Spring is here and halfway gone. I’ve put out most of the fires in my personal life that have been distracting me from this project lately (I’ve found gainful employment after five months of searching and I’m nearly done with all the manuscripts I have due), so I think it’s time to get to business.
The first order of business: The Summer Sessions.
The Summer Sessions is a project I organized with the help of Melissa Dominic, bringing authors, poets, photographers and artists together under a common theme: A desire to create. The project consists of creative types, in different stages of their careers and creative development, from different cultural and educational backgrounds, who agreed to be interviewed and interview one another, with the goal of cross-posting each others’ interviews in our respective blogs. It’s a project about knowing who’s in our community, and giving back to that community by helping one another promote our own work.
Last year I was fortunate enough to round up a great and diverse group of women for the project, and I think it went really well. This year I’d like to hopefully gather some more people to participate, with both men and women to share their experiences. (It’s a boy-friendly party, guys, jeeze.) If this is something you’d like to get in on, comment with your email address, or drop me a line at m.toole@rocketmail.com. After everybody’s signed up, we’ll go from there.
I’d like to have all interested parties in by June 1st. Ideally I want to have the ball rolling by then, so everybody has time to get acquainted and conduct all the interviews, to be turned in by July 1st. Last year we kind of got this started late in the summer, this time I’d kind of like to get a head start, because a lot of people are out of school/are on vacation/usually have more time to do silly things like this. It’s just for fun, to get to know the people in our communities and help promote each others work. So if that’s something you’d be interested in doing, let me know.
April 23, 2011 at 5:58 pm
i’m down ;D
April 23, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Thanks for inviting me, Melissa! I will of course love to be part of the Summer Session! :)
April 23, 2011 at 6:53 pm
This sounds like a great idea. I’m definitely interested. Thanks.
April 25, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Sounds good, I’ll get the emails out on June 1st and get everybody acquainted so we can start the project. Thanks for your interest!
April 23, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Yes, I would love to. Thanks :)
April 25, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Sounds good. I’ll get the emails out on June 1st and get everybody acquainted so we can start the project. Thanks!
April 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Hey, Berit asked me if I’d be interested. I would. :)
April 25, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Haha, okay good. I’ll get the emails out on June 1st so we can get the ball rolling.
April 24, 2011 at 2:26 am
*wanders in*
Someone mentioned interviews?
*takes a seat*
April 25, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Haha, yes, we will be conducting interviews. Expect the first emails to roll out on June 1st.
April 24, 2011 at 2:27 am
*points at Berit*
I’m here with the biopunk-scientist.
:)
April 24, 2011 at 3:52 am
Pointed this direction by the incomparable Berit Ellingsen. I’d love to participate. Thanks.
April 25, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Sounds good, thanks for the interest. Expect the first emails out on June 1st!
April 24, 2011 at 11:16 pm
This sounds like a great project! I conduct a lot of interviews (relatively speaking) on my blog, so this is so up my alley. I’d love to participate in this.
Berit made me do it. ::coughcough:: Twisted my arm, I tell you. ::shifty::
April 25, 2011 at 2:19 am
I am very interested in signing up!
April 25, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Alright, glad to hear it! I’ll be sending out the first emails on June 1st and we’ll go from there!
April 25, 2011 at 6:01 pm
I’m interested !
April 25, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Glad to hear it! I’ll be getting everybody’s emails together and sending out the first message on June 1st!
April 26, 2011 at 12:12 am
I’m all for this, this time around!
April 26, 2011 at 12:20 am
Okay, cool! I’ll start sending out the project emails on June 1st to get this thing rolling.
April 26, 2011 at 12:57 am
Sounds like a fun project! Please count me in.
April 26, 2011 at 2:04 am
Glad to have you on-board, I’ll start sending the first emails out on June 1st. Thanks for the interest!
May 18, 2011 at 5:32 am
I’m interested! I’m in! :D
May 19, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Thanks much for your interest, glad to have you on-board. Expect an email from me on June 1st, regarding project information, and we can get the ball rolling from there!