The hour runs from 2 pm est until 3 pm est. Get your work done! Meet back here for post 3. A chatbox will appear (I hope!). If all else fails, leave a comment and we'll figure things out.

Post 1: Unplug in 30

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

Sep 8, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Joanne, Maria, Krystalyn, and Dianne were here. We talked about finding time to write as a mother of a young child, kindergarten homework, how much research you have to do in the first draft (versus filling in details later), writing proposals for panels at Cons, querying, plotting ... You name it. We probably covered it 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 1, 2014

Post 3: Reconvention!

Regulars Krystalyn, Maria, and Dianne were here -- along with Anne, whom we hope to see again next week! We talked about moving past stuck points, pitches, and edit letters.

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!