Freda's Place

(ZG) Quiet Write-In 6:00 AM Wednesdays Join Freda Frostbite for 90 minutes (or so) of quiet work time.  Freda will be writing her next novel.  You can work on whatever you like:  Homework, poetry, sorting inventory, correspondence...  If you arrive and Freda does not notice immediately, it just means she is "in the zone" and will say hi when she comes up for air.  Or caffeine.  More likely, caffeine.  In the meantime, go ahead and take a seat. hg.zangrid:ch:8002:HyperShopping The cafe is shop #21 in Hypershopping on Zangrid.  If you can't find your way there, just IM Freda when you land in the region.  She'd be happy to offer you a ride.

10:30 AM Quicky Poetry Fun and fast poetry creation session. Using various prompts and games, those gathered will create new poems each week. I promise, this really IS fun! Please have voice enabled so that you can hear each week's poem plan. Adults only because I have no intention of censoring what anyone is inspired to write or share.** This Week: LIMERICKS **Participants will have the opportunity to have their writings included in the first edition of OS Babble Journal Please, choose Writers' Studio on the Teleporter at the welcome area or use the blam gate just outside. grid.kitely.com:8002:Babble Arts Center 12:00 Noon Writers' Chat Writers of all genres are invited to this open discussion of all things writerly. Please, choose Cafe on the Teleporter at the welcome area or use the blam gate just outside. grid.kitely.com:8002:Babble Arts Center 2:30 PM Babble Open Mic Come to sing or play song, tell a story, read a poem. Dance for us, perform a play, tell us j...

Being a professional writer means that I am pretty isolated on most days.  I have several tricks for managing to get the work done without becoming a complete hermit.  One of my methods is the virtual world write-in.  At write-ins, avatars gather so that their typists can be together while working individually.  There is very little chat during these sessions.  Of course, people greet one another (once they have looked up from their own work to notice someone new has entered the room) and occasionally someone will share the progress they have made when they are done.  Most write-ins are drop-in oriented.  You come when you can and leave when you are ready.  I sometimes attend write-ins on Nara's Nook in the Greyville Writer's Colony or the ones hosted in Second Life by Bhelanna Blaze.  I host them myself in Second Life, Kitely, Great Canadian Grid, and Inworldz.  In general, write-ins are scheduled ad hoc, so watch for notices inwor...