Monday, January 19, 2009

Williamson County Update

The Friday meeting with the Director of Williamson County Libraries was wonderful.  Dickerson discussed the months near the beginning of the project, including interactions between the authors, as well as the mechanics of the writing process.  The director showed much interest in the process, and requested a formal presentation, along with a Q & A panel discussion in the upcoming months.  Dates and times will be posted to the blog as they are set, so keep checking back.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Now a team of eighteen

This morning we bade farewell to one of our comrades Sommer, who decided to resign from the project due to other commitments that needed her time. It was sad to see her leave our ranks, her presence will be missed. Sommer wishes the team well and looks forward to reading 'The Book' in 2010.

As of this moment, there are people waiting in the wings to join the project. However, the authors are happy to move on with their team of eighteen since the writing process is well underway.

We'll be back with more soon. See you!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Book Project takes to Williamson County

Members of the project have been contacted by the Williamson County Libraries, in Tennessee, in regards to their interest in the collaborative effort.  Kyle Dickerson, one author close to Williamson County, is meeting with the library director Friday to discuss the project and possibly set up times to speak with groups within the library system about the project and collaborative writing.  If you are in the area surrounding Williamson County, check back here for updates.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Doc forced to leave

One of the stalwarts of our project team and a site moderator, Doc, has been taken ill and forced to leave at least for a while. Doc has made a huge contribution to both the writing and the management of our project.

We are all hoping he gets better soon and is able to rejoin us, but it was serious and he will need to rest and recover his strength.

Pete

Friday, January 2, 2009

2009 and the writing gets underway!

Even during the seasonal break some of our writers were hard at it working away on the story. As the rest of the group returns, our focus is upon the initial chapters for each story thread.

Most of the 'high level' story has been agreed and we are now filling in the gaps as well as developing all the characters. This work should be completed by the end of January.

One of the problems we have encountered is that with so many creative people, there are lots of really good ideas! It makes it quite hard to decide which to incorporate into our story. Still nobody said it would be easy!

Come back soon!
Pete