Signs of the Times, A Group Blog
I’VE SETUP A GROUP BLOG where anyone can join as an Author. It’s called Signs of the Times, and its purpose is simply to collect short, simple anecdotal stories, jottings, blurbs, fotos, fears, thoughts, hopes, sightings, single sentences (or more) about symptoms of the collapsing economy, and in one place.
I’VE SETUP A GROUP BLOG where anyone can join as an Author. It’s called Signs of the Times, and its purpose is simply to collect short, simple anecdotal stories, jottings, blurbs, fotos, fears, thoughts, hopes, sightings, single sentences (or more) that you see as symptoms of the collapsing economy. After all, these are the things we remember and pass down to our children and to history and hold as memory. Just like the stories we still retell now, told to us, about what people did and suffered through in the first (Great) Depression. These are the details that make sense to us as we live our days. It’s the personal stories that bring it on home and connect us. And I think its a good idea to begin connecting right now.
I’m the admin but I won’t be policing anyone regularly. We’re all grownups. I still need to hook it into Technorati and do some blogroll plugin and a few artistic touches, tighten up Rules and About page, etc, final touches type stuff, but its ready to go and I’ve already laid down a few entries which can be seen as an example if you want. Low pressure blogging here. No shiny polish needed, no requirement to underline deep points, no superstar flourish. Just stories about your ‘hood, your street, your workplace, your family, your health, your job prospects, changes in your budget, or your neighbors’ or your fridge, or your spending…you get the point. Something strikes you, run to the blog and write it. See something on the way downtown that you never saw before and points out how bad things are getting? Drop in and write a few sentences. Everything is front page, all writers are equal.
And though it is meant to chronicle the downturn, it’s not about moping or ending up stuck in fear or gloom. The joy will be seeing stories from all over the nation (or the world?) and knowing we’re in it together. I do keep a hope that perhaps the blog can shift in time to (or develop an area for) helping people in need, be it you or he or she, but if so, it will be a natural progression, not forced.
So please, if this interests you, spread the word and join up. Peace.
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I’m in. Who’s with me?
we actually have about 11 authors as of today. steady sign up rate, i hope it keeps going.
i’m still working on the tech stuff, even at this moment i swung over to mess with things. soon i’ll have an author page and some other doodads going on.
Great idea, would like to join but….problem is am neck deep in other projects right now and can’t dedicate the time or energy needed. But if that changes I’ll let you know.
doood i hear you. thats the great part about having so many authors. all you have to do is join. then when something strikes you, you are ready to write, you just drop it in. very easy. no pressure to write every day or at any rate. when you get time, we welcome you por supuesto.
I’m almost done with the second draft of my novel. It feels good to reach this milestone after so many months of frustration and hard work. Maybe after I send this baby off to the Beta readers I can sign up.
dude, a) so cool about the book! i know about the frustration. i’ve written a few, too. hope it’s ripping up new ground.
b)you could have REGISTERED in this time it took to leave a comment! jeje. but you were wise. commenting at UMX? MUCH more important!
talk soon bro. suerte on the novel.
Guess what, I just did! About it ripping new ground, I don’t know about that. It is a deeply personal story littered with autobiographical notes and some sharp wit. I hope it sells (damned dirty capitalist system!)
worrrd.