Community Ebook/Newsletter

[k_a_webb]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, but as it's coming up to Christmas and the New Year I thought it would be a good time to suggest the idea of us putting together a quarterly ebook and newsletter. We each have different prompt sessions and plans, write a mix of fiction and poetry, and I thought it would be good to have something that we could send out to all those who both are a part of this community and who aren't so they can see what we all do in one place.

What I had in mind was having a piece of fiction or poem from each person who's in the newsletter to make into an ebook that can be sent out with it and then the newsletter holding everything we have planned for that quarter, from beginning a new serial to a prompt session or fishbowl to having a new ebook out. If anyone's interested let me know and if there's enough of us I'm happy to beginning putting it together, so we can have the first one out at the end of February.

Comments

Re: Wow!

[k_a_webb]

I'm glad you like it. The community is special to me, so I want to be able to help, and I really want us to be able to reach people who may not be on DW or LJ. We've been lucky enough to gather together such an interesting group of people that I think it's something we need to showcase.

Art would be wonderful. I hadn't thought of that.

What I had in mind was a combination of both, so at the beginning there was a recently done section, where we could write about how things had gone, if you had a new ebook out in the last three months that you might not have thought was going to be ready, or just a general update on how your crowdfunding efforts had gone, and then a pencil into your calendar section for things that are coming up - even if they don't have dates.

Having it quarterly, I think, makes both a little simpler. Also, I think it would be nice to have a little introduction at the beginning of everyone who contributed to the issue with links.

Re: Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> The community is special to me, so I want to be able to help, <<

I'm happy to hear that.

>> and I really want us to be able to reach people who may not be on DW or LJ. <<

Yes, I think expanding our reach would be great.

>> Art would be wonderful. I hadn't thought of that. <<

Cool.

>> What I had in mind was a combination of both, <<

That works for me.

>> Having it quarterly, I think, makes both a little simpler. <<

Agreed.

>> Also, I think it would be nice to have a little introduction at the beginning of everyone who contributed to the issue with links. <<

A bio section is prudent. It usually comes at the end, though.