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Calissa ([personal profile] calissa) wrote2015-06-12 08:00 am
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Brewing Community: An Introduction

 

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If you know me, you know I am a planner. This goes as much for my life as it does for my fiction. It may be June but I’m already aware that September is just around the corner. September is a really busy month for me, both personally and professionally. Conflux isn’t far away, so any preparations I need to make tend to be in full swing. Also, just about everyone I know seems to have a birthday in September; free weekends are a distant dream. It all becomes a bit hard to juggle when I add the usual editing and blogging into the mix.

This year I decided to make it a bit easier on myself by inviting along some guest bloggers. Community is a topic I’m pretty interested in and it’s one I’ve asked guests to write about before. It also seems in keeping with what’s already happening for me in September.

However, when I looked at my blogging schedule I quickly noticed a problem. After filling in my regular slots for reviews, Loose-leaf Links and my Mt TBR report, there weren’t all that many slots left. There were so many wonderful guests I wanted to invite along, so how was I going to narrow it down?

The easy answer was to expand instead of limit. So I’m kicking off the series early. Starting next month, I’ll be featuring two or three guest posts every month on the theme of community. My guests will be coming from a variety of communities; some are book bloggers, some write SFF and some are involved in fandom. I may yet even manage to wrangle one of the many talented artists I know.

I hope you’ll join me when things kick off in July. In the meantime, I’d love to hear from you. What communities are you involved in and how have they helped you?

Mirrored from Earl Grey Editing.

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[personal profile] darakat 2015-06-18 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well as you know I used to be involved in the Pagan community. I have taken a pretty big step back from that of late. Mostly just doing things with my friends and Nicky. It helped me by getting used to how a small community organizes and how people like things to be run etc. It was also often fun, but it was also often stressful. My 5 ish years as PAN rep were worth it, but I think I maybe should have cut the ties loose earlier.

I am now involved with the AGA management committee. Its been a pretty steep learning curve from the PAN stuff, but I have dealt with it really well. I think being a union delegate has helped quite a bit.

As for writing groups, I am only on the edges of a few groups as I am not a full time writer. My Hammersmith story is more of a thing I have been building to with my writing for a long time. I like being on the edges for now as that really all I have time for, and I also don't want to feel like I am stepping on Nickys writing turf. Though we generally write completely different genre.
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[personal profile] calissa 2015-06-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
I have always admired the way you give back to communities by participating in committees and in official capacities. It is always something that is so needed.

I'm glad to hear the AGA is going well for you, even if there has been a steep learning curve.

I can understand not wanting to step on Nicky's turf and enjoying being on the edge of things. However, if you decide you ever want to dive in, I'd be happy to help.

Thanks for commenting!
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