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#EdenLit - Writers Club Meeting and Book Project Discussion October 10, 2011

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Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
We need to move to the book project discussion before we run out of time!
Our deadline for book submissions is rapidly approaching and we need to be thinking about how were going to organize our chapters for the book.
We've already decided ... more
I think you should decide chapters once you see what pieces of writing you have. Get the material first, then decide how to organize it.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Spoken Pandora
I think the submissions might determine the chapters. But also what about separating the chapters by topics or topic months...
That was one idea as well. I am going to be working on making a master list of everything that has been submitted. At the next meeting we can look at the stories and break them up into the themes. Get them posted in their themes for the community to vote on and then we breath like we've run a marathon!
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Spoken Pandora
Hell no!!!! Just that not knowing is like being in the dark
I appreciate your concern. I was just trying to make a joke.

Guess it didn't come across the way I meant it. Sorry.
10/10/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
speaking of water and november, i have a great submission for novemberàs chill, written while doing the last skinny dip of the season in the mediterranean in sicily.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
Yes. I do have a history of panic attacks. However, in this case, my heart rate and blood pressure and respiration are EXTREMELY low. (The monitors at the hospitals kept beeping because they were so low they were in the "someone needs to ... more
I didn't mean to sound condescending. I assumed it had been ruled out, just wanted to double-check. I am so sorry for what you are going through. It's such a terrible feeling to have a life-threatening issue and not know what is causing it. I hope they can figure it out ASAP.
10/10/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
i think 12 chapters is good. somehow i'm thinking of the months in a year.
Hi, Alice

That sounds interesting. But where exactly would the open topics go?
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
I appreciate your concern. I was just trying to make a joke.

Guess it didn't come across the way I meant it. Sorry.
no i got it...you're good i saw the smiley...i'm kind of slow sometimes
10/10/2011
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by kadytheredpanda
Hi, Alice

That sounds interesting. But where exactly would the open topics go?
i dunno... i was just guessing you'd have one open topic for each month? the latecomer, i'm out of the loop...
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
That was one idea as well. I am going to be working on making a master list of everything that has been submitted. At the next meeting we can look at the stories and break them up into the themes. Get them posted in their themes for the community to ... more
sounds like a plan
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Personally I think 12 chapters will be plenty but how many submissions per chapter? Should we wait to decide this until we see the length of the submissions per category? Somemonths we got some short entries and others we had long and involved entries. I think the juxtaposition between the loner and shorter will keep it interesting an represent us better.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
I didn't mean to sound condescending. I assumed it had been ruled out, just wanted to double-check. I am so sorry for what you are going through. It's such a terrible feeling to have a life-threatening issue and not know what is causing it. I ... more
Thanks. I don't think you sounded condescending. I know that a lot of people mistake panic attacks for heart attacks. I was just assuring you that I know the difference.

Thanks for your concern. Though this doesn't appear to be life-threatening since it's not getting any worse, just not getting any better. It is still very FRUSTRATING not knowing what's wrong with me.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Emma (Girl With Fire) Emma (Girl With Fire)
Hi Alice!
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
i dunno... i was just guessing you'd have one open topic for each month? the latecomer, i'm out of the loop...
The open topic posts will be lumped into one category for the voting and book placement. It's gonna be a hard one to whittle down but fun!
10/10/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Well, folks,my company just arrived. I will catch up on the rest of it later. Btw, is there a max number of (new) submissions to the book?
Take care all!
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Personally I think 12 chapters will be plenty but how many submissions per chapter? Should we wait to decide this until we see the length of the submissions per category? Somemonths we got some short entries and others we had long and involved ... more
I think maybe the amount of submissions would determine chapters. The juxtapostion sounds good for the chapters to show our different styles. Are you getting an equal number of submissions for the topics?
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Something else we can be starting to think about is topics/themes for our next book.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
Well, folks,my company just arrived. I will catch up on the rest of it later. Btw, is there a max number of (new) submissions to the book?
Take care all!
Nope just a deadline of Oct. 31, 2011
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Spoken Pandora
I think maybe the amount of submissions would determine chapters. The juxtapostion sounds good for the chapters to show our different styles. Are you getting an equal number of submissions for the topics?
Oh heck no LOL I think if we get too few entries for a topic we can either toss the topic/theme or add the interesting entries to the open topic.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Silverdrop Silverdrop
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Personally I think 12 chapters will be plenty but how many submissions per chapter? Should we wait to decide this until we see the length of the submissions per category? Somemonths we got some short entries and others we had long and involved ... more
Are there any topics that have gotten tons of entries? Or maybe we want a word count per chapter, so one chapter might have two or three long entries and another a bunch of short ones?
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Personally I think 12 chapters will be plenty but how many submissions per chapter? Should we wait to decide this until we see the length of the submissions per category? Somemonths we got some short entries and others we had long and involved ... more
Whatever you decide, I'm willing to help organize things.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Oh heck no LOL I think if we get too few entries for a topic we can either toss the topic/theme or add the interesting entries to the open topic.
cool...
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
Well, folks,my company just arrived. I will catch up on the rest of it later. Btw, is there a max number of (new) submissions to the book?
Take care all!
Bye! Have a good evening.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Also I think I'll keep the voting process short and sweet. it's too easy to get lost when you have over 8-10 choices per category. We can break it down and have more polls. Ideas?
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Oh heck no LOL I think if we get too few entries for a topic we can either toss the topic/theme or add the interesting entries to the open topic.
That sounds like a plan. You want to showcase the best work, not just the pieces that happened to fit into a certain theme.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
O before everyone goes remember we have a twitter page now @EF_WritersClub....fol low please
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Silverdrop
Are there any topics that have gotten tons of entries? Or maybe we want a word count per chapter, so one chapter might have two or three long entries and another a bunch of short ones?
Both of those are great ideas Silverdrop. I guess we'll have to really decide that when we compile what we have to work with. Also I have an idea so that everyone is fairly represented. I'd like to have each of our more prolific writers either choose their favorite pieces or have a public vote so that the less prolific amoung us gets a chance to share the spotlight. I want to include as many of us (if not all) as we can.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Spoken Pandora Spoken Pandora
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Also I think I'll keep the voting process short and sweet. it's too easy to get lost when you have over 8-10 choices per category. We can break it down and have more polls. Ideas?
Separate the polls by chapter maybe
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
That sounds like a plan. You want to showcase the best work, not just the pieces that happened to fit into a certain theme.
Exactly! This is a book showcasing US as a group not just a book about themes. If that makes sense.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Quote:
Originally posted by Spoken Pandora
O before everyone goes remember we have a twitter page now @EF_WritersClub....fol low please
Now following. You can follow me @IvyWilde29 if you like.
10/10/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Spoken Pandora
Separate the polls by chapter maybe
definitely....we'll be voting for two months I project.
10/10/2011