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 28, 2015

Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Maria, Carey, and Dianne were here discussing current projects and convincing Maria that her idea was a good one and she should go for it!

Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on during the 8-9 Unplug time? Tell us in the comments! Refresh the page at 9pm for the chat! (I will be late again, picking up my kid from band.)

Sep 21, 2015

Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Carey, Maria, and Dianne were here. We all got a little done, but not as much as any of us hoped for.

Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on during the 8-9 Unplug time? Tell us in the comments! Refresh the page at 9pm for the chat! As discussed last week, I will be late to chat for the rest of this month, due to having to pick up my daughter from band rehearsal.

Sep 14, 2015

Reconvention!

Krystalyn, Maria, Carey, and Dianne were here. Carey is working on a new project. Krystalyn is brainstorming. Maria is working out plot problems in her WIP, and Dianne was thrilled to have Krystalyn give her a much-needed push on her own WIP.

Unpluggage Begins 8 pm eastern

What will you be working on during the 8-9 Unplug time? Tell us in the comments!

Refresh the page at 9pm for the chat!

NOTE FROM DIANNE: I have to pick up Gina from band rehearsal at 9pm, so I'll be late for chat. How late depends on whether the band director lets her out on time. Gabbey has class Monday nights, and Bob is traveling all the weeks in September. We might need to discuss shifting the time of the chat to 8:30 or to 9:30 for awhile. Let's talk about that tonight.

Sep 7, 2015

Reconvention!

Just Dianne and Krystalyn -- and only because Krystalyn emailed Dianne to remind her it was Monday. We started late, and any other arrivals might have given up. Once Dianne had accepted the fact that this was, in fact Monday, we discussed Krystalyn's brainstorming for a new story and Dianne's copy-editing problems (to capitalize a magic item or not to capitalize, that is the question).