Community update
So, as you all may have noticed, the community has all but shut down in the last few weeks, and it's 95% my fault. I am sorry to continually be such a neglectful mod. There's no excuse for it; I've been overwhelmed by Real Life during the second half of this university semester, and that happened because I managed my time poorly. I usually remember that I need to post on Monday, but then I get bogged down in homework and errands and chores, and I think, "Oh, I'll post the prompt tomorrow" -- and then the next day something else comes up, and I forget. By Thursday I start to think, "Well, now I guess I'll have to wait for next Monday," and then I repeat the vicious cycle of bad modship.
749_penny_lane, who has been a great source of encouragement and support since the creation of this community, contacted me recently to check in and was very understanding about the whole college thing. I vowed to do a better job of maintaining the community. Unfortunately, there seems to be a tiny gremlin living inside my apartment's wireless router, and that tiny gremlin clearly hates Beatles slash, because as soon as it got wind of the fact that I was trying to focus more on the Cellar, it responded by having a total meltdown. So, for about a week, I had to toggle my laptop's wireless switch every five minutes to wake up the router, though I more frequently threw my hands up in disgust and used the free wireless in the university library to get my homework done. The wireless still doesn't work in my bedroom, despite my laptop's claims that I have a full signal, but I can now use it in the living room to slash to my heart's content whenever my roommates aren't hovering around. And my internship ended, my classes are over, and I only have one final. Therefore: no more excuses. I will post a prompt every week. I'm inviting some more people to join. And I'm also contemplating some possible changes to the community -- nothing major, just some logistical nuts and bolts and some tinkering with the invitation process. I'll keep you all informed.
I'm also very interested in getting feedback. Although bad time management accounts for most of my modly failure, I must admit that I've also been a bit discouraged by low participation. If you've been invited and have joined the community, yet you've rarely or never posted, why have you held back? Have you, like me, been limited in your free time? Have you lost interest? Do you have reservations about posting your fanfiction? Or would you like to see some changes or improvements made to the community or the prompts? Please, let me know. If you'd rather not give public feedback, you may of course screen your comment or e-mail me at spinalcracker09 at yahoo dot com.
Also, here's one change that is going into effect immediately: I'm moving the weekly prompt post from Monday to Saturday. I think it makes more sense to post on the weekend, with the idea being that more people are likely to have free time on Saturday and to actually write something when they first come up with a response idea. Plus, even if I get terribly busy again, I'm more likely to be able to put aside time for the community on Saturdays than on Mondays.
Again, my apologies. Please feel free to berate, tongue-lash, comment, question, suggest, or provide Linksys troubleshooting advice.
749_penny_lane, who has been a great source of encouragement and support since the creation of this community, contacted me recently to check in and was very understanding about the whole college thing. I vowed to do a better job of maintaining the community. Unfortunately, there seems to be a tiny gremlin living inside my apartment's wireless router, and that tiny gremlin clearly hates Beatles slash, because as soon as it got wind of the fact that I was trying to focus more on the Cellar, it responded by having a total meltdown. So, for about a week, I had to toggle my laptop's wireless switch every five minutes to wake up the router, though I more frequently threw my hands up in disgust and used the free wireless in the university library to get my homework done. The wireless still doesn't work in my bedroom, despite my laptop's claims that I have a full signal, but I can now use it in the living room to slash to my heart's content whenever my roommates aren't hovering around. And my internship ended, my classes are over, and I only have one final. Therefore: no more excuses. I will post a prompt every week. I'm inviting some more people to join. And I'm also contemplating some possible changes to the community -- nothing major, just some logistical nuts and bolts and some tinkering with the invitation process. I'll keep you all informed.
I'm also very interested in getting feedback. Although bad time management accounts for most of my modly failure, I must admit that I've also been a bit discouraged by low participation. If you've been invited and have joined the community, yet you've rarely or never posted, why have you held back? Have you, like me, been limited in your free time? Have you lost interest? Do you have reservations about posting your fanfiction? Or would you like to see some changes or improvements made to the community or the prompts? Please, let me know. If you'd rather not give public feedback, you may of course screen your comment or e-mail me at spinalcracker09 at yahoo dot com.
Also, here's one change that is going into effect immediately: I'm moving the weekly prompt post from Monday to Saturday. I think it makes more sense to post on the weekend, with the idea being that more people are likely to have free time on Saturday and to actually write something when they first come up with a response idea. Plus, even if I get terribly busy again, I'm more likely to be able to put aside time for the community on Saturdays than on Mondays.
Again, my apologies. Please feel free to berate, tongue-lash, comment, question, suggest, or provide Linksys troubleshooting advice.