Tag Archives: community

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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