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Tag Archives: community
Reading at Vroman’s
This is a guest blog post from Eric Olsen, co-author (along with Glenn Schaeffer) of We Wanted To Be Writers, the story of the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop of the mid-1970s. Eric and Glenn are in the midst of a … Continue reading
Posted in authors, General, Guest Posts, Readings
Tagged book readings, community, ego, publishers, storytelling, vroman's, writing tips
5 Comments
Introducing our newest moderator…
I’ll keep this short and sweet — our moderators have come to a (rather difficult) decision, but they managed to come up with a unanimous first choice for our newest moderator: weirdmagic. The moderation team and I would like to … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Community building, Contests & Competitions, General
Tagged community, contest, moderation, moderator auditions, weirdmagic
6 Comments
Youth shall be served
A recent comment on my Protagonize profile got me to thinking about our current membership. Nick, I have tried so hard, over and over again, to get re-engaged with this once fine site – but alas, most of us more … Continue reading
Posted in Community building, General, writing
Tagged change, collaboration, community, growth, membership, writing, youth
33 Comments
A new milestone: 10,000 authors!
I’m proud to announce that Protagonize achieved a major milestone over night — we’ve officially crossed the 10,000 author threshold! While it took a little longer than I had hoped, that means the site has doubled in membership in just over six … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Community building, Events, General, Maintenance
Tagged 10000, 2009, authors, awesome, bizspark, community, hardware upgrade, membership, milestone, serverbeach
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Sharing Passion
No, this isn’t a blog post to highlight the important role of the Like button on Protagonize (it is important, right?). It’s just me sharing an “aha!” moment I recently had. We all like to get riled up by ratings … Continue reading →